Sentences with phrase «living as a taxi driver»

Adding to that, it's harder to make a living as a taxi driver in a bad economy.

Much like the biblical Jesus was originally a carpenter, Jesus of Kitwe makes a living as a taxi driver.

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Believing these people, and afraid to miss out on the gold rush, small - time investors, grandma and grandpa, and barbers and taxi drivers invested their life savings in companies such as Pets.com, Webvan, and eToys.

It leads to a more collaborative and less hierarchical society, since a CEO in civilian life may end up taking orders from a taxi driver in the service, as well as future business partnerships.

On their parts, taxi drivers at Nungua in the Krowor constituency told The aL - hAJJ that, though they supported and voted for Akufo - Addo in last year's election hoping to better their lives as Akufo - Addo promised, they have since regretted.

«I would say that an incident like this, where a taxi driver almost lost his life, should certainly compel us to remembering — as I was talking to the archbishop about the other day — this is what the terrorists really want,» Paterson told John Gambling on WOR this morning.

The aggrieved Chairman of a union known as the Wisdom Taxi Union, Kwesi Arhin, lamented that life was considerably easier for drivers under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

As Schrader's hero takes a bleaker look at life, and considers committing an extreme act as a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquAs Schrader's hero takes a bleaker look at life, and considers committing an extreme act as a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas his «night trilogy.»

Paul Schrader is an American filmmaker whose work as a screenwriter and director hold a significant place in the history of American cinema, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo, Mishima: A Life in Four...

Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Master and Commander), who also directed Ford to success a year before in the Best Picture - nominated Witness, directs this Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Affliction) adaptation of the Paul Theroux novel, casting Ford as Allie Fox, a disgruntled American inventor who gets so pissed off at the loss of what he believes is a dying America, he decides to pack up his bags and family, taking them to the rain forests of South America to live a life away from civilization, and the threat of nuclear annihilation he believes is imminent.

If you're worried about the spoiler thing, just fast forward ahead as we have lots to dive into with this week's Watch List; from afro - hair to life saving taxi drivers to Donald Sutherland in a toga, it's quite the diverse show.

As crazy as it sounds, many a film has been booed at Cannes including some highly revered works given the Palme d'Or like Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, and The Tree of LifAs crazy as it sounds, many a film has been booed at Cannes including some highly revered works given the Palme d'Or like Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, and The Tree of Lifas it sounds, many a film has been booed at Cannes including some highly revered works given the Palme d'Or like Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, and The Tree of Life.

As a writer, Schrader collaborated with Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ, and his directing credits — Blue Collar, Hardcore, Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters — are similarly distinguished, if less ubiquitous.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Stinnett enjoyed a colorful and varied life as (among many other things) a deckhand, commercial fisherman, Dive Master, taxi driver, construction manager, and most recently, long - haul truck driver.

The common characters who enter their lives — from an opinionated Sikh taxi driver to their frugal and frenetic landlord — are as carefully revealed as the eunuchs and dervishes Dalrymple meets.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is billed as the sendoff for yakuza - excon - turned - orphanage - caretaker - turned - taxi - driver Kazuma Kiryu, who has served as the central protagonist since the first game.