Sentences with phrase «one's privileged upbringing»

A former marketing consultant, Mr Crabb's background - he grew up on a council estate in Haverfordwest, raised by a single mother - contrasts with the more privileged upbringings of others on the Conservative front bench.

Tate Britain's exhibition is organised in a roughly chronological sequence, with rooms taken over by themes reflecting Kenneth Clark's life and work — his supremely privileged upbringing and career as Director of the National Gallery.

Questioned about his own privileged upbringing Mr Cameron said he was lucky, especially in contrast to the people «trapped» at the bottom of society, which he blamed on poor education, family breakdown, alcohol and indebtedness.

It is organised in a roughly chronological sequence, with rooms taken over by themes reflecting Clark's life and work — his supremely privileged upbringing and career as Director of the National Gallery, his collecting, patronage, writing and broadcasting.

Angela says that the thing that predicts success far more than intelligence or a privileged upbringing is GRIT, which she defines as sustaining interest, passion and persistence for a goal over the long term.

«Undeniably, one factor in my success has been the doors that my family's name and my privileged upbringing have opened,» Trump writes.

Durst's privileged upbringing and his alleged connection to a series of murders, as well as the disappearance of his first wife, all add up to an intriguing story that was even made into a Hollywood film starring Ryan Gosling in 2010.

His adopted parents were both white and he had a privileged upbringing.

I was struck that despite what would be seen as a privileged upbringing, Branson still had plenty of obstacles to overcome..

But they are alienated from the Tories because they didn't have a privileged upbringing.

And in a rare personal interview today, George Osborne discussed everything from his privileged upbringing, crying at Thatcher's funeral to his new haircut with Gary Gibbon of Channel 4.

He discusses his privileged upbringing and the challenges of raising his own disabled son, Ivan.

As they begin to develop an adult sense of ethics, Amanda and Lily face off like opposing reflections of a privileged upbringing; as a primped - to - the - nines boarding school brat who looks like she uses «vacation» as a verb, Taylor - Joy's Lily stands practically glinting opposite the bedraggled Amanda.

The grandson of a banking magnate, Jim partly attributes his privileged upbringing to becoming the degenerate, high - stakes gambler that's led him to his current predicament.

«Throughout her career, Coppola has been dogged by references to her privileged upbringing, and a recurring tendency to conflate the director and her protagonists.

Stone doesn't hold back about his privileged upbringing, his relationships with his parents and women, behind - closed - doors Hollywood dealings, how Vietnam changed his worldview and more.

The shiny, privileged upbringing was, in retrospect, tarnished by a self - centered mother and a depressive father.

Guggenheim's granddaughter Karole Vail provides an intimate biographical account of the collector's extraordinary life, from her privileged upbringing through her friendships with such avant - garde figures as Samuel Beckett and Marcel Duchamp.

Lartigue took his first photograph in 1900 at the age of six, and thanks to a privileged upbringing — his father was a banker, and the family were part of the French bourgeoisie — the photographer had access to the lives of the pre-war upper classes.

She is further dogged by her privileged upbringing, and the irrepressible elegance it is seen to have produced.

Now, drawing on a vast, previously unseen archive, James Stourton reveals the formidable intellect and the private man behind the figure who effortlessly dominated the art world for more than half a century: his privileged upbringing, his interest in art history beginning at Oxford, his remarkable early successes.

Starting from his privileged upbringing in New York, to...

Starting from his privileged upbringing in New York, to his incredible rise to power in the United States as president.