Sentences with phrase «riches tale before»

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The rags to riches tales are kept before the people by the mass media to kindle their ambition.

Up and down its narrow valleys and across its great plain went the pomp and panoply of the ancient world, and its more commonplace traffic as well: rich argosies from far Babylon, carrying the wares down to Egypt; royal messengers of the great kings who ruled in Persepolis, bearing decrees for the officer in charge at the frontier station of Assouan; plenipotentiaries of Hatti and of Egypt, seeking a modus vivendi in the political stresses of the thirteenth century; conquerors with their chariots and footmen and their tale of atrocities behind and yet before; wandering bands of foot - loose adventurers, seeking a good land where they might strike roots into the soil - all these and hosts of others were led among the Palestinian hills where went the great trunk roads of the ancient world, camped in the plains, bartered in the little cities, or stayed to lay permanent claim to some hit of the land.

Based on his long - running comic book, which debuted in 2008 before wrapping up at the end of 2013, «Locke & Key» would have combined a classic haunted house tale with complex and rich mythology, and as such managed to attract some heavyweight names: «Star Trek» duo Kurtzman & Orci were writing with «War Of The Worlds» scribe Josh Friedman, Steven Spielberg was producing and «Never Let Me Go» helmer Mark Romanek was brought on to direct the pilot, which reportedly cost as much as $ 10 million.

A post GFC (global financial crisis) and Bernie Madoff influenced tale, the film has no time for the idle rich, and it seems Jasmine seeled her fate long before we meet her.

«The new film does indeed tell the same tale as J. R. R. Tolkien's lean «Rings» precursor, charting the exploits of Frodo Baggins» uncle Bilbo (Martin Freeman) some 60 years before the quest to destroy the One Ring, but the narrative soars because it also operates as something tangential to the almost - decade - old movie trilogy, setting the stage while also expanding this rich universe.

Bryan Cranston stars as Blacklisted and beleaguered screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, but this tale of two trailers suggest slightly different Trumbos: the first trailer portrays the titular writer as a rich man with radical ideas who is then broken down by accusations of being a Communist before he finds screenwriting success again; the new trailer starts off with the hard - luck story of Trumbo before playing up the fight against Congress and the war against censorship.

You are doing them an excellent service if you are suggesting that they should refine and craft their work to the point that they are telling their story in a rich and enjoyable tale, before publishing via any route.