Sentences with phrase «started as a star»

A native of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Ai Jing is a Chinese contemporary artist whose fame started as a star singer - songwriter.

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He's a self - made billionaire, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a star of the hit ABC reality show «Shark Tank,» though he started out as

If you look at the most successful companies — Google, Facebook, Amazon, places that started as engineering culture or star culture have moved towards commitment culture.

He's a self - made billionaire, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a star of the hit ABC reality show «Shark Tank,» though he started out as the child of a blue - collar family from Pittsburgh.

The summer started with a reasonable (if clumsy) attempt by the government to stop incorporated individuals from taking advantage of the lower small - business tax rate, and ended with people such as Arlene Dickinson, the investor and Dragon's Den star, talking about an assault on entrepreneurship.

To lend an air of preeminence, the Nelsons started calling Sprinkles The World's First Cupcake Bakery, a statement that's technically true, but only if you disqualify the star of the seminal Sex and the City cupcake episode of 2000, Magnolia Bakery, and another landmark bakery called, as a matter of fact, Cupcake Café, because both make other baked goods in addition to cupcakes (as Sprinkles does not).

Juicy Couture emerged just as celebrity - focused magazines like US Weekly started featuring more photographs of stars doing mundane tasks.

Yolanda Gampp started her on - screen baking career as a cast member on Food Network Canada's Sugar Stars.

Juicy Couture emerged just as celebrity magazines like Us Weekly started featuring more photographs of stars doing mundane tasks.

A few other pieces compared entrepreneurship to the movie making business with titles like «How Starting A Business Is Like The Making Of Star Wars» (which I want to read) and «How Starting a Business is Like Casting a Movie» as well as the slightly esoteric «How Starting A Business Is Like Casting «la Dolce Vita.»»

House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey as the unctuous and deadly politico Frank Underwood, is so much a part of the cultural wallpaper — it will start its fifth season in early 2017 — that it's easy to forget how revolutionary it was.

Starting, in grand style, as the star attraction of a parade that afternoon.

The modern Super Bowl halftime show as we know it started in 1991 with New Kids on the Block (previous shows featured a theme with marching bands and various performance groups), and it's stayed relatively consistent since: A pop star (or stars) takes over the field with props, backup dancers, probably pyrotechnics, and possibly even a live band, and goes through a rundown of their hits in a handful of minutes.

It's all part of the pop star's BeyGOOD foundation, which was started in 2013 as the overall organization for her global philanthropic work.

Created in 2009 by reality television star Bethenny Frankel, the Skinnygirl line is a juggernaut that started off as a low - calorie margarita but has since expanded into wines, vodkas, sangria now owned by Beam Suntory.

Long before she was a star investor on ABC's «Shark Tank,» Barbara Corcoran borrowed $ 1,000, quit her job as a waitress, and started what would over 25 years become a huge real estate business.

Starting out as a screenwriter, he instantly became a star by writing Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic «Taxi Driver.»

, however, finding a rising star who has a following with similar interests as your brand might be a good start.

He will ask you to start a colony on a planet that exists as a red star in the night sky.

Brown, who also stars on CNBC's «The Halftime Report,» got started on Twitter in November 2008 in the dark days of the financial crisis, and, as noted, now has about 110,000 followers.

Alain started at Wunderman Cato Johnson and continued his passion for digital at Brand Dialogue, the online agency launched by Young & Rubicam where he worked on clients such as American Express, Glaxo Smith Kline, Star Alliance and United Airlines.

Dennis Farina, who started out as Chicago cop, became an actor with iconic roles in Get Shorty and Snatch and finally starred on Law and Order, has passed away at...

They start out as stars, then slowly become more visible, wings flapping behind orbs of white light.

We like to believe in a God and time as something that started somewhere and moved forward much as we once felt comfortable with such notions as that the earth was flat and the sun went around the earth with the stars.

Kearins notes that Star International started operations in 1923 as a small equipment company.

Rebecca Kisch, who started a job with a commercial printing operation in June, updates her career path since being identified by Cal Poly as a Rising Star in Packaging in 2014.

Based on my last scan of the citrus section, there are at least three types of oranges, the blood variety being the star, about as many kinds of grapefruits (red, pink, white), and don't even get me started on the numerous hybrids, smooth - skinned, wrinkled and everything in between.

In 2014, the governments of Australia and New Zealand started to implement a Health Star Rating (HSR) system as a voluntary scheme for industry adoption.

Starting Monday, Aug. 17, Lone Star Steakhouse is rolling out its «Steak Your Claim» promotion, in which guests can come in and claim a hand - cut ribeye as big as they dare.

Joe Spencer, Christian DiLauro, and Austin Schmidt have combined for 61 career starts; meanwhile, four - star guard Gabe Megginson joins the mix, as could mid-three-star sophomore Nick Allegretti.

The Daily Star report that Rahman could make a start at left back, with Cesar Azpilicueta switching to right back as question marks surround the form of — the usually reliable — Branislav Ivanovic.

Nothing wrong with taking a chance on potential talent but then the price must be low and we can not just suddenly pencil him into the starting lineup as a sure - fire star.

Ideally Wenger would like to bring in Schneiderlin in the January transfer window and is readying a # 20m bid for the St Mary's star but understands that such a move is unlikely to succeed with Southampton ready to fight to keep hold of the former Strasbourg man as Ronald Koeman looks to maintain his side's excellent start to the season.

Alex is currently our second-most provider of assists in the Premier League this term with four, but time and time again he has failed to star when being selected in the starting XI, and as we look at possibly improving our squad next month, there could be better options on the market.

Most of ye probably didn't support arsenal when Wenger was classed as one of the most wanted managers in Europe and was putting it up to Utd and winning trophies every yr things are different now the moving stadium all that less whinging give it a bit of time he is starting to spend and I'm sure he will buy 1 or 2 in Jan and a few big signings nxt summer and I hope he goes out on a high man gets ridiculed by knobs like ye on a regular basis players want to play for him big star players like his style wake up a bit as long as he is in charge the club is in good hands

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that tactic worked fantastically at the star of this season where walcott performed and it worked brilliantly for the team but after the injury of Theo, giroud had his dry patch and theo almost did nt even try... and the year before welbeck played reaaaally bad as a starting striker and scored 4 goals or something i think, if he had one worldclass or equally good striker as giroud, we would have enough and wenger could rotate them according to the patch / form of giroud like what he intended to do with walcott and giroud, which i had high hopes for but sadly only worked for half the season

The team used the two picks it acquired from Oakland to scoop up starting cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and star running back Giovani Bernard while selecting Andy Dalton to serve as Palmer's replacement.

A look at how Liverpool's starting XI could look next season if they bring in the targets they want, with recent reports linking three big names from Ligue 1 with the club, as well as a Barcelona star to join already - completed deals for James Milner and Danny Ings...

There are a few different theories on why this could be, such as good teams being more motivated to enter the break on a high note, and / or star pitchers getting the last start for solid teams.

He was the starting safety as a junior and the starting QB in 1962 in a wing T backfield that included future NFL executive Bill Tobin and future NFL stars Andy Russell and Johnny Roland.

Before this season started I had written on this blog that, if TH wants to make it to the play - offs as badly as he was talking about it, he must play better than he had played last season and become the leader on this team, put up the numbers like a real star.

It was originally believed that three - star DB Antwaine Richardson would be enrolling next month and start his career with the Wolverines as an early enrollee.

As reported by Sky Sports, the Tottenham manager did not soon too confident about his star player being fit enough to start, but how much of an edge would it give us and would Arsene Wenger and the lads be able to take full advantage?

But as well as the problems and pressure that have come from our latest match, there was a big positive for Arsenal in the shape of Jack Wilshere, as the England international star came on to kick his first ball in anger since before the start of the current season.

As Eric Stephen pointed out in the above link, were Kershaw to be placed on the disabled list in the short - term to rest his back, he would only lose out on two starts over a three - week span thanks to the All - Star break.

The Scot has told his stars that they will have to get used to the idea that many of them will not start every game as he looks to rotate his squad to ensure they remain fresh and injury free to challenge on all three fronts.

Chelsea are also not in immediate need of a new left - back, with two established stars in Cesar Azpilicueta and Filipe Luis battling for a spot in Jose Mourinho's starting lineup, although it has again been suggested that Atletico Madrid are looking at raiding the Premier League side for one of those, as they consider re-signing the Brazilian, according to reports in the London Evening Standard back in April.

Man Utd will undoubtedly be waiting for his return, as although Romelu Lukaku has started life at Old Trafford well, the addition of a world - class individual like the former AC Milan and Barcelona star will be a boost for all concerned as the Red Devils look to compete on various fronts.

Darmian is capable of playing on either flank at full - back — having featured regularly on both wing last season, with 19 starts on the right and 15 on the left — and can also deputise as a centre - back, having started his career in this position [via the Daily Star].