Sentences with phrase «with humble roots»

Yet, the cur dog with humble roots may still be laughing all the way to Buckingham Palace, as the Prince of Wales is merely a king in waiting, while the Corgi was long ago crowned as monarch over the queen's heart — By Appointment to Her Majesty.

Bodet filmed a documentary on him in 2007 (Le carré de la fortune, co-directed with Emmanuel Levaufre) and she and Bozon edited a collection of Delahaye's critical writings for Capricci in 2010, À la fortune du beau, a book which has ensured his work remains accessible to contemporary readers.11 Upon Delahaye's death, Ropert described him as a «powerful speaker with humble roots from another age, hardened by a life of brutal detours, passing from fury to kindness without warning, he was a character straight out of Victor Hugo.»

Put simply, Guerriero is a teacher's teacher with a knack for politics, though admittedly she's an outsider with humble roots.

Combining all that wordpower with his humble roots as an Essex drug addict, he's a perfect spokesperson for what he's described as a disengaged «underclass».

Not exact matches

With a net worth of $ 7 million, the Souza's have been able afford the good life while still keeping their humble Hawaiian roots.

This is in harmony with what one linguistics expert wrote in connection with the phrase: «To some extent, saying «I am humbled» is tantamount to saying I am in touch with my humanity, because the English words humble and human seem to share the same Latin root humus.»

Then again, in our corridors severely undercapitalized but now successful founders have been rubbing elbows with another bootstrapper: Inc. descends from no - money - down origins, its 24 - year - old corporate roots traceable to a humble pamphlet on sailing.

by adoringly humbling himself under the extraordinary — all the more passionate is the offense, which at last can not be contented with less than getting this thing rooted out, annihilated and trodden in the dust.

On the one hand, reliable understanding of sacred texts requires some sense of the context in which their statements were originally uttered: «Because of their ignorance about hyssop many people, unaware of its power to cleanse the lungs or even (so it is said) to split rocks with its roots, in spite of its low and humble habit, are quite unable to discover why it is said, «You will purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean» (Ps.

In today's recipe, the humble potato, a root veggie I love (the German blood in my veins is probably responsible for part of that love) gets transformed into a flower, with full of flavor petals.

Pie, with its humble beginnings and relative simplicity, is representative of the roots and ingenuity of American cooking.

Yes, he created art with his football, but if anything he was too humble and too rooted in the natural innocence of football as a boyish pastime to see it as something as pretentious as high - art or poetry.

With Mayor Brown was Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, who spoke of how Slaughter's humble roots and down - to - earth personality resonated with Western New Yorkers, even as someone who moved into the region from outside the stWith Mayor Brown was Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes, who spoke of how Slaughter's humble roots and down - to - earth personality resonated with Western New Yorkers, even as someone who moved into the region from outside the stwith Western New Yorkers, even as someone who moved into the region from outside the state.

Cuomo recounted his humble roots in his first Inaugural address as governor in 1983, saying his mother and father came to the US with a will to «spend all their efforts in honest toil».

He speaks in a weary but still forceful crinkle, his tones fatherly and professorial, with a few «ain'ts» and dropped g's friendly remnants of his humble Illinois roots.

Although about the humble roots of hip hop and b - boyism, the makers of the film have a more grandiose spectacle for its subject matter in mind, featuring some manufactured melodramatic elements, culminating in a farfetched song - and - breakdance concert featuring Melle Mel and the Furious Five (recently broken up with Grandmaster Flash) and future Rolling Stones back - up vocalist Bernard Fowler's gospel chorus entertaining a packed hall of enthused aficionados.

But even from his humble roots, with movies like the drug parable Requiem for a Dream, through to his more recent efforts such as Black Swan and The Wrestler, he's continued to be a singular director who showcases the human psyche brilliantly on screen.

From humble beginnings in 2001 (built on the site of a former junkyard), this small school with deep cultural roots and values is now «thriving».

It's not uncommon today for cars with performance reputations to have humble roots.

While it may share its basic architecture with the Toyota Land Cruiser, Lexus» full - size LX 570 SUV for 2015 goes well beyond its humble roots, offering the kind of power and luxury befitting Lexus» flagship SUV.

From humble roots, it has grown from a single location to a multi-state franchise with national expansion opportunities.

It's effortlessly stylish, overcoming humble roots with achingly beautiful art direction, set within the unrestrained imagination of a mysterious military operative with time on her hands.

For Frictional Games, the developer has since grown from its humble roots to become a multimillion company with the successful release of the horror adventure game Amnesia: The Dark Descent, while still employing less than a dozen designers, programmers, and artists (1).

With some of the franchise's support characters now leading the charge, The Lost Legacy manages to move beyond its humble DLC roots and become the sixth proper Uncharted game in the series.

Every studio has tales rooted in humble origins, and while some have forgotten what it means to provide and interact with human beings, others remain humble regardless of success.

The results are stools and chairs with patinaed surfaces that disguise their humble roots.

What's interesting about Silverback isn't just its deep, humble roots, but that it's now updating its original vision with new partnerships with complementary startups.

Based in Gippsland, Victoria Tammy combines her experience in conservation biology and community engagement with her dairy farming roots, to deliver a humble and honest approach to plastic and waste free family life.

This award winning builder started from humble roots in Mount Airy, Maryland and has grown into a regional builder with thousands of new homes completed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.