10 QUOTES WITH «THE LIKES OF»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
the likes of.
If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon.
It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that boring drunk Dylan Thomas. You don't forget things like that.
I'm just glad I got to work with the likes of Spielberg.
Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience.
I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
I find myself really privileged to be able to go in and look at a set that the likes of Hollywood can provide, and say, 'My God, look at the craftsmanship in this; look at the ambition in it, the scale of it.'
The likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns were true champions. There were some incredible fights between us, and I was happy to give them all an opportunity to fight me.
In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an airplane transporting an atomic bomb would crash on American soil, unleashing a radioactive disaster the likes of which the world had never seen.
There are no black film composers doing the likes of Star Wars, doing the likes of E.T., doing the likes of Jurassic Park. There are none, nor will there ever be one. That ain't about to happen!
The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be like the dodo bird. Extinct.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE LIKES OF»
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the likes of in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the likes of and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Likes of Us: America in
the Eyes
of the Farm Security
This book collects work from nine of these trips Evans in Louisana and Alabama, Shahn in West Virginia, Lange in California, and others uniting them with Stryker's shooting scripts, letters, and other relevant archival documents.
2
The likes of us: a biography
of the white working class
Who are the white working class and what have they done to deserve this portrayal? In this controversial book, South East-London born Michael Collins defends the white working class against such slurs and caricatures.
In 1918, having run away from the Washington State lumber camp she calls home, a fourteen-year-old half-Chinese albino named Cordy makes her way to Seattle and finds work in a carnival.
4
The Truth
of Ecology: Nature, Culture, and Literature in America
Electric," the poet addresses his body and "the likes" of his body and body parts: "
O my body! I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the
likes of the parts of you, I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes
of ...
5
No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from
the Popular "On ...
Where was I?) O.K.; a case can be made that the plural the likes of is acceptable
in spoken English. (Lexies don't use the word correct anymore.) This despite the
usagist Ted Bernstein's condemnation of it as "a casualism that has no place in ...
6
Desire,
the Self,
the Social Critic:
The Rise
of Queer ...
I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the
parts of you, I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes of the soul,
(and that they are the soul,) I believe the likes of you shall stand or fall with my ...
7
Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
the likes of someone/something someone or something that is equal to or as
important as the person or thing being mentioned o We haven't seen the likes of
Muhammad Ali since he retired, o They're competing with the likes of IBM and ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
8
Conformity and Orthodoxy in
the English Church, C. 1560-1660
happened after Hampton Court was therefore experienced as much by the likes
of Hutton and Chaderton as by the likes of Burgess as a jarring change from the
Elizabethan status quo ante. Viewed from this perspective it seems that there was
...
Peter Lake, Michael C. Questier, 2000
9
Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot: A Reference Guide
He also comments on a quotation from P.B. Shelley that is spoken by Estragon
when the moon rises at the end of the first act ("Pale for weariness. . .of climbing
heaven and gazing on the likes of us"), which he further relates to the philosophy
...
10
A Political Companion to Walt Whitman
I dare not desert the likes of you in other men and women, nor the likes of the
parts of you, I believe the likes of you are to stand or fall with the likes of the soul,
(and that they are the soul,) I believe the likes of you shall stand or fall with my ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE LIKES OF»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the likes of is used in the context of the following news items.
This guy changed the world: We won't see the likes of Jon Stewart …
I'm one of the college kids who in 2003 and 2004 grabbed onto what seemed like certain cultural anchors of sanity in what felt like a world gone mad. «Salon, Jul 15»
The Likes of You and Not Being Cool
Ma'am -- may I take your lunch order? Avocado scramble with Aardvark Sauce please. My daughter smirks. The likes of you smirk. The ma'am giving her cart ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Limericks inspired by the likes of Henry David Thoreau to Joe Riley
The Nantucket doggerel verse that appeared here a couple of weeks ago inspired my friend Irving Rosenfeld to new heights of creativity. It was close to a perfect ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
Instagram beef beneath the likes of Shaq, Pippen
Or if he'd opted to use his off-seasons to rehab hard after injury, rather than focusing on his rapping and acting careers, and saying things like “I got injured on ... «Sportsnet.ca, Jul 15»
Making caste census data public will hit the likes of Lalu, Nitish the …
Parties like Samajwadi Party, JD(U), RJD and DMK have criticised the Centre for not releasing the caste-based data in the Socio Economic and Caste Census ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Gajendra Chauhan chosen over the likes of Bachchan and …
Rathore's comments came as some media reports suggested that among the potential names suggested for the position of FTII chairman included icons like of ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
Startup wants to open up private equity to the rest of us
InvestX Capital Ltd. is closing its first deal to help smaller investors get in on venture deals for the likes of Lyft, Dropbox and Spotify. Seeking to create private ... «Columbus Business First, Jun 15»
Kremlin's media push – including the likes of Larry King and Jesse …
In this Tuesday, June 11, 2013 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits the new headquarters of the "Russia Today" television channel in ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
We May Not See the Likes of Gosling and Affleck If Snyder Signs …
Ryan Gosling hung out at places like Cafe D'Mongo's in downtown Detroit while filming "Lost River." George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Grant Heslov and Paul ... «Deadline Detroit, Jun 15»
How the likes of MasterCard and Visa slow the spread of bitcoin
He said the card provider is being "careful", swayed by negative press surrounding the likes of the Mt.Gox collapse. However, he said BitPay talks to a lot of ... «International Business Times UK, Jun 15»
