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I'm a modern-day hippie.
I'm a modern-day renaissance man.
Robert Kraft, a modern day Zoolander.
I want to be maybe the modern-day Billy Graham.
It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.
The Italian gangster thing has become a form of the modern-day Western.
'Dead Witch Walking' is basically a modern-day witch living in Cincinnati.
As modern-day professionals it all comes down to how you perform on the pitch.
Auntie Anne's is a modern-day business miracle that never should have happened.
Bip is the romantic and burlesque hero for our time. Bip is a modern-day Don Quixote.
Social media provides the modern-day version of mystery shopping and walking the halls.
I in no way, shape, or form envision myself as the modern-day Ozzy Osbourne - nobody can.
In modern-day cricket, the role of the first three to four batsmen has become very crucial.
Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.
I find as much inspiration from the forerunners of jazz as I do the modern-day innovators of jazz.
I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.
As a modern-day role model, I'd have to go for Tiger Woods. I'm also a massive Sachin Tendulkar fan.
That's something lacking in a lot of modern-day families - just talking. It's almost a lost art form.
That's what really concerns me about the modern-day terrorists that we face is this global expansion.
Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.
I did a film called 'Days and Nights,' which is a modern-day retelling of and inspired by Chekhov's 'The Seagull.'
Although I play a modern-day girl in Brahma,' there are portions in the second half that require me to shed that image.
Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.
Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god.
The reason there's no modern-day Shakespeare is because he didn't have anything to do except sit in a room with a candle and think.
I'm happy for the modern-day player who signs his contract and makes lots of money. The players of my era helped make that possible.
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
I always considered programming as being like modern-day wizardry. You could think of things in your mind and then make them happen.
I'm from Gary, Indiana, and everybody's damn near at the poverty level. It's a rough city to grow up in, and it's a modern-day ghost town.
Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they were glorified.
For me, what is important is, as a legspinner, you need determination, especially in modern-day cricket. You need to feel that you can change a game.
Wouldn't it be great if you could put all the published works online? The Internet Archive is trying to become useful as a modern-day digital library.
I wanted to make '13 Assassins' in the old manner, to use old techniques and not to rely on modern-day ones such as CGI, or editing that changes the speed.
I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
I think a lot of times, in a lot of modern-day movies, a lot of things are CGI, but so much of the stuff in 'Star Wars' is built and created by these artists.
If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.
Many of us endure pain in the service of beauty every single day. We rip off our hair with hot wax, jam our soft skin into modern-day corsets, and burn our scalps with dyes.
It's really fun to think about what it would be like to see Walter Davidson step onto a modern-day motorcycle. He'd probably go insane! But motorcycles were such a part of him.
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in and pays the bribe just to get on with life.
I think I've become the go-to mustache man. It works in period pieces. Modern-day mustaches are probably creepy. But I get compliments - everyone's like, 'Wow, love the 'stache, dude.'
What 'Strong Island' does is bring a historical perspective and help people understand that what we're treating as a modern-day phenomenon is actually not modern. It's actually quite old.
I enjoy just the raw human visceral reaction of jumping into the arena and just swinging the hammer and seeing what is left over afterwards. Twitter is just modern-day gladiatorial combat.
You set something in modern-day Texas, which is so identifiable as the Old West, and everyone's wearing guns, so it looks like it's going to be, by default, partially considered a western.
I accept that there are multitudes seeking God, seeking meaning, and so on, but if they reject atheism, I would rather they became modern-day Catholics or Jews than that they became Muslims.
'Goldenheart' is like a modern-day Joan of Arc. Think of it like medieval times-cum-2045 or Lancelot and Guinevere in 3025. It's a new version of these battles - age-old stories for the now.
With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.
I think the modern-day wide receiver, I would say that his skill level is not appreciated. It's not just about the numbers. It's the ability to catch the football and put your talent on display.
Enron Field in Houston, the Trans World Dome in St. Louis and PSINet Stadium in Baltimore are just three of the modern-day coliseums named for companies that have found new homes in bankruptcy court.
In the case of 'The Housewives,' I call the 'Housewives' sociology of the rich. I think it's just fun to watch. It's guilt-free gossiping that you can have. It's like the modern-day soap opera, in my mind.
Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.