For it is the family that, in China, has always provided social security for the indigent, the sick, the down-and-out members of the clan.

There is Blair leading a respectable, outwardly eventless life at his parents ' house in Southwold, writing ; then in contrast, there is Blair as Burton ( the name he used in his down-and-out episodes ) in search of experience in the kips and spikes, in the East End, on the road, and in the hop fields of Kent.

A more recent example is Bruce Dern's portrayal of a down-and-out veteran in the film Monster ( 2003 ).

Eastwood portrays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix, to testify against the mafia.

The story, which is told in the first person, centers on down-and-out actor Lawrence Smith ( stage name Lorenzo Smythe, a. k. a. " The Great Lorenzo ").

Waiting at the back door of a night club is Joey Crown, a down-and-out trumpet player.

Don Bellows ( Franchot Tone ), a prominent New York architect, is engaged to the beautiful and wealthy Gail Armitage ( Margaret Lindsay ) when he meets down-and-out Joyce Heath ( Bette Davis ), who was once the most promising young actress on Broadway.

Kaye's version sets the story in Napoleon's empire, instead of Russia, and the main character presented to be the ersatz inspector general is not a haughty young government bureaucrat, but a down-and-out illiterate, run out of a gypsy's travelling medicine show for not being greedy and deceptive enough.

Nevertheless, Eugenia rejects his advances, since she is already in a relationship with the down-and-out Mauricio.

* In the 1991 film Soapdish, the leading character played by Kevin Kline is a down-and-out actor reduced to drunkenly performing the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the fictitious " Opa-Locka Dinner Theater.

Johnny Walker is a down-and-out boxer, with brain damage who has just recently moved into a sea-side resort.

It depicts a down-and-out filmmaker in Hollywood attempting to make a film on a small budget with a star who does not know that he is in the film.

Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute ( Locke ) whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix in order for her to testify against the mob.

Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, is well on his way to becoming a down-and-out when he is given the task to escort witness Gus Mally from Las Vegas.

Mark Conrad, a debonair Anglo-Austrian former playboy and junk owner, now an alcoholic down-and-out, is expelled from Hong Kong.

Firefly is introduced as Garfield Lynns, a down-and-out film visual effects expert who attempts to rob a theater by faking a fire, only to be stopped by Batman and Robin.

During the subsequent media circus, Aoye is approached by a down-and-out lawyer, Hiruta ( Takashi Shimura ), who claims to share Aoye's anger with the press.

Both of these characters have played the purpose of a spiritual guide to a down-and-out character, in EastEnders, Alfie Moon ( Shane Richie ) and in Emmerdale, Bob Hope ( Tony Audenshaw ).

Amongst his more memorable roles include acting opposite Anita Yuen as a down-and-out musician in C ' est la vie, mon chéri ( 1993 ) and in a number of cop thrillers, such as Big Bullet ( 1996 ), Full Alert ( 1997 ), The Longest Nite ( 1998 ), Running out of Time ( 1999 ), Running Out of Time 2 ( 2001 ) and Mad Detective ( 2007 ).

The film traces the romance, marriage and estrangement of a down-and-out comedian, Yong-ki ( Lee Jung-jae ) and his long-suffering wife, Jung-yun ( Lee Young-ae ).

Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society, draws a parallel between scientism and traditional religious movements, pointing to the cult of personality that develops around some scientists in the public eye.

His performance of Jean-Paul Marat in Abel Gance's Napoleon ( 1927 ) used exaggerated movements to convey the fire of Marat's personality.

Jackson portrays Japp as working-class and ' thoroughly British ', not very intelligent but an extremely diligent and active police officer with a good but rather dry sense of humour, characteristics which often serve as a perfect foil to Poirot's personality, who is intelligent, elegant, upper-class but rather slow in movements and of a very serious nature.

As for other new religious movements that sprang up in the context of the hippie subculture of the 1960s, there has been debate on " cult "- like aspects, and especially the cult of personality surrounding the charismatic leaders of such groups as the TM movement.

" However, this may have just as easily been the composer's prickly personality shining through since the balance between the two movements is so perfect as to obviate the need for a third.

The influence of his personality made Archbishop Ireland a commanding figure in many important movements, especially those for total abstinence, for colonization in the Northwest, and education.

In addition to requiring great physical strength and dexterity, each puppeteer was required to manipulate several puppets during the play, giving each a separate personality by its physical movements and gestures.

Many new religious movements frequently have web sites including, for example, the Church of Scientology, which allows users to take an online personality test.

Some studies that have been conducted on the alleged spirit movements and manifestations ( Glossolalia and altered state of consciousness ) that occur during the transmission of light conclude that they could be attributed to personality disorders.

Watterson's cat, Sprite, very much inspired the personality and physical features of Hobbes.

They appeal to people who like the personality of a Persian but do not want the hassle of grooming a long-haired cat.

These are seen as flaws, and the cats are not allowed to be displayed in cat shows, although of course it has no effect on their personality or health.

* Brak ( Andy Merrill )-is some sort of anthropomorphic " space cat " with an eccentric personality and a speaking lisp.

Her personality is very feline ; she will eat cat food, grooms herself like a cat, play with string and other moving objects ( including Sakura's tails ), and her favorite drink is catnip-milk, which has an alcoholic affect on her.

Lorenzo is a 2004 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation about a cat, Lorenzo, who is " dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own.

Despite this, Daniel's personality continues to haunt Tanner ; she is scratched violently by a possessed cat and Barrett, seeing the scratches, suspects that Tanner may be mutilating herself.

Lacking the photogenic looks of many of his rock and roll contemporaries, Orbison eventually developed a persona that did not reflect his personality.

Man and the universe reflect his personality, nature and purpose.

Human beings and the universe reflect God's personality, nature and purpose.

" Often a craft name will reflect their personality, interests and / or feelings.

Ricky's bedroom was designed to be cell-like to suggest his " monkish " personality, while at the same time blending with the high-tech equipment to reflect his voyeuristic side.

Leo's letters and sermons reflect the many aspects of his career and personality, including his great personal influence for good, and are invaluable historical sources.

Quite often the name will reflect the path of the Pagan and may include descriptions of their personality, animal totem, plant totems, tribe, and history.

The cat's mild-mannered state and personality may not always reflect the relatively high level of intelligence often found in the breed.

Man and the universe reflect His personality, nature, and purpose.

Human beings and the universe reflect God's personality, nature, and purpose.

Human beings and the universe reflect God's personality, nature, and purpose.

The blue base tone is used to reflect his upright and courageous personality.

The results do not often reflect the true personality or relationship.

Towards the end of the novel, when the ' springtime ' following the war between the gods begins, Czernobog himself begins to lighten in personality, and at one point muses that perhaps Bielebog actually is himself ; this may be meant to reflect the more modern views about historical Slavic polytheism.

The deepest sources of the global crisis lie inside the human personality and reflect the level of consciousness evolution of our species. Grof conceives of the use of hallucinogenic drugs to be one method to overcome the West's peculiar aversion to holotropic consciousness: In one of my early books I suggested that the potential significance of LSD and other psychedelics for psychiatry and psychology was comparable to the value the microscope has for biology or the telescope has for astronomy.

Pro football today does in many ways reflect his personality.

Howard emphasized in his 1977 book, however, that the ill-tempered aspects of his on-screen persona did not reflect his real personality.

However, to reflect his flashy personality, this trend was reversed and he became the fastest Turtle in the video games based on the 2003 animated series ; Raphael became the strongest.

These mutations often reflect previous attributes ( many such attributes paradoxically personality related )

Gustafson said she had wanted the fountain, which was built to the south of the Serpentine, to be accessible and to reflect Diana's " inclusive " personality.

This test was reportedly designed to reflect unconscious parts of the personality that " project " onto the stimuli.

The Hulk's personality was shown to still reflect Banner's good and compassionate nature, meaning he will typically restrict his wrath to villains threatening him, but will also restrict himself to simply tossing them aside, instead of killing them.

Nothing seems out of the ordinary in the results, but Marsha realizes the results don't seem to reflect VJ's real personality.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder are two distinct psychological disorders, but media portrayals are often very simplistic and do not reflect the difference between the two.