leading a life

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On the surface, it is a love story between Hal and Madge, but underneath it’s a meditation on class, yearning, broken dreams, and the nearly insurmountable obstacles to leading a life of meaning and purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

“And access to health care when you need it is essential to leading a life of dignity.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

It has been a rapid rise for Nunez and he finds himself leading a life that would have been completely unrecognisable to the boy who looked at older brother Junior as his hero.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2022

York was a paraplegic since 1988 but his disability didn’t stop him from leading a life of positivity while inspiring those around him with his outgoing and uplifting approach to life.

From Fox News • May 24, 2021

First, his purpose of leading a life of perfect and heroic holiness had been put to flight; then followed his purpose of leading a life of holiness of a more easy, comfortable, and bourgeois sort.

From Pepita Ximenez by Valera, Juan