Sentences with phrase «delusions of grandeur on»

Time to re-visit Hansen's 27-3-08 letter to Kevin Rudd in which he massages Rudd's massive ego and delusions of grandeur on the advice, he says, of people in Australia etc. http://crikey.com.au/Media/docs/COPY-OF-LETTER-JAMES-HANSEN-TO-KEVIN-RUDD-27-3-08-478116

Yet somehow I preferred ninety minutes of that to The Sweetest Thing: Blair is winningly frank («I'm doing Merchant Ivory movies from now on») and self - deprecating, and since everybody was recorded after the film died a quick death at the box office, there are no delusions of grandeur on parade.

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Yes, but its status quo is too wedded to corruption, easy credit, coal and delusions of global grandeur to make the kind of commitment needed to develop clean energy on the scale China needs to continue industrializing.

You communicate on the level of a 6th grader with delusions of grandeur.

Here I'm watching Totti rocket shots from 40 meters deep and Pallotta is standing on the sideline with his back turned, in an empty goal clutching the netting peering over to the other field with delusions of grandeur that one day we'll have 11 Pulisic's suiting up for Roma.

Typical week for Wenger I'd say: Poor results, having a pop at the fans, no remorse for his actions, delusions of grandeur, claiming Arsenal are still in a title race, disputing a crucial goal (claims of a foul on Bellerin for Alonso's goal have been quashed from all quarters), and so on, and so on!

We'd also get on much better with our neighbours and best of all we could say goodbye to the big Britisher delusions of grandeur that keep involving us in wars.

It doesn't so much re-litigate her case — tried in real court and the one of public opinion — as jazz up the juiciest details: the «motivational» maternal shit - talk that Janney performs like a profane comedy routine; the on - the - ice outbursts, sometimes punctuating Gillespie's robustly staged skating sequences; and every twist and turn of Gillooly's hapless criminal conspiracy, which turns the backstretch of the movie into a dimwit caper, dominated by Paul Walter Hauser's broadly farcical take on Eckhardt and his mouth - breathing delusions of grandeur.

Though both are for the most part unusable on public roads to the Veyron's favor much as I despise them the quality fit and finish as well as the reliability of the Veyron vastly exceeds that of any pos coming from the bloviated pretense and delusions of grandeur Hennessey and Co.

We experience moments of high drama and humor, sometimes on the same page; swordfights and court intrigues; plus a growing connection with and concern for the big hearted man inside the little body who has only his faith to hang on to as he is drawn further and further into Kempelen's deception and delusions of grandeur.

We experience moments of high drama and humor, sometimes on the same page; swordfights and court intrigues; plus a growing tension as we come to know and care for the big hearted man inside the little body who has only his faith to hang on to as he is drawn further and further into Kempelen's deception and delusions of grandeur.

She is currently scheming away on her next novel, and being terribly bohemian by living off of canned soup and indulging in delusions of grandeur.

He is part of the artist collective, Delusions of Grandeur, a group of emerging artists focused on providing critique and commentary on social infrastructures within American society, while contributing to the prominence of the collective black voice and presence within contemporary art.

Delusions of Grandeur is a collective of emerging artists brought together by a shared interest and commitment to their art, a need to provide critique and commentary on social infrastructures within American society and to contribute to the prominence of the collective black voice and presence within contemporary art.

Or arrogance, delusions of grandeur, megalomania, take your pick based on scale.

Of course, this will be a big fall to Earth for the Leftist - libs who in their delusions of grandeur enjoyed so much seeing themselves totally invested in saving the Earth from the evil business of capitalism; and, in particular, saving nature from Western civilization; and, in particular, saving humanity America — the keeper of the torch of individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascisOf course, this will be a big fall to Earth for the Leftist - libs who in their delusions of grandeur enjoyed so much seeing themselves totally invested in saving the Earth from the evil business of capitalism; and, in particular, saving nature from Western civilization; and, in particular, saving humanity America — the keeper of the torch of individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascisof grandeur enjoyed so much seeing themselves totally invested in saving the Earth from the evil business of capitalism; and, in particular, saving nature from Western civilization; and, in particular, saving humanity America — the keeper of the torch of individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascisof capitalism; and, in particular, saving nature from Western civilization; and, in particular, saving humanity America — the keeper of the torch of individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascisof the torch of individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascisof individual liberty and the only active participant on the globe supporting people yearning for freedom from tyranny, despotism, neo-atheism and liberal fascism.

We believe his carefully listed reasons to believe that humanity has indeed acquired the ability to affect our planet on a grand scale, and not merely developed delusions of grandeur.

Line - ups may be long and victims may suffer delusions of grandeur while doing the breast stroke on the terrazzo floor.