Sentences with phrase «egomaniacs in»

Shelly is no better and no worse than the power hungry egomaniacs in the other party.

Though Daniel is initially on board for Assange's crusade, eventually he begins to suspect that the site's overwhelming popularity has created an egomaniac in Assange, whose belief that he is righteous is clouding his judgment and is putting many innocent lives at risk.

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When you review the history of fraud in corporate America history, it is not the legendary companies with decades of dividend growth that fall victim to egomaniacs that engage in corrupt behavior.

«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

What is remarkable about the tales is less that the Church is filled with liars, cheats, egomaniacs, and murderers, but that in spite of all this, all in the Church continue to journey together to the same desired goal.

The points 1, 2 and 3 describe Wengers personality which led us to the level of being 6th in the PL: deluded, narcistic, egomaniac, touchy...

And I also think Sanchez is a egomaniac which is not gonna work in Chelsea or City.

One fellow member fondly recalls her as «a complete and utter egomaniac pain in the backside, incapable of working in a team.»

And to be honest, unless you are competing in strength competitions or you're a complete egomaniac, who really cares?

Couple Shandling's inner philosophy with the themes of The Larry Sanders Show — which doted on the follies of egomaniacs and as Apatow says «was about people who loved each other, but show business got in the way» — and one wonders how Shandling's $ 100M lawsuit with late manager and friend Brad Grey rattled his world.

Thanos is more than just a menacing villain, he's a raging egomaniac who wants to take over the universe and reshape it in his image with the power of the Infinity Gauntlet.

Here's one for anyone who's ever wanted to see Benedict Cumberbatch play a famous literary egomaniac, except without all those Sherlock clues and mysteries always flitting around and getting in the way.

Unfortunately, that fact hasn't humbled him one iota, which means Troy is essentially stuck in seedy motels with this pompous egomaniac 24/7.

Indeed, once the time - loop conceit gets cooking, Edge of Tomorrow reveals itself as something more modest, and assuredly so: a lean quest narrative about an egomaniac's gradual shedding of himself and resultant evolution into a pure instrument for the Cause — dying over and over again so that he might inch his way closer to mastering the system he's in.

He then ghosted off, presumably to the Soul World, to bask in his success as a true egomaniac would.

Director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, Dreamgirls) emerges from the quicksand of two Twilight movies with a potent and provocative take on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), an egomaniac with a passion for transparency in the information age.

What Marvel did have was the charismatic egomaniac Tony Stark and plenty of trust in Robert Downey Jr., who reportedly beat out Sam Rockwell, Timothy Olyphant, and Clive Owen for the role.

In this very funny, warmhearted send - up of academia, Smiley gently skewers any number of easily recognizable campus fixtures (the grant - seeking egomaniac, bewildered freshmen) while never failing to show their humanity — she gives everyone a voice.

A shaman, egomaniac and idiosyncratically gifted draftsman, he was a divisive but charismatic teacher until he was finally dismissed in 1972.

***************************************** Is Hansen so crazy and such an egomaniac that he really thinks if we do not listen to him apocolypse now will occur, or is he just in it for the money and prestige.

He believed, like the egomaniac he said he was, in his power to guide the moon and stars.

So, too, every egomaniac needs someone humble, and that's why, in the end, these hearings are so perfectly matched.

No - one is going to hire someone that can not participate in group discussions, but they don't want an egomaniac who takes over the conversation either.

I know that this system really works, because I directed strong and outrageous thoughts toward the federal government about one Ms Melanie Aitken, a very smart, but out - of - control egomaniac (In my opinion) whilst she occupied the office of Federal Competition Commissioner, and PRESTO!

No wonder the good guys / gals who try to be fiduciary professionals, responsible to their clients interests first and foremost vs their own wallets, are widely lumped in with the egomaniacs with real estate licenses whose goals in life are to nail every last prospect as quickly as possible in order to show the world how great they are at selling anything to anybody.