Sentences with phrase «from grandiose»

David's sadness about his children is a heightened appreciation for the negative consequence of his selfishness, a break from his grandiose inattention.

In the vast majority of cases, people back away from their grandiose claims as they can't carry the story to interview, and of course, once they realise that the story they have while not «superhuman» status, is a good, solid and real representation of who they are and what they did, then we're cooking — and its true!

You'll quickly find that the dungeons you stumble across range from grandiose to very subtle in appearance.

This could be anything from the grandiose — e.g., chair of the board of directors of a European green energy fund, winning co-counsel in a Supreme Court case — to the seemingly mundane — e.g., leading the firm's record - setting United Way pledge drive, serving as treasurer of a neighbourhood co-operative pre-school.

Receiving artistic encouragement from Helen Henderson Chain, herself a pupil of George Inness, Adams shied away from the grandiose style employed by his contemporaries, preferring to accentuate the emotive in his landscapes and ushering in a long tradition of modernist landscape painting in the Rocky Mountain region.

Anonymous in its execution, the new paintings reflected the move away from the grandiose drama and spirituality of Abstract Expressionism.

From grandiose galas and meticulous meetings, to private parties and social soirà © es, your special occasion is our main event.

What got Mr. Sanders where he is now is what got him elected mayor in 1981: building a base from the bottom up, and shifting his focus from the grandiose to the granular....

The entire 400 acres is a celebration, but the vortex of raucousness sits just over a half - mile from the grandiose (or gaudy, depending on your taste) clubhouse.

Joe has made three important «acceptances,» (or «surrenders»)-- each is a step away from grandiose isolation of alcoholism.

Business plans often detract from grandiose visions because they are inherently formulaic.

Not long after founding Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stopped talking about the company as a social site and started telling people he was building a digital phone book for the new millennium, and he never wavered from that grandiose vision.

Not exact matches

But after a few years of rubbing elbows with tech bros and wannabe visionaries, I've found there's often more to learn from founders with ambitions less grandiose than changing the world.

The CrowdMed cofounder thinks women in the technology industry need to be take a cue from the men around them and be more arrogant and grandiose in their self - assessments.

But the most remarkable fact about SpaceX is that — right from the start, before the first rocket had lifted an inch off the ground — it was explicitly intended as the means to another, far more grandiose and idealistic end: colonizing Mars.

The following excerpt from the fourth book in Harry Sidebottom's «Warrior of Rome» series is part of a discussion between Gallienus and his senior advisors regarding how an appropriately - grandiose «decennalia» would be funded:

The memo begins by making a grandiose claim: The FBI's use of surveillance power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the 2016 campaign was «a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related to the FISA process.»

But that doesn't prevent me from being in aw of the grandiose of nature, of the universe.

Grandiose delusions may have religious content, such as the person believes he or she has received a special message from God or another deity.»

This speech is quite different from the indiscreet and grandiose report of his dreams in Genesis 37.

But later the motto slipped from use, its grandiose claim mocked by rising crime rates, a hostile civil service, Colorado's failing economy and the city maintenance department's inability to clear snow from the streets.

Further, learning from the bitter experience of grandiose notions of the state, contemporary Catholic teaching sharply delimits its role as spiritual or moral tutor.

The wider perspective which comes from possessing one's wilderness provides time - transcending experiences that help to reduce the grandiose need to play God.

One alcoholic, viewing in retrospect his grandiose isolation, said, «I felt so far removed from common garden - variety people that there wasn't any place for me.»

In order to maintain his grandiose image of himself, the person must shut himself off from interpersonal reality by what Tiebout called the «alcoholic shell.»

But that is far from saying something as grandiose as Buddha Mind or Unity with God or some such thing happens.

Applying for college is a difficult, emotional process that often involves a lot very grandiose attempts to prove yourself as being separated from the pack, several sleepless night of studying...

When public worship moved from the house church to the large basilicas to accommodate the growing numbers of Christians, worship settings became much more grandiose and formal.

When a relationship gets really messed up, we know that some grandiose gesture like showing up from across the country, or standing outside a window with a boombox, or chasing someone down a traffic - filled bridge in a cab isn't going to make it better.

Making his debut for Arsenal against Manchester City, Welbeck was inches away from kick starting his Arsenal career on a grandiose note, as his attempted chip over Joe Hart struck the post and ricocheted back into the England No. 1's grasp.

My guess is that he is in for a rude awakening, that's if the morning sun isn't already shining in his eyes from having Juventus laugh his grandiose demands out of town.

The man is nothing if not ambitious, but his grandiose pledges and claims about drawing inspiration from nature seem too good to be true.

This is not the tune that Nigerians were used to hearing from their all - powerful Coordinating Minister of the Economy, the first person ever to hold such a grandiose title side by side with the powerful Finance portfolio.

Submissions varied wildly, ranging from the mythological Olympus to the much less grandiose Nubbin, defined as a «small lump or residual part» (SN Online: 11/7/17).

Marquardt went public, making a splash with his unveiling of the Golden Mask, his understandably grandiose name for what was, if he was right, nothing less than a blueprint for the perfect face — and more than enough reason, you would think, for this reporter, passing through Los Angeles, to check in with Marquardt to see where his work has gone from there.

Data from 2011 suggest that vulnerable, but not grandiose, narcissism is linked to suicidal thinking, self - harm and emotional distress.

Whether grandiose or small, going for what you've always dreamed of is a departure from your comfort zone.

As everyone weighs in, let's take a few pointers from Hollywood's most fashionable playbook for our own grandiose gala dresses this season.

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The studio, approximately 300 square feet, had slanted floors and a weirdly - positioned shower, but it also had great light and grandiose archways separating the bedroom area from the living space.

It introduces progress that promotes the possibility of a grandiose Gotham City born from the comics complete with a Batman.

From its humble beginnings in 90's, online dating became a grandiose industry with billions of dollars in revenue.

As a portrait of modern journalism, though, it leaves quite a lot to be desired; this is the kind of film that has characters trade grandiose talking points about the ethics of reporting, but can't be bothered to show its reporter hero — still recovering from the damage factual inaccuracies did to his career — using a recording device during interviews.

From there, the next ninety minutes play out as one enormous set piece inside Hogwarts, combining the fight for the school, search for the remaining Horcruxes and Harry's date with destiny into a grandiose visual spectacle.

«Despite strong performances from leads Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, «The Dark Tower» is too meager to feel grandiose, and too haphazard to feel grounded,» Collider's Matt Goldberg wrote.

Playing a little more like an entry in the Bourne series than the Bond series, not only with its «rogue agent who can't trust his organization» story, but also its hyperkinetic way of editing the sometimes brutal action sequences, Quantum of Solace falls a bit from star Daniel Craig's debut due to the fact that impressively choreographed hand - to - hand combat fails to impress when the action and stunts are this grandiose.

He achieved what enamored Gorky Park co-star William Hurt referred to as «a grandiose intimacy,» and it is this captivating essence that distinguishes him from Mitchum and Bogart, fellow masters of the coolly intense.

On the flip side, the 1981 - 1982 season of what would become Dallas's archrival, ABC's Dynasty, is when the Aaron Spelling production would fully come into its own, and that is apparent right from the opening credits: the white typeface of season one is now the familiar, gleaming yellow; and Bill Conti's theme has been given the more pronounced and grandiose trumpet - led melody line that is a television icon in itself.

The music and voice - acting, which has all been imported directly from the films is way too grandiose to fit in with this title, which makes it all the more hilarious.

This all looks like good «murder party» fun, stilted - grandiose line deliveries and all, and will be getting an ultra-wide release November 10th from 20th Century Fox.