Sentences with phrase «fueled by ego»

In the original article Mr. Lassiter is quoted saying he has only wanted to father his children, and that the case is not fueled by ego.

«You can tell a lot from the tonality of conversation if this person likes to generate solutions collaboratively, or if their decisions are fueled by ego,» he says.

The subject matter wanders into reality TV territory but it is tactfully and tastefully handled by Rapaport, as we hear both sides of a rift regrettable and, as these things typically are, fueled by egos and stubbornness.

Not exact matches

Terry Gilliam's hallucinatory 1998 adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's classic of gonzo journalism stars Johnny Depp as Thompson's alter ego Raoul Duke and Benicio De Toro (thrillingly and terrifying unencumbered by any behavioral boundaries) as Dr. Gonzo in the drug - fueled carnival atmosphere of Las Vegas, circa 1971.

Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a brilliant surgeon and he knows it, his skills in the operating room only exceeded by the massive ego that fuels his never - ending quest to be the best.

an amateur «making - of» video by Schnabel's daughter, Lola; an ego - fueled featurette on Schnabel's paintings; and audio commentary by Schnabel, Bardem, co-author Lazaro Gomez Carriles and the film's cinematographer and composer.

It's a shame, then, that the movie eventually adopts the structure of a Scorsese flick - with the characters» initial success followed by a drug - fueled and ego - centric downfall.

It's a crisis of ego, fuelled by no other ideology than greed.

It's like Bay basically is only fueled by his gigantic ego, and demonstrates the key difference between pride and ego.

Bankers, their narcissism stoked by a culture that awarded grand ambition above all, lost the capacity to distinguish between their ego - fuelled dreams and concrete results.

The vivid imaginary world of his childhood, fuelled by childhood fears and a passion for making things, led to the development of mythical stories, in which his teddy, Alan Measles, is the super hero, and also to his transvestite alter ego, Claire, who collected the Turner Prize in 2003 in a Bo Peep - style dress.