Sentences with phrase «grandiose ambitions»

He had grandiose ambitions, referring to himself as «the future president of the British republic».

The rationale for this secrecy can perhaps be found in the grandiose ambitions of the TPP and similar agreements.

If it stalls, the nation with the world's fourth - largest economy by nominal gross domestic product could flounder economically, miring grandiose ambitions in the European Union (EU)-- and around the world — to combat climate change with renewables.

Either way, it will make Peter Molyneux's grandiose ambitions sound tame in comparison.

I decided I was going to popularise Abba and Christianity — grandiose ambitions, aged 14.

The more outreach you perform, the easier it will be to get others on board with your grandiose ambitions.

Is Arsenal a football club with grandiose ambition or a freaking charity case?

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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.

One should add that, while he is filled with ambition to be the leader of the USA and all that that entails, he doesn't appear to have grandiose weirdo expectations of his own world historical significance, nor does he (as do most of the professing Mormons I have I known) have any of the minor peccadilloes of ordinary vice that cause embarrassment for candidates and elected officials alike.

Meanwhile, Marvel President Kevin Feige revealed, as a villain, Ayesha is «less grandiose in her ambitions than Ronan was, for instance.

In addition to anecdotes about Still's interactions with collectors Fred Weisman and Betty Freeman, and painter Richard Diebenkorn, Kessler addresses Still's notorious hostility noting: «I can understand why Warhol and the next generation reacted against Still's kind of macho posturing and grandiose pretensions - but a part of me admires his heroic ambition and his seriousness of purpose; and I sometimes wish we had more of that today.»