Sentences with phrase «of egomaniac»

Like Tony Stark, Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a bit of an egomaniac — a brilliant neurosurgeon whose own hubris leads to his downfall.
It's how god set it up, how nature set it up, and what science says is best for mother and baby — when all 3 of those are agreeing, what kind of egomaniac do you have to be to think that your choice to be uncomfortable about it matters at all?
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.
No more indulging the whims of egomaniacs!

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He transforms Iron Man into a superhero worthy of the big screen like no other: a wise - cracking egomaniac who cares as much about saving the world as he does about letting everybody know that he's actually Tony Stark.
Useless, egomaniac managers with tall poppy syndrome, the bane of my existence.
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.»
The Koran is a ripoff of Jewish writings, pure and simple, and Mohammed was a deluded power - hungry egomaniac.
No, what I love is the 20 + pages of vitriol from atheist trolls, who claim that all Christians are simultaneously both devious egomaniacs intent on forcing their will on an innocent world populace and fools and sheep with no will of their own.
Getting a lot of people to believe and follow you b / c you claim you know all about those things and making a living off your «expertise» makes you a charlatan or a delusional egomaniac.
Alcoholics are insecure egomaniacs, the program helps to relive us of the bondage of self.
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.
@Saraswati: THe egomaniac is still disregarding basic conversational etiquette and posting floating quotes to be sure that his every word of wisdom is seen by all.
Editors, for their part, regard most writers as paranoid egomaniacs ungrateful for the selfless efforts that extract a modicum of literacy and coherence from unpromising texts.
LOL... THe egomaniac is still disregarding basic conversational etiquette and posting floating quotes to be sure that his every word of wisdom is seen by all.
To me this idea has always turned the benevolent loving creator into a cruel self - serving egomaniac, not even close to my idea of a supreme being.
That is the only honest answer, and we will not go to hell if there is a God, because it would not be some egomaniac that needs a bunch of humans to stroke its ego.
Amen, but there's no enforcement of traditions... I can't believe how utterly stupid this egomaniac is....
He kept his religion and his politics separately.Unfortunately, the same can not be said of Franklin who is an opportunist and an egomaniac.
Hell, maybe he is an egomaniac of the first order.
The point of conversation should be to arrive at a better conclusion for all parties, not to «win» as you so clearly want to you egomaniac.
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...
The Italian egomaniac is unlikely to start against United, but he made sure he was the centre of attention by posting a very strange video to Instagram late on Saturday night.
To say a team ended the season well (which Arsenal didn't anyway) so they're bound to start the next one well is the sort of preposterous conclusion you would expect from a stubborn egomaniac that never learns from the past.
The Buffalo businessman, who has called Gov. David Paterson a «wimp», former Gov. George Pataki a «degenerate idiot» and his Democratic opponent, AG Andrew Cuomo, an egomaniac, yesterday took a swipe at the appointed comptroller, questioning his stewardship of the state pension fund.
A choice between Mayor I - Know - What's - Good - For - You and an egomaniac with the maturity of a middle schooler.
One fellow member fondly recalls her as «a complete and utter egomaniac pain in the backside, incapable of working in a team.»
It's a curious phenomenon that this national treasure can do such a good impression of an insubstantial, boorish egomaniac.
Now he is stuck scraping the bottom of the barrel... as no one with a real career is going to work on behalf of a treasonous egomaniac who will be out of office after Mueller lowers the boom on him... Hurry please Mueller!
McCluskey, who has been one of Corbyn's strongest supporters, said the Labour leader and his shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, were «not egomaniacs» and would not want to keep their roles if there were no hope of victory.
Denise Minger is guilty of this and twists fact to suit her tastes and gather support and followers, like most egomaniacs through history, by slandering and undermining those who don't agree with her!
A brief audio montage at the beginning of the film has people discussing him with words like «egomaniac,» «radical,» and «reckless.»
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.
The point is that he finds a way to make us admire, despise, pity, and ultimately love the irascible egomaniac, even as Aaron Sorkin's script practically begs us to worship him despite human failings because of his genius.
Bridesmaids stars Kristen Wiig (Whip It) as Annie, a single, thirtysomething woman with a failed business and bankruptcy behind her, a sales job that barely pays the rent of the apartment she shares with a creepy brother and sister (Matt Lucas and Rebel Wilson) and a going - nowhere relationship with an egomaniac (Jon Hamm, Mad Men).
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.
Hoffman perfectly captures the effects of aging on an egomaniac.
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.
If I want to obsessively watch the world collapse at the hands of a corporatist egomaniac, I'll replay Horizon: Zero Dawn.
«It didn't make it easy to look at your country on fire, and you're telling the story of a self - consumed egomaniac,» he said.
Entering the fray is Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), who, like most Marvel protagonists, is an egomaniac who must learn humility so as to join the Avengers, putting the needs of an organization above his own — an ideology that's familiar to the cinema and government of China, a country that's of massive importance to Marvel's titanic profitability.
CEO Elon Musk He's been called an egomaniac, but if you'd made nearly $ 200 million on Web startups by your early thirties, you'd probably think a lot of yourself, too.
But you should know that it's not about boasting or being an egomaniac, it's about stepping into your light as an author and taking ownership of your work.
That's the behavior of a selfcentered egomaniac.
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.
He's also an egomaniac who wants to control the biggest share of the animal charity (money and publicity) pie.
The shows are fun to watch, but they really just exist to fan the flames of fanboys and egomaniacs.
«You two are the best of the art world... serious terrific artists, without being crazed egomaniacs... while managing to contribute so much to the community with your gallery.
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