Sentences with phrase «pursuit of fame»

Edith's dedication to others, as a teacher, an aunt, and as a wife, also deflected her from the pursuit of fame.

The 29 - minute Super 8 film The Least Resistance, from 1980 - 81, finds the ugly rat and cute panda (the artists in shabby theatrical costumes) in Los Angeles in pursuit of fame and fortune, while musing on the meaning of life.

She has always worked in fervent pursuit of fame and notoriety in the art world, and though her recently snowballing popularity is highly deserved, it is important to understand why Kusama's work has gone unrecognized until this late stage in her career.

Will they take on quests in pursuit of fame, or focus on the health and wellbeing of their people?

A new memoir from Oscar - nominated actor Bryan Cranston takes readers beyond a pursuit of fame and fortune.

In Quiz Show, contestants who've been coaxed into lying in the pursuit of fame become part of a national scandal.

The nifty thing about that movie, from French director Olivier Assayas, is that, like fellow festival favorite Birdman, it's a showbiz story about the pursuit of fame versus the desire to be taken seriously, a clash that has to be on Stewart's mind in setting out to rebrand herself this year.

Gavin represents «humans that suck» in that he immediately gets his gun and tries to shoot and capture Elliott in the pursuit of fame and fortune.

John and Elliot's pursuit of fame at any twisted cost makes the pair progressively harder to like.

Crossing paths with some of the West's most notorious figures, the three outlaws fight for their lives in the pursuit of fame and fortune.

Ms. Cole, making her first run for public office, says she has never met the governor, and faults Mr. Collins for his pursuit of fame in Washington — he's a regular on national talk shows — rather than concerns in his district.

The key distinction Faulkner makes is between the classic pursuit of greatness, and a newer Enlightenment - style pursuit of fame.

1) There are two distinctions we particularly have to consider: first, the modern pursuit of fame v. the pre-modern ambition for honorable greatness, second, celebrity as the key species of modern fame.

So what he's really saying is: there's something, deeper, bigger and more satisfying than the pursuit of fame... He just doesn't seem entirely sure what it is.

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Famed early Apple engineer Andy Hertzfeld consulted on the user interface, Fielding says, in pursuit of a simple interface that even non-technical people (or non-lawyers) can sift.

Turns out, however, it was often eclipsed by the entrepreneur's pursuit of personal fame — a quest that created a «cognitive dissonance» within the company, according to the report.

Industry professionals discuss how fame affects the retail sales of wines associated with actors, musicians, and sports stars... Today's News: In Pursuit of Excellence: Trade, Media and Producers Weigh In Nova Cadamatre is director of winemaking for Constellation's Canandaigua Winery, developing the 240 -LSB-...]

Jim Kelly recently met with Jon Bon Jovi to discuss partnering up in pursuit of the Buffalo Bills, but the Hall of Fame quarterback declined to enlist over lingering concerns the team could move.

For his research, Hamm defines a lone wolf terrorist by four characteristics: a person who perpetrates political violence, does not belong to (but often identifies with) an organized group such as al - Qaeda, acts alone (as opposed to the pair of Boston Marathon bombers), and does not commit violence out of grief or the pursuit of profit, vengeance or fame.

American movie audiences don't like movies about «these sorts of people»; we prefer it when the poverty line is something to be crossed, and then crossed back the other way, the way Will Smith did on the road to bootstraps fame and fortune in «The Pursuit of Happyness.»

TIME AFTER TIME Picked up to series STUDIO: Outerbanks Entertainment / Warner Bros TV TEAM: Kevin Williamson (w, ep), Marcos Siega (d, ep) LOGLINE: Based on the novel by Karl Alexander and movie, it delivers a fantastical cat - and - mouse adventure through time when famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells is transported to modern - day Manhattan in pursuit of Jack the Ripper.

Spectre never tops this spectacular cold open, but it makes a couple of valiant efforts: There's a playful high - speed pursuit down the narrow allies of nighttime Rome, Bond testing his custom ride while long - distance flirting with Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), and a knock - down, drag - out fist fight with a Jaws - like henchman (Dave Bautista, of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding traiof valiant efforts: There's a playful high - speed pursuit down the narrow allies of nighttime Rome, Bond testing his custom ride while long - distance flirting with Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), and a knock - down, drag - out fist fight with a Jaws - like henchman (Dave Bautista, of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding traiof nighttime Rome, Bond testing his custom ride while long - distance flirting with Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), and a knock - down, drag - out fist fight with a Jaws - like henchman (Dave Bautista, of Guardians Of The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding traiof Guardians Of The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding traiOf The Galaxy fame) aboard a speeding train.

There was one more avenue I'd yet to try in my pursuit of literary fame: give it away.

The mystique that surrounds the craft of writing — especially when it touches on those writers who have gained fame in their literary pursuits — is inescapable.

Criterion Games, the famed makers of the Burnout series, and more recently Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, have taken over the wheel of the Need for Speed -LSB-...]

There's a new set of goals and a different set of goals today: one about instant fame, success and money, not about a less - commercially driven pursuit of ideals.

His pursuit of honest outcomes and dishonourable individuals has brought him respect and fame throughout Canada.

Why did they pick Vietnam as the setting for their pursuit of videocam fame?