Sentences with phrase «who stroke their ego»

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I mean, you can stroke your ego with pride to assume that any god who does exist would somehow automatically be very invested in your life, but that's just presumptuous with no reason.

I don't have to address someone who obviously just wants people to agree with whatever you say to stroke your ego.

We who claim Christ should spend less time this season building convenient enemies to stroke our fragile egos, and more time having our hearts freshly broken for the daily heavy burdens of those walking alongside us — and moved to help carry them without delay.

If i'm just somebody elses pet project and was meant to happen and my life was preordained then it's a 1 to 1 odds that I am who I am and that means i'm just another chess piece on someone elses board and have no real freedom and no real future even if I was to imagine some fluffy afterlife stroking Gods ego for eternity, that is not for me.

(Anyone who's ego don't need stroking, raise your hand, cast the first stone.

What's wrong with being glad that a false prophet, a man that stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills, a man who preyed on weak minded people for his own financial benefit and the chance to stroke his own ego, was nearly killed?

Tell me who apart from someone who needed his ego stroking would make a comment like that?

They're just a little ego stroking for people who enjoy that sort of thing.

Unless your guy is sleeping with you and others that he's texting, I doubt he's a player, but one who likes to have his ego stroked.

Why should a young quality female who is investing more of herself, time and energy into a man (SD) receive less than an escort who ONLY provides sex and not the whole ego - stroke, warm - feelies package??

Bonus: Normally I cringe at directors who insert themselves or, worse, their children into the picture so as to stroke their ego.

At the very top of the pyramid, you have people like Howey and Konrath who have realized they can get FAR more sales if they stroke the egos of wannabe writers (who will then buy their books in gratitute) than they could ever make if their writing actually had to stand on its own.

I'm an avid reader and love to write, but I that means nothing if the people who are reading my short stories are just stroking my ego just so I'll stroke theirs.

However, submitting your work to literary publications is the best ways to get straightforward, impartial, yes - or - no feedback from people who do not know you and will not stroke your ego.

I've met people who refuse to go to critique groups because they've had an awful experience with a group — with members who needed to stroke their egos by tearing other writers down.

No matter who the author and publisher are, such readers claim all authors are working «for fun» or to stroke their egos, and do not view editors, graphic artists, or any of the other people involved in producing books as necessary.

It sort of reminds me of certain writers» organizations that try to lull you into believing they have your best interests at heart all the while it appears those in control are simply stroking their own egos and pushing their own social or political or who - knows - what agenda.

I've seen it said elsewhere: In a few years Trad Pub will be the new vanity presses because they will cater to authors and readers that have to have a physical copy to put on a shelf to either stroke the author's ego or satisfy readers who are dead set against moving to electronic.

CEOs who are busy increasing dividends, repurchasing shares and making acquisitions may be doing things that stroke their own egos and favor shareholders over bondholders.

Museum curators routinely face all kinds of challenges: delicate works of art that need special attention, fragile artist egos that require careful stroking, unwilling lenders who need convincing.

 Gagosian Gallery stroking the ego of some celebrity who fancies himself an artist is a better example of vanity in my opinion.

I guess Joe Romm, through all the stress, frustration and duplicity associated with Washington ego stroking has forgotten who our current president is.

When I can get a robotic replacement wife that strokes my ego in the right way, when everyone who wants a Mercedes Benz can have one, then we can talk about this.

To take one self - selected post and add it to a compendium of posts from other bloggers seems to serve no practical purpose other than to stroke the egos of the bloggers who are included.

Instead of dismissing personal branding as merely ego - stroking, think of it as educating people about who you are and what you have to offer.

Instead of dismissing personal branding as merely ego - stroking, think of it as educating others — and yourself — about who you are and what you have to offer.