| 单词 | self-importance |
| 例句 | “Three days is quite unusual. But then again—” Some of the self-importance seemed to leak out of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yet they seemed aware of some self-importance, and I wished to stop one and ask him why he was chained to his pouch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch as Mr. Redfern introduces Katherine and the Misses Duncan and Anderson to a group of women clustered together like a group of chattering hens, their broad chests puffed out in self-importance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z This magnificence, he sensed in his youthful self-importance, reflected the glorious momentum of his life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Through the window, I watched men and women in smart outfits—in suits and skirts and clicking heels—carrying their coffee to work with a bustle of self-importance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z These constructs may mock our self-importance, but approaching the world in any other way seems painfully naive. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She had this look on her face, the self-importance of someone who is about to deliver a piece of particularly juicy gossip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have to put up with his tantrums, his inconsiderate orders, and his self-importance for the rest of his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But government can make you feel so small and mean that it takes some doing to build back a sense of self-importance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Levitte the perfumer is flabby and plump, basted in his own self-importance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The book is bloated with self-importance, even though what it mostly recounts is Bolton not being able to accomplish very much. In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z As she devolves into a weird hybrid of Perle Mesta and Nancy Drew, her sense of self-importance billows like a mushroom cloud. A Real-Life J.F.K. Lover, Murdered in 1964, Stars in Two New Novels 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z But on return visits, I noticed a leaden self-importance that began to feel stifling. Lowlife Plays It Cool on the Lower East Side 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Gallagher, eyes feverishly aglitter and teeth flashing in an illuminated shark’s smile, sings with robust self-importance in a trans-Atlantic accent that feels all the more authentic for being so palpably phony. Review: ‘On the Twentieth Century,’ With Kristin Chenoweth, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z But Shyamalan spends so much of the movie trying to dazzle us with bigness and self-importance that he forgets to tell a good story. "The Last Airbender": Shyamalan's fantasy schlockfest 2010-07-01T00:31:00Z He wants to make a searing indictment of poverty called “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and he approaches his trip with the earnest self-importance that title implies. Perspective | Movies to satisfy your pent-up wanderlust 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z It also is a seriously damaged and inadequate movie, and its defects reveal traits of character—arrogance, vanity, and self-importance—that exert an unfortunately strong influence on Parker’s directorial choices. The Cinematic Merits and Flaws of Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z As well as being a fantastically boring film, with Team-America-style performances from Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, is a deafening aria of self-pity and self-importance from the liberal overclass in Washington and Hollywood. Fair Game ? review 2011-03-10T15:00:00Z They were right to suppose that the king would take an interest and supply funding: the fledgling institution appealed strongly to his sense of national self-importance. The Royal Academy: a story of sulks and squabbles 2013-01-04T22:55:14Z These days, archbishops tend to have more Christian charity, while the petty spites and preposterous self-importance of their 1936 counterparts have been transferred to breakfast television presenters and so on. Meghan and Harry's story is quite the drama, but it's no abdication crisis 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z But the members also bring a certain theatrical flair to their work that helps ward off the dusting of dry self-importance that can cling to some new-music ventures. Review: New Music Inspired by Christ’s Agony and Dating Apps 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z It may be that Morton’s will now see more triumphalist cigar smoke, while the Obama staffer enclaves like the brasserie Le Diplomate — sorry, I meant to say “Le Dip” — recede in self-importance. Where I Live: Washington, D.C. 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The effect is a weird mixture of innocence and self-importance. Peter Bradshaw on nicknames in closing credits 2011-07-10T21:29:01Z Her short stories are majestic presentations of human foolishness, weakness, vanity, self-importance, viciousness, yet all of them are suffused with an awareness of and reverence for human worth. By the Book: Donna Leon 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Zach, whom Mr. Haas imbues with a blank, sullen self-importance, stumbles through the movie wearing the glazed expression of a hopeless drunk. Movie Review: ‘Crazy Eyes,’ Directed by Adam Sherman 2012-07-05T21:53:57Z I have a sneaking suspicion that my self-importance may be in some innate way self-sabotaging, if only because I suck at everything I try in life. Tim Dowling's guide to long-term love 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Langston Hughes, dreamy and endearing, has the forehead of an Egyptian monument, while Countee Cullen, only 22 but already a famous poet himself, squints with a young man’s fragile self-importance. Winold Reiss, an Immigrant Modernist Way Ahead of His Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Mendes raises the stakes and accelerates the plot, pushing Hilary and Stephen through a series of crises that weigh the movie down with earnest self-importance. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Thus, a final irony: a man who had been one of the country's leading literary theorists became a scathing critic – sometimes satirist – of literary theory's self-importance. Sir Frank Kermode obituary 2010-08-18T13:20:00Z This cult shares within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance; a need for constant stimulation, a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and the incapacity for remorse or guilt. As of 2022, we're (presumably) done with Kanye West. But what does that mean? 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z There are endless quotes here about his genius and supposed lack of self-importance. The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, introduced and edited by Harry Mount – review 2013-05-22T13:00:01Z Its follow-up, on the other hand, goes for commercial broke: it's music that sees itself as a kind of mass public address, with all the attendant problems of self-importance and heavy-handedness. The Temper Trap: The Temper Trap ? review 2012-05-17T14:29:01Z Their inflated sense of self-importance, lack of political experience and inability to recognize either have made them almost universally disliked in Washington. 8 reasons Jared and Ivanka are as useless and detestable as anyone in Trump’s White House 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z He stood in the center of his own self-importance. The Devilish Life and Art of Lucian Freud, in Full Detail 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z From the Renaissance to Gouthière’s 18th-century French royal court to masters of the modern universe, gilt — gold’s application to metal, whether powder, leaf or plate — is the assertive surface of self-importance. Our Midas Moment, From Galleries to Artisans 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Deranged optimism and self-importance are American birthrights, and if his confidence weren’t so poignantly outsized — and if Anderson were in a tougher mood — Gary would be a figure of tragedy rather than of comedy. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z But his fight against a relatively minor charge, using high-priced lawyers, is evidence of his sense of self-importance, possibly prolonging the media attention, according to at least one person familiar with that world. Robert Kraft Awaits Your Judgment: ‘I Am Truly Sorry’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The thing about the Camerons, she adds, is that they have no sense of self-importance. Helena Bonham Carter on 'witty' David Cameron, 'weirdo' Lars von Trier and why Tim Burton won't watch a romcom 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z This might have been justified by stardom or at least a recognised body of work, or, had it occurred in the context of fiction, by a narrator's self-importance. Unmastered by Katherine Angel – review 2012-08-10T21:55:05Z The pagan pomposity of Larsson's thugs, their Wagnerian self-importance, their magazines called Valhalla and White Rebel or their racist music company named "Ragnarcock Records", are surely both contemptible and comic. The Expo Files by Stieg Larsson? review 2012-05-18T21:54:01Z She was a feminist who despised self-pity and self-importance. Nora Ephron’s Hollywood Ending 2012-06-27T22:28:16Z On occasion, Bosker radiates youthful self-importance, maybe a touch of naïveté. ‘Cork Dork’ Sniffs, Swills and Spits Through the World of Wine Experts 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z They took themselves and their unhappiness very seriously, and Ms. Beattie captured them in all their uncertainty, vulnerability and self-importance. In ?Walks With Men,? Ann Beattie Returns to the ?80s 2010-06-07T22:12:00Z As with her 2013 Fringe play, “H Street Housewives,” she has a keen sense of observation in regard to D.C.’s sense of self-importance. A blend of food and comedy in ‘The Dish’ But his own writing style, which mixes efforts at casual friendliness with a sense of undisguised self-importance, partially undermines his argument. How to Read Your Way Back to Serenity 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s talky and clumsy, alternating between self-importance and clowning. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Every single character is a bubble of self-importance floating through a cactus patch. 'Raw, sad, hilarious': how Rip Torn lit up TV with The Larry Sanders Show 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z How, then, should I preserve the bombastic self-importance of my own life, but with a memoir in which I outshine every intellectual of the 20th century? Hitch-22 by Christopher Hitchens 2010-05-17T22:00:00Z What about just the plain, old self-importance of a man who wants only to talk and dance and talk, mostly with and about himself? These Movie Scenes Might Not Be Important, but They’re Pretty Great 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Watching the spectacle is like being stuck in a hipster party that never ends or stops wallowing in its self-indulgence and self-importance. Review: ‘Z,’ Hardly the Last Word on the Fitzgeralds 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z On this evening, both shared a certain quality of self-importance, not to say ponderousness, that made them seem to last slightly longer than they needed to — despite some striking moments in each. Midori fails to sell little-known Schumann to NSO audience Rhoades and Axelrod love to be the victors in their respective fields, and the entire ignition of their conflict stems from a sense of self-importance. “Hate is nature’s most perfect energy source”: Showtime’s “Billions” hits its stride in its return 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Zach, whom Haas imbues with a blank, sullen self-importance, stumbles through the movie wearing the glazed expression of a hopeless drunk. 'Crazy Eyes': a cautionary tale that doesn't bode well 2012-07-19T20:05:14Z Like its HBO stablemate “Girls,” which offers a mordant look at self-absorbed Brooklyn millennials, “Togetherness” right off the bat strips its characters of their dignity and self-importance. ‘Togetherness’ Joins ‘Girls’ on HBO’s Sunday Night Roster 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z After more digressions about keys and doors, she adds in hushed self-importance, “Or the space in between?” Dance Review: City Life Isn?t Always Uplifting 2011-06-30T21:01:18Z His production includes limited dialogue, sticking primarily to an evocative and detailed visual vocabulary, steering clear of indulgent theatrical flourishes and thematic self-importance. ‘Killers: A Nightmare Haunted House’ at Clemente Soto Vélez 2012-10-03T20:25:37Z But it is his voice that was perhaps the most inimitable thing about him, capable of conveying self-importance and sly, self-puncturing deprecation. Alan Rickman never disappeared into a role. But that’s what made him great. 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But he’s less sanguine about where things are headed: The downturn has shown the contradictions of a field built on wait-your-turn hierarchy, a sense of self-importance, and a culture of sacrifice. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z Maybe that’s what sets Washington apart from other markets: a high degree of self-importance. No reservations? This restaurant trend has become harder to swallow. Whether in rags or riches, she was no-nonsense and practical, strikingly low on self-importance. Last Chance: Barbara Stanwyck Festival at Film Forum 2013-12-26T21:36:07Z He also has a history of being late, which feeds stereotypes about self-importance but is mostly just frustrating. They laughed when Diddy launched a fashion line. Then he changed the industry. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It just shows so much self-importance, and it was a very creative kill. On ‘Killing Eve,’ Jodie Comer’s Villain Is Delightfully Dangerous. Here’s Why. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Your distain for the usefulness of auto-reply demonstrates your own sense of self-importance, not that of those who use it and those who receive these messages. The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Thus the narrative is shot through with the distinctive self-importance of the insecure. An Old Man’s Youthful Fascinations Animate Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Pseudoroyalty: Mediocre people with such delusions of self-importance that they give themselves Russian monarchical titles, wear tiaras, etc. Style Invitational Week 1275: That Is the Question 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z By the time the stakes do achieve life-or-death heights, the novel has forced itself into an awkward stance of violence and suspense that doesn’t entirely fit with its crumpled class notes and teenage self-importance. Review | Can a thriller also be a feminist social critique? Lisa Lutz gives it a try in ‘The Swallows’ 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But always the shaming circumvents due process, precedes true justice, and serves mainly to inflate the sense of self-importance and egos of its progenitors. Internet Mob Justice Isn't Justice At All 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Finally, I was the one who had something to talk about, the one who was giggly and giddy with excitement and self-importance. I’m a relationship virgin: I’m 54 and have never had a boyfriend 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z In its banality and self-importance, his work towers over all contemporaries. Rats! Banksy doesn't need more publicity 2012-05-17T16:29:01Z It’s also an Oscars wannabe, with a soupcon of D.C.’s geeky self-importance, hence the nickname. Cancel dinner plans. Send ‘nerd prom’ to the history books. 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z History “is written and rewritten by soldiers carrying the banner of kings,” he says with fanatical self-importance. In ‘Gaslit,’ a Victim of Watergate and History Finds Rescue 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The world’s oldest and most prestigious international exhibition of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a year’s delay, and the pandemic has hardly shrunk the exhibition’s size or its visitors’ self-importance. At Venice Biennale, Contemporary Art Sinks or Swims 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He wrote that being the right age in the ’60s provided the sense that one was witnessing a hinge moment in history, and it fueled a self-importance. In Robert Stone’s Books, Heroes, Hedonism and Old-Fashioned Moralism 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z He talked of London's self-importance, its dirt, its wealth, its awful poverty. TV review: The Secret History of Our Streets 2012-06-20T21:01:01Z To Mantel’s Cromwell, More is in love with his own martyrdom, his own theatrical self-importance, while Cromwell, more in keeping with the spirit of Bolt’s title, seeks a way out for his old rival. Review: ‘Wolf Hall,’ by Hilary Mantel 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Newcastle beer created a hit online campaign spoofing the self-importance of Super Bowl ads. The best Super Bowl ads weren't on during the game 2014-02-05T14:34:31Z The mix of self-deprecation and self-importance would just come off as unbearable if it weren’t fueled by his canny observations, his pleasing sentences, his comic timing. In ‘The Last Days of Roger Federer,’ Geoff Dyer Ponders the Twilight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The Golden Globes weren’t much fun, but they were a tableau of Hollywood in cockeyed balance: self-importance earned and leavened by self-deprecation, a puncturing of pride to pave the way for an indulgence of vanity. At Golden Globes, Comedy, Charlie Hebdo and Cosby 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Ms. Hagner and especially Mr. Early carry the weight there, embodying, respectively, entitled insecurity and secure self-importance. Review: ‘Search Party’ Turns Up Clueless Sleuths of Brooklyn 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z His membership of so many grand international boards a measure of self-importance? Interventions: : A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan – review 2012-11-15T08:00:04Z Meanwhile, the A-list was surprised by what some describe as the self-importance and humorlessness of Team Trump. Washington society and Team Trump: A year in, the fear and loathing is mutual 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Los Angeles is rife with self-importance, and this is a bit of an antidote. Site's satirical take on Hollywood pushes boundaries – and earns raves 2012-10-02T12:19:43Z One school principal recommended having elementary pupils increase their self-importance by doing evaluations on their teachers. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Reviewing the musical’s Seattle run, The Stranger wrote: “As much as ‘Spidermann’ pierced the heart of Spider-Man’s self-importance, it relished the dumb bombast in its own way, too.” ArtsBeat: Along Came Yet Another Spider: Get Ready for a Third 'Spider-Man' Musical 2011-02-24T21:00:51Z A silky high-end caper about a pair of good-looking con artists, “Focus” is a movie blessedly free of self-importance. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Basically a flick through Ice-T's personal address book, this doc was funny and refreshingly free of self-importance. Trailer trash 2012-12-30T00:06:06Z All the same, he has no self-importance: “I don’t get the feeling that he thinks he’s incredible,” she said. Anthony Huxley, the Anti-Jock of City Ballet 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Since 2003, The Believer has deliberately avoided anything that smacks of self-importance; obscurity is its engine, quirk its kink. The best of literary magazines in three new collections Too poisoned by suspicion, I was repelled by what I assumed was a mixture of self-publicity and self-importance. Warning: watch out for devious politicians and suspicious giraffes 2012-11-18T00:06:31Z But Hugnet, unlike Dali, to name another monster of self-importance, had an appealing sense of humor and an allergy to sanctimony. Art Review: Georges Hugnet?s ?Spumifers? at Ubu Gallery - Review 2012-01-05T22:30:33Z He’s putting us on and he’s also having a field day with the self-importance of critics. Have personal essays gotten too personal? 2013-03-17T17:00:00Z I can’t imagine this line-by-line response to all the points raised in a TED Talk happening for an “expert” on any subject other than the general uselessness and self-importance of self-proclaimed millionaire “job creators.” Internet doomsday, explained 2012-05-16T11:45:00Z Mr. Galantich delivers Mr. Sanford’s gallingly earnest explanations of his dalliance with an Argentine woman with just the right tincture of glib self-importance. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z To be a Marine is to know thy self and seek self-importance. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z A person who insists on documenting an uneventful life is guilty of self-importance and so, accordingly, it has become fashionable to blame the defects of a book on the defects of its genre. Politics Drove Rebecca Mead From Her Adopted Home and Into Her Next Book 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z It also lets Margaret take a whack at his self-importance: He is proud of what he’s done for racial equality, but what has he done to women? Jake Tapper’s Hero Is Embedded With the Rat Pack, Hoping to Catch a Rat 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z “You know, the old joke of yesterday’s newspaper you wrap the fish in or whatever, it’s something intended to be discarded. It reduces it’s own self-importance somehow.” Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z China’s preeminent contemporary artist talks about his work with both self-importance and self-mocking irreverence, calling it silly and childlike even as he tries to explain its significance. Ai Weiwei, art without compromise It's what religion does with this drive for acknowledgement of self-importance that really gets up my nose. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z In her New York Times review of the film, writer Roxane Gay describes it as "assiduous about conveying its gravitas and self-importance." "The Whale" rocked the Oscars' boat 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Standing among some of the other dads at a cookout once, my father got caught up in what he described as one neighbor’s insufferable self-importance. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z The other good thing about “Bullet in the Face” is Eddie Izzard, who plays a talkative crime boss named Tannhauser and endows him with the petulance and self-importance of a Hollywood producer. Television Review: ‘Bullet in the Face’ Is IFC’s Spoofy New Series 2012-08-15T22:40:01Z Some ironic combination of self-importance and inconsequence, perhaps. In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Some reviewers of his memoir also detected a degree of self-importance: "No one", the novelist Christopher Hope wrote, "could say that Brink takes his work, or himself, too lightly." A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Mr. Caine is one of the few reasons to sit through “Harry Brown,” an exercise in art-house exploitation directed by Daniel Barber and tarted up with self-importance and a generally striking visual design. | 'Harry Brown': Michael Caine as Gangster-Shooting Vigilante 2010-04-29T23:04:00Z Boston is often criticized for its outsize feeling of self-importance — a recent Onion headline read “Pretty Cute Watching Boston Residents Play Daily Game of ‘Big City.’ Frugal Traveler Blog: A $100 Weekend in Boston 2013-04-14T02:07:45Z But Mr. Coulter doesn’t help matters by infusing the movie with grave self-importance. Movie Review | 'Remember Me': Robert Pattinson as a Brooding Rebel 2010-03-12T00:11:00Z Their collective title, however, is revealing: "FOMO," an acronym for Fear of Missing Out, serves fairly well to encapsulate the noxious combination of desperation and self-importance that permeates the show. At Regen Projects, Rachel Harrison showcases the art of self-importance 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Its flaws—its portentousness, its flashbacks, the sunshiny self-importance of anything that happens in California—are far outweighed by its brilliant pleasures. “Mad Men” Premiere: Another Day at the Office 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z White nonsense generally describes behavior that combines idiocy, delusion and aggressive self-importance. My mistake: M. Night Shyamalan's "Servant" is actually a comedy under the impression it's a thriller 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But it took those ingredients and cooked up a bloated series too heavy with self-importance to be worth the feature-length running time. Sorry episodes: the most disappointing TV shows of 2018 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z And as Sandy’s daughter, Sarah Baker ably establishes herself as a grounding foil to Douglas’ bursts of grumpiness and self-importance. “Smart Watch”: From “Sally4Ever” to “This Is Us,” there... 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z He is mocking self-importance when he discusses the gravity of having a “platform,” sending up comics with a message. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But this spare, lovely material is extended well beyond its natural length, and comes framed with music and design of bullying self-importance. Merce Cunningham Company ? review 2010-10-27T22:00:00Z The grand self-importance of her early twenties, when her public feminist awakening led to preaching in her interviews, was one phase. Emma Watson: Star failing to be ‘normal’ in a fantasy world 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s a project nobody asked for, dropped into a highly contentious election season, as if the very lessons it hopes to impart somehow do not apply to its own sense of self-importance. Review | Showtime’s ‘The Comey Rule’ is like replaying a nightmare while we’re still having it 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Anything reeking of bloated self-importance would have been contrary to the farcical nature of the Simpsons ethos. 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z His Chekov was a more comic role, his relative youth and vulnerability being ratcheted up, saucer-eyed with earnest self-importance as he relayed vital information to Kirk or Spock on the bridge. Anton Yelchin: actor of cherubic charm who inspired huge affection | Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z And to me it speaks to a certain brashness, a sense of self-importance, of CNN at the time. These Artists Refuse to Forget the Wars in Iraq 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But, conversely, it's this self-importance that makes Great British Menu work. Is The Great British Menu the most self-important show ever? 2013-01-29T12:43:56Z Her habit of scrunching her nose effectively mocked masculine self-importance, and in not much more than a minute, she showed what she had spoken about earlier: how a classical art survives. Review: In ‘Unedited,’ the Revisions Are Part of the Tradition 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The self-importance of the sports media has long been one of the most loathsome aspects of our enfeebled Fourth Estate. The awesome dad move that smashed sports’ boys’ club: Stephen Curry’s MVP parenting: 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z McKnight has found that certain stereotypes attached to the Valley girl accent — the vapidness, superficiality and self-importance — are projected onto her when she uses the voice. My Valley girl accent follows me wherever I go. Long live the 'likes' and 'totallys' 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Most politicians came to be viewed as more interested in pointless squabbling and their own self-importance than rescuing a nosediving economy. Tunisia's El General: The rapper who helped bring down Ben Ali 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Happily, there are also those like Felix, a photographer who has his own looming portfolio deadline but none of his friend’s self-importance. Review: Few of this summer's movies burn as fiercely as Christian Petzold's 'Afire' 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z There’s an equally amusing and infuriating self-importance to Porcaroli’s stellar performance that we ultimately understand as Amanda masking fissures in her corrosive personality. Review: In 'Amanda,' a surly loner drums up her own drama — but she's not insufferable 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Instead, the money goes to creating a series of luxurious experiences for the justices that reinforce their own self-importance. Samuel Alito scandal shows why GOP justices on are so whiny 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Variety's Owen Gleiberman gave a largely negative review, writing that The Flash "exudes less of that Back to the Future playfulness and more of that mythological but arbitrary blockbuster self-importance". The Flash: Critics give their views on Ezra Miller's DC superhero movie 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z If you or someone you know has a sense of self-importance that is untethered to reality, the explanation may lie in narcissism. The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z It celebrates, as mass media does, superficial charm, grandiosity and self-importance; a need for constant stimulation; a penchant for lying, deception and manipulation; and an inability to feel guilt or remorse. America's theater of the absurd: Our politics has become an endless carnival 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z But a lack of restraint actually stunts his personal growth because it comes with an unhealthy amount of self-importance. Perspective | Russell Wilson wanted more. Now he has to salvage whatever he can. 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But the sense of self-importance and, yes, entitlement in his response dovetails with the film’s rollout. Let gay art bomb 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The video appearance at Davos by Mr. Zelensky — bearded, wearing a T-shirt and a grim expression — underscored the contrast to past versions of an event that has become shorthand for indulgent self-importance. Zelensky Urges Even Harder Line on Russia as Allies Work to Remain United 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z "It is important to recognize that the grandiose projection of self-importance in a pathological narcissist is overcompensation for extremely low self-esteem," explained psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee in an interview with Salon. The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Apparently, being elected senator brings in its train self-importance and the certainty of being excellent and wise. Opinion | Attacks on Judge Jackson’s record were beyond the pale 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Of course, the Olympics aren’t powerful enough to establish a worldwide standard, even though the IOC flaunts such self-importance when convenient. Perspective | Olympic leaders need to learn: Inaction isn’t neutral. It’s abdication. 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z But I was allergic to people talking ostentatiously about it, and I was embarrassed by the indulgence of the language, or, maybe, what I saw as the self-importance of it. The Age of Anti-Ambition 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z To advertise that confidence with an unselfconscious, open-mouthed, haplessly disarming smile — to resist the urge, in other words, to fake an air of supercilious self-importance — is the very best thing. Perspective | This Dutch painter was lost to art history for decades They do not simply have an unjustified feeling of self-importance. The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z And he became greater while eliminating both the self-importance and self-judgment that comes with being a major professional coach, creating a pathway for joy and balance. Perspective | John Madden could have remained a coach. Aren’t we lucky he knew better? 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Among those was a low-key, playful, healthy distance maintained from the hothouse art world back east, with its moneyed, myopic obsessions, self-importance and shibboleths. Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z That he gave no indication of caring — to the contrary, he seemed to take pride in his lack of likability — only escalated the tension because it proved such an affront to our self-importance. The Mayor New Yorkers Loved to Hate 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Architecture often combines these strands, longtime practitioners and scholars say, featuring stiff credentialing requirements, a priestlike devotion to the mission and a cultural self-importance. Architects Are the Latest White-Collar Workers to Confront Bosses 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z These mediocrities, drunk with their own self-importance, equate celebrity, power and wealth with wisdom. Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is a sideshow — powerful, abusive men will not be held accountable 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A chain-smoking renegade who savaged the self-importance of museums, universities and other art-world institutions, Mr. Hickey had a wheezy Texas drawl, a fondness for black monochromatic outfits, and a colorful and expansive taste in art. Dave Hickey, roguish and erudite art critic, dies at 82 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Through their efforts, “The Unforgivable” transcends its own self-importance and becomes an experience that is often rattling, challenging and haunting. Review: Sandra Bullock, great supporting cast bolster uneven 'The Unforgivable' 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z And like Brando, he was often dismissive of pretentiousness and self-importance among filmmakers. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Many such people, Colavito suggests, have suffered some type of psychological injury that has convinced them of their own self-importance, a narcissistic fantasy of living a life that "matters" in the grand narrative of history. Vaccine paranoia: Why right-wingers are worried about their "precious bodily fluids" 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z “The shooter’s inflated sense of self-importance contributed to this conflict and led him to believe he was unjustly and repeatedly criticized and slighted,” the bureau concluded. Perceived Grievances Drove Virginia Beach Gunman to Kill 12, F.B.I. Finds 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z "The shooter’s inflated sense of self-importance contributed to this conflict and led him to believe he was unjustly and repeatedly criticized and slighted," the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit wrote Wednesday. Virginia Beach mass shooter ‘fixated’ on workplace grievances, FBI says 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z “The shooter’s inflated sense of self-importance contributed to this conflict and led him to believe he was unjustly and repeatedly criticized and slighted,” the FBI said in a news release. FBI: Perceived grievances drove Virginia Beach mass shooter 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The self-importance, the misplaced priorities, the sudden and startling fall from stardom — nobody harped on it anymore. Matt Harvey Is Cheered (and Lit Up) in His Return to New York 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z It obliterates the despair that once defined their lives and replaces it with feelings of ecstatic self-importance and self-adulation, a state of being outside the self. American bloodlands: In a deeply polarized nation, mass violence is not far away 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z I think when you combine that sense of self-importance with those resources and the absence of supervision and keep people up very late at night, you’re likely to have a lot of things happen. Lacy Crawford was told 'rape stories are a dime a dozen.' She wrote hers anyway 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z England reveres the Premier League, relishes its status and revels in its supremacy — particularly in relation to other leagues — but it resents its scale and its prominence and its self-importance. The Premier League Is Back. England’s Griping About It Never Stopped. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z I’ve completely fallen out of love with the Premier League and its feelings of self-importance. 'I won't be as passionate as before': how sports fans changed in lockdown 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z It is intertwined with his grandiose sense of self-importance, callousness, arrogance and cruel disregard for other people’s rights, including the rule of law. Opinion | Trump is lying to sway his reelection, and Democrats aren’t paying attention 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z She is wary of questions that suggest Mr. Biden must do certain things to earn her support, which she says could smack of self-importance. For A.O.C., ‘Existential Crises’ as Her District Becomes the Coronavirus Epicenter 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z But of course the self-importance goes much higher. Thinking Covid-19 can help Phil Foden's England prospects is not healthy 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z He even looked bored as he skewered the self-importance of the entertainment industry and lampooned the excesses of celebrity culture. Commentary: Four years ago, the presidential election launched a cyberwar. We're still losing 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z That may seem a trivial argument, but although the rules of soccer have a name full of grandiose self-importance — the Laws, always capitalized — they are not, actually, laws. In Premier League, V.A.R. Exposes the Limits of the Laws 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z I truly realized that day that this man had absolutely no trace of ego or self-importance, although he certainly had earned the right to both. Steve Kerr knows his Monty Python movies 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z He noted the court filings suggested Kahler was called a “tightwad” who would borrow instead of buy tools and would thrive on self-importance, trying to portray a perfect marriage. Kansas man’s insanity defense case earns little sympathy from Supreme Court justices 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z A bit of self-importance may be involved: the interviewee is flattered to have been asked to the party. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Time and again, Andrew, who a courtier once reportedly described as having “a pompous level of self-importance”, has demonstrated an eye-watering lack of judgment. 'Boorish and self-centred': little love for Prince Andrew over Epstein links 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z He seems to have some genetic mutation that makes him immune to arrogance and self-importance. Opinion | We should all miss Dan Coats’s calm competence 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z My back went up, Viola Teagarden used to say, with a little thrill of self-importance, pride and pleasure. Hannah Gadsby’s Song of the Self 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z "The size of the signature correlates with narcissism, with ego, with a grandiose sense of self-importance," handwriting expert Bart Baggett said during a discussion on how Trump signed his name on a multilateral D-Day declaration. CNN features 'expert' who claims size of Trump's signature 'correlates with narcissism ... ego' 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z "He gathered together people who loved words and storytelling and by his very nature, weeded out the pretentious and those of self-importance," Kurlander continued. Chuck Kinder, novelist who inspired ‘Wonder Boys,’ dies at 76 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z Kimmel then went through the nine qualifying symptoms – including “grandiose sense of self-importance”; “preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success”; “requires excessive admiration”; and “lacks empathy” – with clips from Trump’s innumerable interviews and public appearances. Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: 'The most narcissistic personality of the year' 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z In conversation, as in art, Toews is a schputter; she likes to puncture anything that has a whiff of pretension or self-importance about it. How a Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z He said the evening was filled with “rampant doses of self-importance.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The Oscars, bookstores and the mystery of Stonehenge 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z “The Bellwether” suffers from intense self-importance; and too much of the film consists of the heroine defending her life and rebutting her torturer with familiar feminist/humanist talking-points. Reviews: ‘Yucatán’ sets sail on Netflix; Alex Reid powers ‘The Bellwether’ and more 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The author knows how important science is, but she worries about its self-importance and its claims to unique sovereignty in determining the rich, multidimensional meaning of life. Review | Reining in the hubris of science and scientists 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z In this movie at least, he comes across as bossy, with an inflated sense of self-importance and poor communication skills. Reviews: Jack Black in 'The Insufferable Groo,' Sylvester Stallone (barely) in 'Backtrace' and other movies 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z If, without wishing to be too cruel, you lived next door to a boy who turned out to be monotone, divisive, wildly over‑remunerated and puffed up with self-importance. Gordon Taylor, football’s fattest cat, must go if PFA is to modernise | Daniel Taylor 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z "I think, potentially for a little bit, we got a little bit wrapped up in our own self-importance," he said. Cricket Australia 'shares blame' in scandal 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Has some alien army filled with hatred and self-importance hijacked the bodies of ordinary-looking American citizens, turning them into angry, arrogant, sniping hoodlums? Opinion | The Kavanaugh circus features plenty of sideshows 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Instead, they turned inwards, cleaving to the belief in their own self-importance and in their perfect right to secrecy. The ugly scandal that cancelled the Nobel prize 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Washington will be a duller place in his absence—so relentless and uproariously grubby were the scandals his roving eye for a freebie and Napoleonic sense of self-importance kept landing him in. Scott Pruitt’s grubby tenure at the EPA is over 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s still a minor entry in the Marvel pantheon compared to standouts like Thor: Ragnarok, which went further in upending Marvel’s established superhero-movie template, playing with tone and puncturing the characters’ self-importance. Ant-Man and the Wasp is a solid improvement on Ant-Man 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z His landmark 1962 essay “White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art” set grandiose self-importance against the power of acidulously burrowing deep into personal passions. MOCA still mum about curator's firing, despite crucial questions and too few answers 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Hamstrung by avaricious ownership, let down by the football authorities, full of their own self-importance, living off past glories, subsumed by the vast ego of a whining, self-pitying, responsibility-skiving manager ... even the same surname. Newcastle United v Manchester United: Premier League – live! 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z It turns out to be much more like the culture of an ageing rock star: smug, macho, with its cool self-importance armoured by money and fame. The ugly scandal that cancelled the Nobel prize 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z What's bracing about Spielberg's movie is its lack of self-importance; it moves too briskly and efficiently to linger on its own worthiness. In honoring Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Phantom Thread,' the academy shows there's more to greatness than relevance 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z But executive producer and co-writer Ezra Koenig, best-known as the lead singer and guitarist of Vampire Weekend, infused the six-episode series with ingratiating self-importance and existential doubt that weighed down the fun. The worst pop culture of 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Nor are those in what Walter Bagehot called the “efficient” branch of government immune to an inflated sense of self-importance. Those seeking escapism in “The Crown” will find it all too real 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It's one filled with banalities, laziness, and self-importance. Bill Walton's ode to bridges is the best sports commentary of 2017 - Golf Digest 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z In the litany of what is wrong with the Trumps, this is a relatively minor point but it highlights the sense of self-importance I find so distasteful. Opinion | Ivanka, Louise and the Little People 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z It was a touch over-dramatic, oozed self-importance and the timing was curious. Do these five retiring fighters deserve to be in boxing's Hall of Fame? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z At the risk of softening all this self-importance over how to seat a city council, there are good reasons to vote down this amendment: ? Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But self-importance — stoked by adoring followers — so clouded his judgment that he saw little danger in letting the “witch” bleed until almost the end. ‘Friends’ like Michael Moore do Democrats a disservice 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z But they didn’t jeopardise the existence of life on this planet because of their own woeful self-importance. Five handy tips for survival after the Apocalypse | Jack Bernhardt 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Their delusional sense of self-importance propels them toward a future they’re pretty sure includes world domination — or at least a few free rounds paid for by adoring fans. Music-focused British series 'People Just Do Nothing' celebrates the 'idiots everywhere' 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z To some extent, that is a consequence of the all-encompassing self-importance of the Premier League. Liverpool Chases Away Butterflies to Earn a Champions League Berth 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The militants took their tasks seriously, and an abundance of paperwork displays an inflated sense of self-importance—and a clear conceit that they had settled in to stay. Death by stoning: Battered Syrian city offers a window into life under the thumb of ISIS militants 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z At the Village Voice, Bilge Ebiri added “ ‘Alien: Covenant’ seethes with self-importance yet is never boring or portentous. Indie Focus: Around the world with Cannes, 'Alien: Covenant' and 'Everything, Everything' 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Juncker may be the enemy of an enemy, but he is also her mirror: self-importance is the main quality he brings to bear on an issue in which the self couldn’t be less important. Don’t rejoice in Brexit failings. We remoaners must shape the future | Zoe Williams 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The fighter let his self-importance got the better of him, travails that “Chuck” depicts in unfiltered fashion. In 'Chuck,' Liev Schreiber shows he knows a good boxing story 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z In sum: self-imposed victimhood, an inflated sense of self-importance, an inability to handle criticism, and a totalitarian demand for respect are the criteria that define the snowflake. America: behold, your Snowflake-in-Chief | John Paul Brammer 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Hockey, like so many other sports, can fall in on its own sense of self-importance. The NHL needs the Olympics, so it would be foolhardy to skip the 2018 Games 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It punctures their self-importance and makes us feel less alone. Satire won’t rid us of Trump, but it will make us feel better | Anne Karpf 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Maybe Trump was trying to justify his earlier gaffe; maybe his sense of self-importance was punctured. Donald Trump attempting to play Nixon's 'China card' in reverse 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z But “Speechless” makes hay of Very Special self-importance, thanks to creator Scott Silveri. Will these four new TV shows be hits with Golden Globes voters too? 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s musically incredible and lyrically wiser, though it also veers into self-importance at times - just as the old stuff did. Music Review: Sting rocks out again with a familiar sound 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Having survived the crucible of hard drugs and hard living, Iggy Pop exudes elder-statesman elegance without the patina of self-importance or false humility. Jarmusch lets Iggy be Iggy in the doc "Gimme Danger" 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The video received widespread attention online, though perhaps not in the way Ferro had hoped: It was viciously mocked for its self-importance. Head of renamed Tribune Publishing an unpredictable media mogul 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The fourth edition of the diagnostic manual listed nine common traits for narcissistic personality disorder, including "a grandiose sense of self-importance" and "requires excessive admiration" and "lacks empathy." Pundits, take note: Narcissists aren’t “crazy.” They also aren’t likely to change 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z She ticked off the signs she said she saw, including arrogance, envy, a lack of empathy and a “grandiose sense of self-importance.” Karen Bass, California Democrat, demands Donald Trump undergo psychiatric exam 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The resulting view of the Valley’s craziness, self-importance and greed isn’t pretty. An insider lifting the veil on Silicon Valley’s self-importance and greed 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The rest of his life became a quest for the liberation of South America, in which his main resources were charm, intelligent conversation and an unshakable self-importance. Lessons from a liberal swashbuckler 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Is it any wonder sometimes that the rest of Europe thinks of English football as far too haughty, full of self-importance and entitlement? England in disarray as quest for next manager begins after bizarre campaign 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Obviously, the unfairness of the situation didn’t penetrate their fog of self-importance. Sloppy USGA shouldn’t escape the mess it created 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z At the same time, it won't fully satisfy many newbies: Even at its most accessible, it's a blur of names, faces, and places, sometimes stuck together only with solemnity and self-importance. Warcraft review: not a disaster, just a struggle with ambition 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s a nice message – you know, pick the thing you love that makes a difference, not self-importance. The best commencement speeches: from Jill Abramson to Neil Gaiman 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Reforming billionaires down the ages display the same bizarre mix of good and bad qualities—of grandiosity and problem-solving genius, naivety and fresh thinking, self-importance and altruism. Crazy diamonds 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Frankly, Google and Apple with all their kitsch are starting to annoy me too, always being in my face with their self-importance and selling of schlock. E.U. Charges Dispute Google’s Claims That Android Is Open to All 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z His name is a byword for gracelessness and self-importance. 'A certain sort of maleness': Helen Garner on a week spent watching Russell Crowe films 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Wells Fargo's bosses have made fun of Wall Street's self-importance. Wells Fargo plans quiet assault on Wall Street from glass tower 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Out flew Secret Service agents and a covey of aides, all unavoidably inflated with the adrenaline-rush self-importance of big-time campaigning, and then from behind the tinted glass came Hillary Clinton. Looking for America: Awaiting a political awakening 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z There's a little self-importance in the topic, echoing movies from Sullivan's Travels to Birdman in letting the people onscreen praise the importance of art and artists on behalf of the filmmakers behind the screen. Hail, Caesar! is an overcrowded ode to Old Hollywood 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Sitting in the fifth row of the red-brick First Presbyterian church in Muscatine, Trump visibly perked up at the reading from I Corinthians 12, and the warning to avoid self-importance that followed. Donald Trump's economic pitch to Iowa is simple: the blessing of his Midas touch 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z “It is a form of self-importance because the elements present on Earth are no longer good enough.” Godzillium vs. Trumpium: Some Suggestions to Add to the Periodic Table 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Rubio’s previous ads showed him speaking directly to the camera, often with a tone of concern, but little else ever shared the screen, lending an air of self-importance as he sought to appear presidential. Marco Rubio Shows N.F.L. Fans He’s One of Them, and Smiles 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Among his films like Birdman, Babel, and 21 Grams, this one comes furthest in escaping his tendency toward facile, shallow conclusions, delivered with vast self-importance. The Revenant is a brutal, showy revenge fantasy 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z The job security and air of self-importance this provides the tens of thousands of people—EPA bureaucrats, wind-turbine manufacturers, litigious climate scientists, NGO gnomes—whose livelihoods depend on a climate crisis. Liberalism’s Imaginary Enemies 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z For all its rather overblown sense of self-importance, elite football remains a self-contained world. Wembley to welcome France for England friendly in spirit of defiance | Barney Ronay 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Like a tarot card reading for billionaires who can't decide whether a chestnut or walnut veneer best fits their monstrous sense of self-importance. Bentley's emotion-reading app tells unfeeling billionaires which car to buy 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Rock rarely disappointed during his time onstage, lampooning the season's empty rituals and rampant self-importance. Can Chris Rock deliver high ratings and good reviews as Oscars 2016 host? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Rock rarely disappointed during his time on stage, lampooning the season's empty rituals and rampant self-importance. Chris Rock returns for second stint as Oscars host 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Believing you're irreplaceable inspires an attitude of false security and inflated self-importance. 3 Ways Being Irreplaceable Kills Your Career 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Of course, self-importance is not a quality that tends to doom people in Washington, and it does not appear to have hurt Mr. Schaitberger. Firefighters’ Union Owes Clout to Its Free-Spending Chief 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z The only thing New York does better than self-importance is sporting victimhood. On NYC's sporting victimhood ... and why Chase Utley is an American hero 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Despite PR professionals regularly telling us they’re storytellers, the only tale they’ve woven is an elaborate farce of empty self-importance that borders on the religious. I work in PR – and we're all terrible people 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The main problem with Sgt Pepper is Sir Paul’s maudlin obsession with his own self-importance and Dickensian misery. Pepper pot shots: which classic albums do you love to hate? 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He has acted with too much self-importance the past six months, and now the issue is bigger than the minor offense it should be. Roger Goodell and Tom Brady suffer from overinflated egos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z But the inflated sense of self-importance makes the film more tedious than it should be. Home entertainment: A dog has its day in the intense 'White God' 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z They show up regularly in the workplace, displaying a similar unflappable sense of self-importance, utter insensitivity to others’ feelings, and intolerance of criticism. How to Deal With the Donald Trump in Your Office 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The ironic thing about Nevada's statement is that "Mad Women," written and directed by Jeff Lipsky, communicates almost entirely through long, anecdotal speeches heavy with self-importance, light on actual import. 'Mad Women' tests credulity, patience and good taste 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The self-importance of refusing either item from a steward merits nothing but disdain at the amateurishness of Hamilton’s attempt to get into the royal box. Five ways to gatecrash a party (FAO Lewis Hamilton) | Rupert Myers 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z All of Kennedy’s worst traits — the ponderous self-importance, the leaps of logic, the worship of state power — were on display. The Supreme Court made the right call on marriage equality — but they did it the wrong way 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z One, from 2008, is entitled “Sarkozy Sees Himself as Only One Who Can Resolve World Financial Crisis”, a thinly disguised dig at the former president’s self-importance. I spy, you spy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the ego is defined as "a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance". Is a big ego the key to greatness? 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Calling out movie stars for self-importance is like asking a dog why it scratches its fleas - it’s the nature of the beast. I don't worship at the altar of Pacino and De Niro. I'm not sure why everyone does | Emma Brockes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The police had raided a sister church in Berlin, the Zion Church, and earnestness and self-importance levels were running high on Siegfeldstrasse. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “But he was also almost entirely consumed in his own self-importance and when challenged, his self-control would occasionally slip and his reaction was disproportionate.” Sydney siege inquest: Gunman secretive, defiant narcissist 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z But precisely because of this insidious temptation to self-importance, it’s also a place that contains a great many dangers for the soul, as it certainly did for me. Giles Fraser: my hopes for the Occupy St Paul's drama that puts me on the stage 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z While there is a slight air of self-importance—it is a celebrity lifestyle site after all—Witherspoon also made it somewhat personal: it’s named for her grandmother and grandfather. Reese Witherspoon Peddles Southern Hospitality With Draper James 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The time, distance and forces involved always put your stress and self-importance in perspective. Unforgettable Hubble Space Telescope Photos 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding the hyperbole and seemingly pervasive sense of self-importance, this was in fact an issue of lasting significance. This Is What the Framers Said About the Senate’s Power to Offer Advice and Consent 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The Senate, in its self-importance, loves to characterize itself as “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” The Senate pugilist 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s an abdication of privacy, and a presumption of self-importance, that could really only happen now — after years of “lifecasting” on Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and a thousand other platforms wore us down. We’re living in a Meerkat world, we just don’t know it yet 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Originally designed by the founders as “the People’s house,” the Capitol has become a monument to politicians and their unfettered gluttony and insatiable appetite for undeserved self-importance. CHARLES HURT: Capitol secured against taxpayers for lawmakers to act like spring break 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z But what set him apart as a reporter was his knack of cutting through self-importance to ask searching questions that no one else would dare. David Carr, candid memoirist and N.Y. Times media columnist, dies at 58 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, the 1919 award was perhaps one of the Nobel Committee’s least auspicious decisions, for it inflated Stark’s already ponderous sense of self-importance and entitlement. How 2 Pro-Nazi Nobelists Attacked Einstein’s "Jewish Science" 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z He admits it's difficult, particularly for people at the top who will often have others telling them how great they are, and with their usually large salaries helping to boost their sense of self-importance. Why those at the top still need a helping hand 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Rubbing shoulders with rich celebrities or “movers and shakers,” fuels their self-importance. How Do You Measure Your Self-Worth? 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Finally, a pair of sports talk hosts with nary a whiff of self-importance. The Year in Sports Media But any sense of self-importance has long since been wrung from the local population. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z A 2014 study found that narcissists made more frequent posts about themselves in an attempt to attract likes and comments that fuel their beliefs about self-importance. What Your Facebook Use Reveals About Your Personality And Your Self-Esteem 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Or, as Matthew Burns described them, “consumer kings” who mistake the ritual of consumption for self-importance. #GamerGate Is Not A Hate Group, It's A Consumer Movement 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The humble person fights against vanity and self-importance. What makes for good character in office jockeys 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Disaster Twitter is usually terrible — think of your feed during Sandy, all bad facts and breathless self-importance — but this is different. My favorite thing on Twitter is a stream of fire and crime 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z In some organizations, management will outright devalue opinions that are not accompanied by a tone of self-importance and superiority. How to Become Stronger, More Confident and Influential Around the Office 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z That’s because for many, male or female, money is tied to feelings of security and self-importance, and often very directly related to how much a person is worth at work. How Women Define Success 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z In short, we are, by our desperation to maintain dialogue, feeding their already inflated sense of self-importance. 4 Reasons To Stop Talking To China--Now 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z All the self-importance, bureaucratic inefficiency and laughable circuitousness of Whitehall is summed up in one balletic extension of his slender leg. John Cleese and Mick Jagger are wrong – Monty Python's silly walks are still hilarious 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The last thing our representatives need is a further sense of isolation and self-importance. How to ensure that Congress remains out of touch Some Senate colleagues preyed on his air of self-importance with practical jokes, but even his critics called him intelligent and well-meaning. Roy M. Goodman, New York State Senator for More Than 30 Years, Dies at 84 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z When I was about to graduate from college, I was puffed up in a bubble of self-importance. A gift to me from a member of the greatest generation 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Maybe Chelsea Clinton, subjected to public inspection in her teens, can understand, but I sure can’t imagine the effect of such exaggerated celebrity on your identity or sense of self-importance. In Praise of Monica’s Chutzpah 2014-05-10T04:01:42Z Or, as we saw in “The Social Network,” brilliance in Hollywood often translates to arrogance, self-importance, or standoffishness on-screen. Dear HBO, Please Keep 'Silicon Valley' Real 2014-05-06T17:49:00Z Please note, I use first-person perspective for readability only and am not necessarily pulling from personal experience nor do I intend to imply self-importance. 4 Scenarios To Assist Entrepreneurs In Connecting (Appropriately) Online 2014-03-25T15:24:00Z The Washington Post's called him "insufferable" with a "messianic sense of self-importance". Selling Snowden 2014-03-11T19:49:14Z In a harshly worded editorial about Myers in its latest issue, the National Catholic Reporter said the "arrogance and self-importance" required for such a use of diocese assets was "breathtaking". New Jersey archbishop comes under fire for pricey retirement home plans 2014-03-05T16:02:46Z Twitter has always had a lower sense of its self-importance than the average hot Silicon Valley company. Will No Dual Class Structure Create A Bidding War For Twitter? 2013-10-04T16:01:00Z Consider this sound bite extraordinaire: “This is a fight to restore freedom to the people,” says Cruz, clearly not inhibited by any lack of self-importance. What the Ted Cruz Spectacle is All About 2013-09-25T19:36:58Z Despite the inherent self-importance of a surreptitious go-to-market strategy, there are a handful of circumstances when your pre-launch start-up could benefit from a short-term low profile. Why You Must Break Free of Stealth Mode 2013-08-01T15:55:00Z The trio are linked by a sense of self-importance that comes from the knowledge that they have a reputation as "criminal celebrities", Chandler believes. Killers' letters used in Edinburgh play 2013-08-01T02:04:54Z These are essentially little people with bloated egos and sense of self-importance,” suggested one reader in comments that appeared with The New York Times’s article about Private Manning’s conviction. Whistle-Blowers in Limbo, Neither Hero Nor Traitor 2013-07-31T17:04:56Z But it may well be taken as a sign of an “grandiose sense of self-importance,” one of the diagnostic criteria for narcissistic personality disorder. Narcissists Love Twitter And Facebook. Thank God For That. 2013-06-12T16:40:00Z “He was a skirt chaser, among other things,” Ms. Freilicher said, laughing off the episode recently, refusing to imbue it with the self-importance others might have. Big City: Jane Freilicher, a Painter Amid Friends 2013-05-25T04:26:24Z There was no concentration, no character, too much self-importance. Carlo Ancelotti slams 'self-important' PSG players after French Cup exit 2013-04-18T10:18:55Z Mr. Stratten’s bio: Author, Speaker and kind of a big deal on a fairly irrelevant social media site which inflates my self-importance. 12 More Ways To Be Legendary And Successful On Social Media 2013-02-28T08:51:54Z They liked the way, when he felt there was a need, he would reveal a flash of anger at bungling bureaucracy or an official's misplaced self-importance. David Foot on Frank Keating: What we all valued was his humanity 2013-01-29T13:08:51Z The curse of the older commentator is to become jaded and lament a game whose traditions and pageantry are being attenuated before their very eyes or to allow self-importance to deform their affability. CMJ and Tony Greig: contrasting voices of cricket that exuded integrity 2013-01-05T21:00:01Z When we’re young, we tend to be full of all the self-importance of youth. Top 10 Traits of an Exceptional Boss 2013-01-02T15:10:02Z And they have this enormous sense of self-importance. Ex-Moody's analyst: 'By 2006 it was toxic everywhere' 2012-12-17T15:00:01Z In England, which Canute conquered in 1016 and ruled for nearly two decades, the anecdote is sometimes remembered as a symbol of self-importance, rather than humility. Bloomberg Rejects Sea Walls, Citing Tale of King Canute 2012-12-07T02:46:52Z My sense of self-importance lasted about three seconds. Mind Faded, Darrell Royal’s Wisdom and Humor Intact Till End 2012-11-10T19:37:16Z My thesaurus lists vanity, conceit, self-importance and self-absorption. Viewpoint: In defence of narcissism 2012-10-10T01:34:31Z Who hasn’t flushed with a touch of self-importance when turning down social plans because we’re “too busy with work”? How those spoiled millennials will make the workplace better for everyone 2012-08-16T21:03:00Z They would put an end to the 's self-importance, elitism and expense, showing how any world city could afford to host the Olympics by using existing facilities. The craving for massive live events is ruining our cities 2012-07-17T19:34:44Z Lewis, in turn, cautioned his son, who turned 14 in January, not to let the affections of college programs lead to an inflated sense of self-importance. Seeking Recruiting Edge, Colleges Court Middle Schoolers 2012-06-02T23:43:23Z It was a statement of self-importance by our audience. Doublefine's Tim Schaefer on How to Fund Your Game Through Kickstarter 2012-05-22T16:32:58Z They tend to be puffed up with their own self-importance. Don't Make Business a Battlefield 2012-05-21T12:32:55Z There is no pretense about them, no self-importance, no airs at all. City Room: Bain Photo Archive Shows There Is Nothing New About Eccentricities 2012-05-17T16:27:22Z There were a few small parts of the Natitude campaign that seemed a bit much to me, where you couldn’t completely distinguish between the wink of humor and the genuine stare of self-importance. Nats replace Philly Steak Sandwich with Natitude Steak Sandwich 2012-05-07T15:22:51Z Whenever I play this r�le I do my best to cultivate a sense of immense self-importance. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Cousin Edith trembled with self-importance, and her long forefinger waved like an antenna when she bade Jasmine follow her in the direction of the promised revelation. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z In a way, we are rather an arrogant lot, and it flatters our self-importance to know that if we do get into trouble our Consuls will probably save us from the punishment we deserve. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Left to himself, the rector went over the house under Mrs. Baker's guidance, and, as he trod the polished floors, could not but feel some access of self-importance. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z The Lieutenant-Governor moved doubtfully in his chair, the fear--which Tavannes had shrewdly instilled into his mind--that he might be disowned if he carried out his instructions, struggling with his avarice and his self-importance. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Unfortunately their self-importance had caused them to let a large part of Sagersgrove know the object of their journey as they set out. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z But that is what no man puffed up with self-importance can do. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z He was one of those people whose dull self-importance is always thrusting them into positions which they are not intended to fill. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z But when the morrow came, my self-importance made a man of me, and I was calmer than I had been for days. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Lord Clare was puffed out with self-importance when he strutted into his house and found Madam Gillin ensconced there as though she were its mistress. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z In the town there was one man who scouted the idea of self-importance, except when drunk, and then he sometimes assumed to own the community. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Plato might flatter your self-importance with that notion, but not Aristotle. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Still, a stitch in time saves nine, and her illness must serve as an excuse for what with a curiously youthful self-importance she calls 'leaving you in the lurch.' Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Up to this time he was not considered an important character by the company, on account of his self-importance and insolence. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z All this was surveyed with such gravity and self-importance, as showed that the elder baby had her full share in the amusement. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The very thought of my associate's becoming a member of Congress was a great stimulus to my self-importance. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Then, before he withdrew, he boldly fixed his wrathful gaze on the girl, who kept her eyes on the carpet with a bland hypocrisy which betrayed the triumph of her self-importance. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z I need hardly say that Mama was so delighted to have her favorite at home with her that she has done everything since his arrival to encourage his self-importance. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z I guessed the man was a Nihilist agent, of course, and his air of self-importance suggested that he was high up in the leadership. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Gratarol's fretful vanity and sense of self-importance made him boil with fury at the thought of being put upon the stage. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z His self-importance prevents him from realizing that they are above him. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I’ll never play with that again you know; I’m far too old,” concluded Jean with much self-importance. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z This increased his high opinion of himself and added to his self-importance. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z He also clearly believes in self-importance — no one speaks for the coaching staff except me — as a way of life. Maryland football?s accountability needs to start at the top 2011-10-31T17:57:58Z I need refer only to the caustic analysis of the ‘false contemplative’ contained in The Cloud of Unknowing, and the amusing sketches of spiritual self-importance in St. Teresa’s letters and life. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z He countered pretension and self-importance with sarcasm, and while he baited enemies, he thought nothing of skewering those who sympathized with him, especially if they were overly earnest and lacked humor. Joe Dressner, Importer of Old World Wines, Dies at 60 2011-09-20T04:21:57Z The insipidity and yet the noise;—the nothingness and yet the self-importance of all these people! Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z Whatever his purpose, he was plainly not disposed to lay aside his air of self-importance as yet. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z I told you all," said Willy, with an air of self-importance at his own penetration, "that this was a rare doctor. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z “And when you address me, say sir!” exclaimed the German, who seemed rather young and possessed of much self-importance. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z There will be no exaltation of man; no bustling self-importance; no parading of the fruits of our work; no excitement. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z And the secret of avoiding blinding self-importance is, it appears, a wife. A working life: the bishop 2011-08-19T22:02:27Z Henry’s marriages, various causes 27 Passion not a marked cause 28 Henry had no strong passions 30 Self-will and self-importance 31 Conduct of impassioned men 31 Note V.—The Less Characteristic Features of Henry’s Character. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Perhaps again we think that anything like presumption or self-importance was incompatible with Shakespeare’s sense of the ridiculous, his sublime common-sense, and his feeling of man’s insignificance. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The fussy self-importance of Chauntecleer; the garrulous vulgarity of Pandarus; the senile uxoriousness of January, are all drawn to the life, without one touch of bitterness or exaggeration. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z Therefore, he affected no self-importance, but was affable to all, and repaid by cordial attachment. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z His height could not have exceeded five feet, but what he lacked in stature he made up in self-importance. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z Pride and dignity usually run together; while, on the other hand, vanity and self-importance keep each other company as a rule. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z They seemed to stare unblushingly and aggressively at her, as if they were rude strangers overbrimming with self-importance, smug with prosperity. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The appeal as yet had been to her vanity—to her sense of self-importance. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z The center of the universe based on East Coast," he said, poking fun at Toronto's self-importance, "and the whole national perception is formed by that. Despite Stanley Cup drought, Canada isn't fully embracing the Canucks 2011-06-01T00:48:00Z There were no press aides, no advance staff, no speechwriters, no policy mavens; in short, nothing like the bustling entourage of self-importance that typically buffers a chief executive. Jerry Brown?s Last Stand 2011-05-05T12:00:25Z Henry’s two striking failings—his two insanities—were a huge self-importance and an unquenchable thirst for notoriety and applause. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Knap was quite young in those days, an excitable fellow with a sharp nose that gave him an air of self-importance. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z Art is produced to suit the tastes of the market, which is filled with its own doubt and self-importance and ignorance, its own ability to be tricked and titillated by every bauble. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z Variously bound surface cars clattered through; clanged with self-importance; puffed with passengers. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z With a bland, soft manner, and an air compounded of diffidence and self-importance, Mr. Gleeson made his approaches. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Love of approbation may degenerate into a mania for notoriety at any cost; self-importance may bring about a reckless disregard of the well-being of others. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z We're in an era when seasons and tournaments overlap in bursts of self-importance, a never-ending firework display; where players' autobiographies fill supermarket shelves like prepackaged offal. Why two new sports documentaries have messed with my mind 2011-03-30T23:06:01Z He is, however, easily knocked out of this self-importance by a little forbearance on my part not to indulge or amuse him, or allow him to have anything till he asks rightly.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z But Canada is also a country where politicians with even the vaguest hint of self-importance are more likely to be mocked on satirical television programs than revered, potentially making his family history a political liability. The Saturday Profile: Looking to Lead Canada, and for a Little Name Recognition 2011-03-12T01:03:43Z With his wife's unceasing attentions Strachinsky's self-importance increased, and his regard for her declined. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z In the passionless man or woman extreme activity may repress the tendency to disapprove; immense self-importance may impede action. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The cocktails won't be as fancy; there is no skiing and very little self-importance. Doubtless ? the way for women to achieve managerial career success 2011-02-26T00:01:19Z And not infrequently Quentin Macpherson would come clattering in when the meal had begun, take a chair at the round table, and drinking his tea a little awkwardly, soothe his self-esteem by an aggressive self-importance. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z "Not that I'm exactly an outsider, neither," and Molly bridled as with a sense of self-importance. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Discretion is not the quality of the low-born and the vulgar," said she, haughtily; "self-importance alone would render him unsafe. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Extreme self-importance is usually based on high capacity, and Edward’s capacity did not lift him out of the region of pomposity and frequent indiscretion. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Jane, with her usual self-importance, had kept her engagement secret from her relatives, and the betrothed pair met as strangers. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z "You bet, stranger, from the ground up," rejoined Clark, with a vast air of self-importance. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z In Laon, the Mayor, red and merry, overflowing with fatness and self-importance, told us simply that the thing was settled, as our declarations had proved true. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The worst of it was—in fact the reason of it all was—that he took this as he did himself and everything else, with entirely too much self-importance. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z Napoleon and Gordon were unlike in many ways, and the gigantic self-importance and self-seeking of Napoleon were absent in the simpler and finer character. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z In the excess of his horror, Frederic almost let his musket fall; but he drew himself bolt upright and with an expression of righteous indignation and boundless self-importance, he gazed down upon the young lady. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Then they, with much ado and self-importance, managed to clear the house. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z To have received a copy of verses was very pleasant to my girlish self-importance; and the flattery of the lines themselves was charming. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z If it had kept on this way Young might have become meek and backboneless, and such an extreme would be even worse than that of self-importance. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z He was in reality a monster of self-importance, and extreme personal importance is incompatible with gross personal indulgence. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Frederic stood there with open mouth, annihilated, quite cast down from the height of his self-importance. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z Editing them out, he says, is a sign of self-importance by those who run whistle-blowing sites. Coming next: A swarm of leaks 2010-12-09T10:31:00Z The exaggerated sense of self-importance instilled by vast salaries and a retinue of sycophants can distort values and behaviour in ways that are hard to eradicate. Richard Williams: Capello misses chance for fresh start 2010-08-10T14:00:00Z What we see, almost from the beginning of Steinbrenner’s tenure, is a man of overweening self-importance and callousness, with a breathtaking absence of empathy. Book Review - Steinbrenner - By Bill Madden 2010-05-21T16:25:00Z Self-indulgence is the failing of the impassioned, especially when the mental gifts are poor; while self-importance is the failing of the passionless, especially when the mental gifts are rich. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Rather than hear evidence from all sides in the debate in the way most democratic senates around the world do, the Lords' own self-importance lead them to fall back on their own inadequate experience instead. Digital economy bill exposes broken system 2010-04-08T08:00:00Z He had the stable family he'd yearned for, and a partner who called him on his self-importance. Barack Obama: The opacity of hope 2010-04-06T00:30:00Z “There’s a certain self-importance that occurs when there’s so much money involved,” he said. Chicago News Cooperative: Basketball 101, Through Jaded-Colored Glasses 2010-04-02T02:50:00Z Beck even battled Bill O'Reilly, the network's reigning king of self-importance, to a sort of schoolyard draw in regular sparring matches on their respective shows. Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Battle on Fox Over Controversy 2010-03-10T16:30:00Z Let there be given three factors, an unimpassioned temperament, a vigorous intellect, and circumstance favourable to public life—committee life, municipal, platform, Parliamentary, or pulpit life—and self-importance is rarely wanting. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The chief vice is that a historical sensibility can be seductively numbing, producing a kind of reflexive cynicism and even self-importance. Meacham: Perspective Versus Cynicism 2010-02-19T23:33:00Z Complaints about the game’s self-importance gradually became too obvious to mention. 2010-01-30T18:31:00Z The sense of supreme self-importance is capitally illustrated in the saying, "They came to shoe the pacha's horses, and the beetle stretched out his leg." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources "My place is at Varenac," she observed, with an air of amusing self-importance. A Blot on the Scutcheon But if other eyes and other ears are numerous enough they will also be conflicting enough, and will strengthen rather than diminish the self-confidence and self-importance of the self-confident and self-important ruler. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z The sight of him renewed my hopes; and the fond clinging to self-importance, so natural, yet so foolish, when it is derived from no merit or endeavour of the individual, again returned upon me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 But here he felt a grain of self-importance return to elevate his fallen thoughts. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 A feeling of his self-importance was strong in the coiner; the work itself, the handling of the precious metals fresh from the fire, was considered ennobling. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The agent spoke with a touch of self-importance. The Key to Yesterday His first public action was one of petulance and self-importance. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z With an air of complacent self-importance, he conducted his lady, who was suddenly overcome with fear lest she too might be recognized and reported to her father, to the only table which was still unoccupied. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II It imparted a sense of self-importance that was very welcome at such a moment It was a spoonful of brandy to a man not far from fainting. Tony Butler At times this self-importance was of such a boastful and arrogant character as to affect the observer disagreeably. The Progressionists, and Angela. As he spoke, his eyes flashed, and his cheek became flushed; the flutter of self-importance gave a fresh impulse to his circulation, and he walked back and forward in a perfect ecstasy of delight. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "Or shall I propose going alone?" interposed Mr. Kennyfeck, in all the solemnity of self-importance. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The other, a rich man, connected heavily with the mining business in Colorado, smiled with that bland overflow of the whole countenance which is sometimes seen in large men of great self-importance. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Her private relations, though by no means free from difficulty, were at the moment hardly less flattering to her sense of self-importance, hardly less eloquent of her power. The Great Miss Driver His slow, surly reserve, supercilious silence and solemn self-importance are wonderfully sustained; but hardly less excellent is his brother, with his affected tones, his foreign airs, and quick, talkative vanity. Maria Edgeworth Of late his Lordship had been gradually mending: clear intervals broke through the mist of his clouded faculties, and displayed him, for the time, in all his wonted self-importance, irritability, and pertinacity. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) The first thing that struck our representative about Mr. Williams was his genial and pleasant bearing and entire absence of self-importance. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Well," replied Tod, his chest inflated with self-importance, "I've had a little experience with women. John Marsh's Millions We can claim no gross superiority and no isolated self-importance. The Holy Earth All those people, moving so solemnly with such self-importance about that room. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary When he reached the burgomaster's house, the farmer was already there rubbing his hands and beaming with self-importance. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales He had been cheated by Carteaux, and if people only knew the truth of that story, and so on, while he won self-importance from holding what he half believed to be a state secret. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington Even then, however, some faint stirrings of his better impulses moved Sellon, but greed of gain, selfishness, self-importance, came uppermost. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The far from infinitesimal sense of self-importance of the said community was wounded to the core. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And beyond, away from that house, a war that that old woman and those self-important people saw only as a means of increasing their own self-importance. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary The treasured ideas of self-importance and self-opinion—of ideal birth and quality, had become more precious to him, like the hoard to the miser, because he could only enjoy them in secret. International Short Stories English Then—worst of all—he had entered upon the pompous lustre wherein men feel an exaggerated self-importance, imagine that their opinions are formed, and their character matured. One Of Them Two years later he "can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant American independence." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Why couldn't they go about mysterious, blown up with self-importance—and engaged? The New Warden It was a very long time since Beecher had felt the self-importance of being deemed rich. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day It is mere pomposity and self-importance, like consulting a mysterious oracle that one carries about with one in one's pocket, instead of asking a common question of an acquaintance or companion. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time He was annoyed at the censure implied in the exhortation, and retaliated by ridiculing the self-importance of his monitor. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition He glanced again at Vedder, whose round face still radiated self-importance, and wondered how the boy could look so smug and complacent. Under Boy Scout Colors He hurried on, with an air of unaccustomed self-importance on account of the serious nature of his mission. When the Cock Crows The self-importance suggested by a bold opposition to the law, is a strong agent in arming men against its terrors. St. Patrick's Eve He no more exists in the impression which "the fair variety of things" makes upon him, softened and subdued by habitual contemplation, but in the feverish sense of his own upstart self-importance. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time There was nothing of personal vanity or self-importance in this. Studies in Contemporary Biography And now," says he, with a comical grimace of vanity and self-importance, "let us to business without loss of more time. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published After the two reached home, the story had so many tellings that there seemed a little danger of Dorothy’s penitence evaporating in self-importance. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted None who thinks himself above his vocation can succeed in it, for we can not give our attention to what our self-importance despises. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Strangers were said to find the provincial self-importance of its inhabitants irritating. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Does Pride feed on the records of ancestry?—let it visit the family tomb, and examine the bones and dust of that ancestry on which it founds its self-importance! A Morning's Walk from London to Kew It is generally from an eminence of self-importance that the slanderer speaks of those who occupy a position of real and given eminence. Talkers With Illustrations He was a "dog" indeed, this police Inspector, wonderfully pleased with himself, bursting with self-importance, and as arrogant as they make them. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front She was not a proud woman, had no large amount of that self-importance which is the almost inevitable result of possessing wealth. Clark's Field All his self-importance and intellectual superiority had abandoned him. Sir Tom Then, again, there was a feeling of self-importance p. 70whenever these affidavits came to be sworn. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit In the course of a few months after this brief conversation, Mr. Sharp had reached a great height of self-importance. Talkers With Illustrations With his bare feet, his soiled, flapping attire, and his swelling sense of self-importance he cut a comical figure. Carmen Ariza From childhood upward he had been a local character, chiefly because of a breezy self-respect that was as free from self-consciousness as from self-importance. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Attempts had been made towards increasing the young man's self-importance, of which he himself had been hardly aware. Marion Fay He was, by all accounts, full of vanity and self-importance, and on a visit to Germany managed to acquire the title of Count, which he adhered to with great complacency. The Venetian School of Painting Should he, perchance, at any time see another, it is in a manner that only enlarges the perception of his own personal excellences, and strengthens his consciousness of self-importance and self-satisfaction. Talkers With Illustrations He was a man of much self-importance, which comes out in his remarks to a young lady of great beauty who was called as a witness in the trial of Glengarry for murder. Law and Laughter He was indeed so free from vanity or self-importance, that his only feeling in regard to the sudden appearance of the perpetual curate was respect and surprise. The Rector When Don, after dressing, left his house for the Stuyvesants’ that evening, it was with a curious sense of self-importance. The Wall Street Girl Sunny called it organization, and herein only copied people of greater degree and self-importance. The Twins of Suffering Creek He occupies a position which has been usurped by the stretch of his self-importance, and from which he should be summarily deposed by the unanimous vote of pure wisdom and sound intelligence. Talkers With Illustrations His new venture at Indianapolis had stimulated his sense of self-importance, and he insisted, with a temerity never before dared, that Dic, whom he truly loved, should have the daughter whom they each loved. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties With a happy smile, and a little pardonable self-importance, she declared that she already felt a considerable improvement. The Practice of Autosuggestion This sort of cold and haughty demeanor was, however, in keeping with the self-importance and the pride which then often marked the Spanish character, and which, in Philip particularly, always seemed to be extreme. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Vada chid him in her childishly superior way, but her efforts were quite lost on his delicious self-importance. The Twins of Suffering Creek But now their self-importance is overwhelming and superior to all considerations. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand She exhibited a mixture 168 of self-importance and fluttering anticipation that was highly puzzling to her companions. The Madcap of the School Likewise he who comes to the Bible full of self-importance with mind and heart self-centered sees not the natural beauty of the Bible. Heart Talks The vanity of an usurped national superiority and a high notion of self-importance never forsake them on any occasion. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Monceux was there, dressed out in his best; and was blowing out his fat cheeks in vast self-importance. Robin Hood By these boastings, though he was at the moment at the top of the ladder of popularity, he was offending the self-importance of all around him. The Life of Cicero Volume II. They were as remarkable, it seems, in those days as they are now for their national self-importance and vanity. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series When I arrived at Melford my head was full of painting and self-importance; and for the first week or so, Mrs. Rushworth, my subject, occupied the centre of my stage. The Belovéd Vagabond China, from a spirit of pride and self-importance, as well as from jealousy, rejects and expels them. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton A spirit of self-importance is fatal to all work for Christ. Days of Heaven Upon Earth There are no feelings of self-importance in the heart when the love of God is abounding. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity The whole company were greatly agitated because an Indian possessed with the spirit of self-importance had gone to Washington to make war against other Indians in the tribe who were industrious and loyal home builders. The Vanishing Race He demanded at first to be treated as befitted his rank; but none of his self-importance went with his black captors. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. In new countries likewise the mind acquires those ideas of self-importance and independence so peculier to Americans. History of New Brunswick Never was blustering demagogue led by a distempered sense of self-importance into a more fatal error. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 It is possible for a follower of Christ to attempt too much; sometimes this is due to a sense of self-importance and of pride. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition "Who asked Christine to call me Lal?" inquired the Lion, as he lifted his head up with an intensely comical air of self-importance. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Gordon's usual manner charmed by its simple, unaffected courtesy, but although utterly devoid of self-importance he had plenty of quiet dignity, or even of imperious authority at command when required. The Life of Gordon, Volume I He appeared to be omnipresent, and his self-importance was a sight Phil had never dreamed. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan It was a very grand party, in the way of blue blood, landed estate, diamonds, lace, satin and velvet, and self-importance. Vixen, Volume I. I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent, Watching the future come and the present go— And the little shifting pictures of people rushing In tiny self-importance to and fro. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany His eyes goggled, and his manner at all times was that of a staring and earnest self-importance. The House with the Green Shutters His manners, voice, presence, are all those of a man of breeding and self-importance. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea Dorcas tied her hood, pinned her yellow blanket over her little shoulders, kissed her good by, and off she trotted between Mary and Moses, full of triumph and self-importance. Little Grandmother And so Mr. Bowser, putting aside all foolish notions about pride or self-importance, became one of the most faithful and attentive attendants of the Bible class. Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia During this period of somewhat fragile self-importance, the acquaintance with Tough McCarty had strengthened into an eternal friendship in a manner that had a certain touch of humor. The Varmint He read well the youth before him, his amusing confidence, his eagerness, and his self-importance, that had not yet received a rude check. The Candidate A Political Romance No fuss was made over the little accidents inevitable to childhood and in every way life was kept devoid of state formality, or anything that would breed a sense of childish self-importance. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Our self-importance as Arctic heroes of the first water received a sad downfall when we were first asked by a kind friend, what the deuce we came home for? Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Answer.—Yes; familiarity in doing things frequently during work, tends to a careless off-hand style of self-importance that has often caused trouble and mishap. The Stoker's Catechism Why should this insignificant bubble on the great stream of life inflate itself with self-importance? Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Finally the question of precedent seemed to be settled, and a group of the Altairians filed in, in order of stature, stalking across the room in flowing black robes, pug-nosed faces glowering with self-importance. Letter of the Law The robin tripped hither and thither with vast self-importance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914 Ruth, who overheard the remark, smiled with conscious self-importance; but Marjorie's thoughts flew back to the time when she was in Florence's place: a freshman eager to make good among the upper classmen. The Girl Scouts' Good Turn Or take a different illustration from a Rambler, in which he is discussing the well-known fact that the commonest cause of shyness is self-importance. Dr. Johnson and His Circle When Captain Moggs told of the finding of the ship, her authoritative manner and self-importance made people feel, without regard to their thoughts, that she was an un-funny comedian. Long Ago, Far Away Her horses seemed to step with pride at being a part of such a perfect turnout, and the men on the box to have turned to statues by the congealing of their self-importance. David Malcolm He was keen after money, was Arthur—and bossy, creeping slyly after his own self-importance and power. The Lost Girl On his part it was a generous forgetfulness of self-importance—it was as if a placid and beneficent moon had come to beam upon a cluster of stars. Old Ebenezer We have heard enough and to spare of his vanity, his self-importance, his entire lack of dignity, his weakness for wine and worse things than wine. Dr. Johnson and His Circle Bartholomew's complacent self-importance almost straightened his bowed shoulders and redeemed the weakness of his sagging lips and feeble chin. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale The shrinkage to my self-importance added fire to my ambition. David Malcolm Men can suck the heady juice of exalted self-importance from the bitter weed of failure—failures are usually the most conceited of men: even as was James Houghton. The Lost Girl In after days, when Raynal visited Berlin, overflowing with vanity and self-importance, he succeeded with some difficulty in procuring an interview with the King, and then Frederick took his revenge. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The self-importance, too, of the honest Cambrian is not ill portrayed; who is chiefly introduced to settle the chronology of the story.—In pose of grace, we have nothing striking. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency With these and similar remarks he beguiled my drive, and though I smiled at the self-importance of his tone, I could tell that he was an attached and faithful servant. Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story There, a profound habitual reverence of mind suddenly encounters with a ludicrous perception of his own momentary self-importance. My Contemporaries In Fiction I invariably lose half of my self-importance in Egypt, for instance. The Sins of Séverac Bablon Perhaps I could even hold out a helping invitation to smaller 'broken men' still in the Aberdeenshire Highlands or elsewhere in dear Scotland, and that would please my self-importance. The Black Colonel “Well,” began Hilda, with a slight feeling of that pardonable self-importance which is natural to those who instruct others older than themselves, “that is the first letter.” Erling the Bold The boys who saw the joke enjoyed it very much indeed, as he strolled along with the self-importance befitting so prominent a citizen. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn It would not mend the wrong; it would not save life; it would be only proof of the vanity, the sense of self-importance, of the injured one. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People It was, therefore, with no little self-importance that the note was penned, and in a similar frame of mind he started for Burnham Park next morning. A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune Suddenly the drawing-room door was pushed open, without a sound, and Alicia, in all the bursting charm of her youthfulness and the delicious naïveté of her self-importance, stood in the doorway. Clayhanger What cries out for these is not love so much as self-importance which has not had the attention which it thinks its due. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The king he found with slaughter weary, Surrounded by his noble quarry, And, puffed with self-importance, said: "Sir, to some purpose I have bray'd!" Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress In man it reaches its highest form and becomes vanity, pride, and a ridiculous sense of self-importance. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources His voice, devoid of all anger or self-importance, made Wyndham still more uncomfortable. The Willoughby Captains But if he only knew with what fear and trembling I made that resolution, he would acquit Fred Batchelor of any very great self-importance in the matter. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life The burgomaster wore an air of sternness and self-importance which boded no good. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 The three years had added much to Marsac's store of knowledge, as well as to his conscious self-importance. A Little Girl in Old Detroit He had a great notion of his self-importance, and had no intention of dancing attendance on a mere country practitioner. The Hand in the Dark |
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