10 QUOTES WITH «POMPOUS»
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pompous.
Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental.
I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
I hate elitists. I hate conceited people. I hate pompous people.
From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling.
At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is often nothing more than a genre in itself.
I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.
Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POMPOUS»
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Jen Sorensen returns with her Xeric Award-winning Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous, a collection of alternative newsweekly strips. Jam-packed with gags, Slowpoke tackles the absurdities of present-day American life with rib-tickling gusto.
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The Buzzword Dictionary: 1,000 Phrases Translated from ...
Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Musical Based Upon the ...
SIR POMPOUS. Ahem, one moment please... Magic Mirror, can you say, Will the
Queen return this way? MIRROR. As water's wet and fire bums I tell you now, the
Queen returns. PRINCE. Good! Quick, everyone hide! (SNOW WHITE resumes ...
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London Magazine: Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer...
POMPOUS. FUNERALS. PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. A Concise History of tbe
Proceedings of tbe. Corns foul water upon him as by accident. The goodlady has
many more of these contrivances in agitation ; luch as discharging a pistol at his ...
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Animadversions on a Late
Pompous Book, Intituled, ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
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Grobar and the Mind Control Potion
On the spot, I named him Mr. Pompous. The funny thing was, while I expected Mr.
Pompous to ignore most people, I didn't expect him to not even notice Sam. I
mean, Sam is pretty big. When Mr. Pompous got close to us, Sam tried to get out
of ...
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The Parables of Jesus: A Guide to Understanding and Applying ...
in a malicious way, but He did love to poke fun at pompous people. I guarantee
that had you been present during the Sermon on the Mount when Jesus
described people who announce with trumpets when they are going to give
money in ...
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William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Of course, the pomposity of Caesar's speeches offers some support for this, but I
doubt that Shakespeare intended Caesar to be as pompous as his part reads to a
twentieth-century eye. It is true that he sometimes speaks of himself in the third ...
William Shakespeare, Michael Spring, 1984
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Staging Race: Black Performers in Turn of the Century America
Pompous then presented a drawing of his newly acquired family tree to his friend,
Jube, explaining that he descended from a king. When Jube protested, Pompous
attested that “dis tree wuz drafted by, the Herald of de Royal Af'o American ...
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The Christian Journal, and Literary Register
In addition to, or, rather, as a consequence of, this high and most pompous notion
, high churchmen contended, that Sancroft, Kenn, and other bishops, though "
deposed" by William the Hid., continued to be true bishops. For this they are ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POMPOUS»
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pompous is used in the context of the following news items.
What Lord Sewel said about David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Tony …
On Alex Salmond: Lord Sewel called the politician a “silly pompous prat”. On Labour: The Sun further reported that Lord Sewel also ran through ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
BBC: the Secret Files, BBC Four, review: 'boring'
This was perhaps the most boring programme ever to feature Dad's Army, David Bowie and all points in between: a whole hour of pompous ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
How Woody Allen Lost Me
When did Allen stop being the anti-hero who pulled Marshall McLuhan out of a line at a movie theater to confront a pompous windbag and ... «Forward, Jul 15»
Toronto company makes SUV bigger than a Hummer
This is one of the dumbest, most unecessary, illogical and pompous wastes of time and money Ive ever seen. I want one. Reply. Joe / July 27 ... «blogTO, Jul 15»
North Korea would 'leave no Americans alive' in another war, Kim …
On Monday, after a weekend of pompous speeches by the reclusive country's leaders, the streets in its capital city were decked with flags and ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Manchester United: PSG forward 'pretty sure …
Ibrahimovic later described Van Gaal as "a pompous a**" who “wanted to be a dictator” in his 2013 autobiography, “I Am Zlatan”. In his recent ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Wakefield and Salford should fear the prospect of Super League …
Contrary to Super League's rather pompous and bombastic new ad for the Super 8s, every minute doesn't matter for every club, and never has ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
After Almost Getting Good, 'Ballers' Descends Once More (TV Review)
The issue with Vernon is brought up initially at a meeting where Reggie has immediately reverted back to being a pompous dick, despite ... «Glide Magazine, Jul 15»
The Universal Notebook: Of patriots, politicos and military pawns
Pompous plutocrat Donald Trump seems to be getting away with questioning whether Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who spent five years in a ... «The Forecaster, Jul 15»
14 'Bachelor' & 'Bachelorette' Quotes That Are The Douchiest Things …
The ever-pompous Kalon McMahon (yes, the one who called Emily's daughter 'baggage') retorted this to a fellow contestant saying he didn't like Kalon. «Bustle, Jul 15»
