#pompous

For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing? ↗

— Goldie Hawn

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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing. ↗

— Barbara Stanwyck

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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ↗

— Paul Simon

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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. ↗

— Peter Cushing

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I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity. ↗

— John Lone

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I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have? ↗

— Kathleen Turner

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You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy. ↗

— Michel Gondry

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At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

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