Eccentricities

Are these personality quirks the essence of their brilliance or pathological eccentricities which sabotage greatness and should not be excused?

Brian Cox in "Succession" (Photograph by Macall B. Polay/HBO)Billionaires are famously cheap, part of their eccentricities and the lore of how they made their money (the reality is, most billionaire money is made through ).

However, his eccentricities–from his scatological humor and bawdiness in his writing to frenzied sudden impulsive acts such as leaping around the room in public like a cat–led some to believe that he suffered from some mental pathology.

The story shows how (Deepika Padukone) is often irritated by the eccentricities of her 70-year-old father, Bhashkor Banerjee (Amitabh Bachchan) who constantly interferes in her life.

They encourage one another through difficult times, are patient with each other's eccentricities, and sincerely care about one another's well-being.

Just as often, though, young men and women find themselves in a job with no set hours, few boundaries and little protection from the whims and eccentricities of their employers.

Meanwhile, the Venice Biennale is likely to regain its relevance, and new Swiss films promise luxury, eccentricities and Highsmith thrills.

The eccentricities at the heart of cultural ructions over gender ideology create a demand for the intervention of newly discovered experts.

A composition’s eccentricities and challenges push the musicians to find creative (and therefore, unexpected) responses as they explore the piece’s latent possibilities.

All the while, the typical Wes Anderson eccentricities will surely delight ISTJs.

Being the de facto weird kid of every class room, Abed was the ideal target for anyone who didn't or refused to understand his eccentricities.

Never a skier, she dug into the eccentricities of the individual ski towns for a special chapter.

This reflects Iowa band’s greater intention to resist definition and continually amplify their eccentricities.

Eccentricities aside, it rapidly became clear that this was an unfussy, traditional, and only slightly grubby old pub, with a strong focus on serving a regularly-changing selection of real ales, all in excellent condition.

I subscribe to most of those aims and values as well, but I’m saddled with trying to keep my eccentricities while still having catchy choruses and an accessible sound.

The squabbling Maggie and Jacob have been accoutered with those bright, jumbo-size neuroses and eccentricities that are often found in dysfunctional-family sitcoms.

Yes, there are delicious nuggets about the old man’s eccentricities too (idlis, fried eggs and jam for breakfast), and about how short-tempered he was.

By 1950, a second wave of bebop musicians—such as Clifford Brown and Sonny Stitt —began to smooth out the rhythmic eccentricities of early bebop.

Calvin's father is overly concerned with "character building" activities in a number of strips, either in the things he makes Calvin do or in the masochistic eccentricities of his own lifestyle.

Congruent conic sections Two conic sections are congruent if their eccentricities and one other distinct parameter characterizing them are equal.