He was a larger than life character who would tell it as it was.
He played Patton as a larger than life character, sometimes out of control, at other times coolly calculating.
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By the 19th century hats had become a larger than life fashion accessory often decorated with ribbons, flowers and feathers.
Had he been a larger than life character like Peter Drucker, the more retiring and ascetic Doriot might have become as famous in his time.
"Jeremy was a larger than life character who was much loved and respected by his friends and colleagues, " said, regional ambulance officer, Mark Winter.
His family described him as a "larger than life, fun-loving young man" as they spoke for the first time since he went missing.
His family described him as a "larger than life, fun-loving young man" as they spoke for the first time since he went missing 18 days ago.
He never hoisted Oscars for his acting, but he was a larger-than-life screen presence.
He was a larger-than-life personality, courageous role model and pioneer for people battling the debilitating effects of diabetes.
It features a larger-than-life statue of a DLI bugler dressed in the combat uniform of the Korean War.
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But his fame has brought with it a long-held image of a larger-than-life macho superstar who lives dangerously.
One is a larger-than-life industrialist who is an inspiration to his fellow Gujaratis.
Known for an explosive temper that was often directed at umpires, Weaver will be remembered as a larger-than-life figure.
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"Shaq is a larger-than-life hero with Chinese basketball fans, " says Terry Rhoads, founder of Zou Marketing, a sports consultancy in Shanghai.
As you approach Victoria Falls from the nearby town of Livingstone, you first have to pass a larger-than-life statue of the explorer.
His mistakes, his powers of recovery, his feints and adaptations to the changing political environment, all give him a larger-than-life political personality.
Perugia's Madonna delle Grazie in the Duomo is a larger-than-life, clearly pregnant young woman, painted in 1515 by one of Perugia's Renaissance greats.
Aides relayed word that Bush watched television coverage of the celebrations in the Baghdad streets, including the footage of a larger-than-life statue of Saddam being toppled in downtown Baghdad.
Stark's arrogance and narcissism come back to haunt him in the form of spurned entrepreneur Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) and a larger-than-life terror-monger by the name of "The Mandarin" (Ben Kingsley).
Finally, we saw a larger-than-life LEGO forest spring up in Australia and we had a blast reviewing the Bildopolis Big Bilder -- a kit for making awesome forts out of cardboard.
Founded by Jerry Sanders, a larger-than-life figure who mentored Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, AMD transformed itself from a me-too manufacturer of PC processors into a company with enough technical brilliance to force Intel to change its designs.
Lee Peck, who worked with Mr Smith at ITV Meridian's former TVS studios in Southampton, described him as a "larger-than-life character".
Later, the Notre Dame coach sent off a letter to his larger-than-life rival, who would pass away 10 years later, about a month after his final game.
They emphasise that Enron's story is first and foremost a human tale, with larger-than-life egos and ambitions that will surely be brought to a screen near you once all the trials are over.
Two of the best are " Ice Lights", a light-installation at Vancouver City Hall that looks like ice framing the historic building, and " The Birds", a pair of larger-than-life bird sculptures that once stood sentry at the site of the Olympic Village and now roost at the Southeast False Creek Plaza.
She appears larger than life with a green face on the head of spider, whose legs are made of yellow, orange and black tubes.
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As with traditional animation, if the economics are right, CG seems a good fit for larger-than-life stories: comic book adaptations, sci-fi, horror and myth.
But as a study of the larger-than-life figure who served as broker of the strange, complex and conflicted marriage between America and Arabia, Mr Ottaway's work is surely definitive.
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Cari Lynn, a young writer who spent two years as a clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, finds a world populated by larger-than-life characters, high-stakes risk-taking, and excess in all its forms.
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