And my vindictiveness and my capacity for cruelty were encouraged.
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There is a certain vindictiveness about the British press though.
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To me, speaking up would smack of vindictiveness masquerading as white knighthood.
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Kokkinos maintains that Maddox sued out of vindictiveness, not concern for his safety.
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The mainstream media leapt into action, condemning the students with ferocity and vindictiveness.
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Some of his comments demonstrated a vindictiveness he has used in the past.
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Before Trump's bigotry, race-baiting, misogyny, corruption, bullying and vindictiveness, there is the lying.
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All these intersecting threads of money and power and vindictiveness and betrayal, it sounds fake.
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And then there is the sloppiness and apparent vindictiveness from the White House to discuss.
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It is unimaginable that she would demonstrate the intolerance, vindictiveness and cupidity of Mr. Trump.
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Uber's legal team tried to position Waymo's lawsuit against it as an act of vindictiveness.
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The judge was also ticked off by Phaedra's vindictiveness ... intentionally misspelling his name on the docs.
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Clinton — said she was especially troubled by an email that she said seemed filled with vindictiveness.
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" Mr. von Bülow said his stepchildren were "misguided" but added, "I have no feeling of vindictiveness.
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"They are manufactured, trumped-up claims that are just all a show of vindictiveness," Beckham said.
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"If confirmed, this looks like pure vindictiveness by the leadership ... this is an irrational act," she said.
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Intelligence, when polluted with negative traits like greed, avarice and vindictiveness, can become a curse to mankind.
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" Rosenblum, the attorney, said the "allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness.
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All these factors come together to create an atmosphere of paranoia and, in some cases, petty vindictiveness.
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Sheriff Clarke has exhibited petty vindictiveness in response to those who give him even the mildest rebuke.
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Beyond that, Mr. Trump has continued to demonstrate impulsivity and narcissism, an affinity for conflict and vindictiveness.
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Mr Medina believes Texas goes on isolating its death-row prisoners out of vindictiveness, not because of security.
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Our initial investigation, clearly establishes the allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness.
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As Gathers got closer, Waller-Prince gave him a shove, and then threw some more vindictiveness Gathers' way.
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He relished it all, as if he looked forward to the deaths through no personal malice or vindictiveness.
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Since the Senate vote on impeachment, Trump's vindictiveness and the purges associated with it have shifted into overdrive.
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Perry that the vindictiveness of prosecutors can be that poison fruit for which you throw out the entire case.
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Mr Jeffries says he will back her "to the end", which is probably judicious, given her reputation for vindictiveness.
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And the list continues with the xenophobia, racism, cruelty, vindictiveness and other qualities that his campaign put on display.
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The verdict left them shocked, they told the newspaper, but they said they do not feel vindictiveness toward Garcia Zarate.
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Mr Trump has all of Nixon's shabby venality, vindictiveness and contempt for the press, but none of his predecessor's competence.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, but -- WHOOPI GOLDBERG, ABC: I&aposm not comfortable with vindictiveness because to me, that&aposs very dictatorship.
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The irony is that for all the GOP's vindictiveness, the collateral damage would be borne disproportionately by Trump's own supporters.
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The president's personal vindictiveness, combined with the repressive legislation being introduced at the state level, are designed to frighten protesters.
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For years they have exaggerated the vindictiveness and radicalism of the left to mask the contradictions in their own camp.
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We will remember that — and miss it — when Trump's whirlwind of scandal, conflict, crudeness, boorishness and vindictiveness barrels into Washington.
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"We are saddened by this whimsical and capricious display of vindictiveness," said the chairman of the commission, Jose Luis Martin Gascon.
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Huge crowds attended the funeral; the atmosphere must have been very similar to this week's outpouring of grief, anger and vindictiveness.
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Apart from its vindictiveness, such an approach can only help the extremists by fueling anti-American sentiment among moderate Muslims everywhere.
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Van Grack's attempt to punish Mr. Flynn for rejecting his insistence to commit perjury is a pedagogical example of 'actual vindictiveness.
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It is only to say that there is a difference between a norm prohibiting petty vindictiveness and one demanding indiscriminate praise.
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The flip side of Trump's vindictiveness is his desire for adulation and acceptance, especially by elite figures who scorn him as vulgar.
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To Trump, who has led an itinerant life and fears that children might stifle her dreams, this vindictiveness and stigmatizing is upsetting.
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Without even saying a word, she provokes Trump to show the worst of his personality: his sexism, lies, bullying, vindictiveness, and stubbornness.
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Given his volatility and vindictiveness, his Nietzschean ethic and his overpowering narcissism, this is exactly what one would expect of Mr. Trump.
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One reason few people would talk on the record for this story is because of Sopko's reputation for hardball tactics and vindictiveness.
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But such olive branches were dwarfed by a forest of vindictiveness, and continued political battle appeared to be the more likely path forward.
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"Our initial investigation clearly establishes this allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness," Rosenblum said in a statement.
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There's also the way Trump's character, his combination of petty vindictiveness with sheer laziness, leaves him clearly not up to doing the job.
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The president's real-time smear shifted the focus of media coverage toward his own vindictiveness, drawing stern rebukes from Democrats in the House chambers.
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His inability to mention the senator's name is a sign of his immaturity, insecurity, fear of competition, vindictiveness and delusional sense of self-importance.
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They said it was an egregious attempt to politicize the armed forces, while Democratic lawmakers termed it petty vindictiveness against a dead war hero.
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What makes the current presidency truly unprecedented, they say, is how Trump combines a seething vindictiveness with a total lack of interest in governing.
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"I can assure you that our personal battle against clear, racist, incestuous vindictiveness, within the Pennsylvania criminal justice systems, is not over," she said.
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But with one influential elder talking of "cleansing the system", there is a risk that this descends into vindictiveness, with many officials fired or prosecuted.
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It has been proven time and again that intelligence, when polluted with negative traits like greed, avarice and vindictiveness, can become a curse to mankind.
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A measure of Ovitz's power was the vindictiveness with which former friends and colleagues greeted his downfall — none more so than his successors at CAA.
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This vindictiveness toward migrants and refugees has now led enforcement officials to try and crush people's basic instinct to want to help those who are suffering.
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"Our initial investigation clearly establishes this allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness," Nelly's attorney Scott Rosenblum said in a statement.
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"Our personal battle against clear, racist, incestuous vindictiveness, within the Pennsylvania criminal justice systems, is not over," Camille Cosby, the entertainer's wife, said in a statement.
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"Firing Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe at 10pm on a Friday night is an attack on law enforcement staggering in both its cowardice and vindictiveness," Rep.
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The Hyundai Research Institute in Seoul estimates the cost of China's vindictiveness to the South Korean economy this year will be $76bn, equivalent to 0.5% of GDP.
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President Donald Trump is notorious on the left for his vindictiveness and lies while conservatives have praised him for his unfiltered persona and confidence bordering on aggression.
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And also just the vindictiveness of his prosecution; it was very clear to everyone who found out about the case that this was not a criminal matter.
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The rage, resentment and vindictiveness that inspire acid violence are a toxic brew of human feelings that can cause upheaval in the life of someone who's attacked.
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To do this, we must sublimate our worst political instincts for vindictiveness and division, and reestablish the bonds of family and friendship upon which civil society depends.
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In Aetna's case there's reason to believe that there was also another factor: vindictiveness on the part of the insurer after antitrust authorities turned down a proposed merger.
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Congress must do its job, not out of a spirit of partisan vindictiveness but out of commitment to the Constitution and service to the people of this country.
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The vindictiveness of Japan's prosecutorial system and the conservatism of Japanese corporate culture — and Mr. Ghosn's extraordinary escape from justice — will do much to slow that process down.
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Then think of the president's skull, which is stuffed with other humours: insecurity, insincerity, victimhood, paranoia, mockery, self-delusion, suspicion, calculation, illogic, vindictiveness, risk, bullying, alimentiveness, approbativeness, vitativeness.
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He was a recognizable caricature of a successful CEO placed in a situation where his vanity, vindictiveness, and amoral ambition could be taken to bizarre yet conceivable extremes.
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That sets a tone of vindictiveness and suspicion for America's diplomats, whose morale Mr Pompeo sought to boost a year ago by talking of the "department of swagger".
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The poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter, and 21 other citizens of the UK reveals the brazenness and vindictiveness of Putin's regime and the FSB.
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Repeatedly, they have cited a Time magazine journalist's erroneous report about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s bust being removed from the Oval Office as evidence of the media's vindictiveness.
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Prince Mohammed's alleged vindictiveness towards critics has at times led to violence — the CIA determined that he likely ordered the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
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This would not be in the least surprising both because Mr. Trump lies continually and because there is no act of shabby vindictiveness to which he will not stoop.
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While Trump was a whirl of ignorance, vindictiveness and self-destruction, some advisers stopped him from going over the edge by ignoring his "crazy shit," as McGahn called it.
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Yet that same vindictiveness—in the form of slapping companies that outsource American jobs with a tariff on imported goods—is what drew many to Trump in the first place.
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Yet the actor and activist Cynthia Nixon was the only Democrat with the guts to take on Mr. Cuomo, his $30 million campaign war chest and his reputation for vindictiveness.
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Certainly many will try flattery to put themselves in his good graces, and knowing Mr. Trump's vindictiveness toward his critics, few will be likely to dare say a negative word.
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I found traces of an ashamed conscience in the worst of its corporate lackeys, while the leader of a worker's collective had a utopian vision marred by a persistent, disquieting vindictiveness.
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We cannot leave our national security and our families' safety in the hands of a president whose poor judgment, belligerence, vindictiveness and reckless impetuosity constitute an indictment of his mental health.
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President Trump's assault on the birth control mandate is like his broader attack on the Affordable Care Act, filled with spite, based on falsehoods and fueled by vindictiveness toward his predecessor.
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In order to argue for a reprieve, she must rein in her vindictiveness and her vanity; Elizabeth, for her part, must weigh the bonds of family against the realities of power.
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Under Trump, people may no longer be allowed to make unpleasant suggestions, practice political humor, or even point out when the president is telling a blatant lie without risking the president's vindictiveness.
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Or, perhaps more likely, he would think of it as a final demonstration of power and vindictiveness, bringing his political career, his stewardship of the Republican Party, to a maximally destructive conclusion.
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McCain dreamed of an America where once again our politics could return to a spirit of mutual respect, shared patriotism and common purpose, without the vindictiveness and invective that embroil America today.
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"I've been a victim of the IRS' ineffectiveness, and several of my constituents have been victims of their vindictiveness and their targeting of conservative groups," Flores, a certified public accountant, said. Rep.
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Taylor, of course, is aware of Axe's vindictiveness; Doug Mason, the brainiac hedge-funder's aerospace engineer father, has been made aware as well, and their joint business venture is closed up tight.
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But this man's vindictiveness and mendacity are undergirded by the unequaled power of the American president, and as such he has graduated on the scale of power from toddler to budding tyrant.
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In case there were doubts that this was about vindictiveness and intimidation, Sanders read a list of nine others -- nearly every one of them a Trump critic -- whose clearance may be revoked.
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Going by the rubric that Game of Thrones applied to Daenerys, wherein revenge and vindictiveness are signs of irredeemable madness, shouldn't we, and Arya's friends and family, be more worried about Arya?
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His firing was a clear and brazen act of retaliation that showcases the President's fear of the truth — and the vindictiveness which led Republican Senators to be accomplices to President Trump's cover-up.
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The tabulations purport to show that Germany could not afford large reparations; the portraits that weakness, vanity and vindictiveness blinded the Allies to German suffering and to how reparations would poison European relations.
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His racism and sexism were apparent from the beginning of his campaign; his vindictiveness and lack of self-discipline were on full display in his tirades against Judge Gonzalo Curiel and Khizr Khan.
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This is not, of course, to suggest that we should encourage petty vindictiveness against the dead and give a carte blanche to haters whose hatred shows more about them than about the deceased.
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By the time the scandal that led to Bill Clinton 's impeachment was in full flower, the operation's ruthlessness and vindictiveness was so feared that even conscience-stricken Democrats dared not speak too boldly.
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But she has also been known for years as an outspoken critic of Mr. Cuomo — a rarity among the state's Democrats, many of whom fear retribution from a governor with a reputation for vindictiveness.
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It is ironic that people who profit from movies and video games that promote excessive violence, like Avatar, deem themselves qualified to judge a former President of the United States with such viciousness and vindictiveness.
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But the bottom line is clear: The more power that individual factions hold to derail the rest of government by pushing their own agendas, the easier it is for vindictiveness to dictate how government works.
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A source close to the band tells us ... they believe WBR was pissed, so they rushed out a greatest hits album "in a fit of vindictiveness" to eat up the sales of their new record.
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Devoted to his wife and teenage daughter (Miranda Otto and a wonderfully expressive Odessa Young), Oliver, with his energy and positivity, is unprotected from Christian's vindictiveness; he's a mirror that Christian can't wait to crack.
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"They pretend that their hatred is directed only at certain billionaires — and they point their fingers at individuals with a relish and a vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaks," Johnson wrote, according to Reuters.
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On the contrary, people whose lives have been blighted by injury or violence (whether politically inspired or not) should be alive to the gravity of what has happened, but nonetheless find ways to rise above feelings of vindictiveness.
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And if the president is actually hounded by nefarious elites, I'd like to know how they compare to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has waged a two-year campaign of vindictiveness against Brady following the inane "Deflategate" scandal.
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Some presidents may have longed to punish particular news organizations or reporters, but aides have generally found ways to protect their bosses from such self-defeating moves, fearing that such vindictiveness would just make their bosses look small.
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How a person responds to the person you capture on film tells you a lot about what they want to see in his movement — what kind of courage, or boldness, or maybe vindictiveness they believe exists in his movement.
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It's not hard to see why his critics point to his Twitter feed as evidence of instability and unfitness to hold America's highest office: rages, lies, vindictiveness -- it's all there for the world to see, as is dangerous egomania.
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"I don't know whether it's vindictiveness or inattention, but either way the result is the same, which is the city is underrepresented on the M.T.A. Board," said John Raskin, the executive director of the Riders Alliance, a rider advocacy group.
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They overlook, rationalize and even delight in Mr. Trump's obsessive name-calling and Twitter attacks, his threats and acts of intimidation, his vindictiveness and casual cruelty (including mocking the disabled and P.O.W.s), all of which masquerade as strength and toughness.
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Bret: Second: Thank God we have a report at all — which, considering the vindication it brings Trump (and the vindictiveness it brings out of him) — would not have happened if the Trumpists had gotten their way and Mueller had been fired.
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But it does not do justice to a woman who, as an actress, rivalled Elizabeth Taylor in looks and glamour and, as a politician, outshone a host of caudillos, dictators and presidents-for-life in grit, capriciousness, generosity, vindictiveness, charisma and greed.
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What fascinates me about Sam's work as Bob, especially in episodes six and seven, is how he really blurs the lines between Bob's personal pain, his desire to create something great, and his vindictiveness toward other people that he can't always explain.
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But if you set aside the failures that got them here, and consider how Trump and the GOP are managing the situation, a picture emerges of a party and a candidate in the grip of the same delusion, projection, and pathological vindictiveness.
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His preening narcissism, his compulsive lying, his vindictiveness, his terror of germs and his terrifying inability to grasp basic science — all of it eclipsed his primary responsibilities to us as Americans, which was to provide urgent care, namely in the form of leadership.
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A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.
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"I've studied this enough to know that in more than 200 years of often acrimonious relations between presidents and the press, this really does reach a new low of personal vindictiveness to single out and shame a particular reporter in such a public fashion," he said.
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It would seem to reflect such a thin-skinned vindictiveness and caprice as to send an entirely different—and from the crown prince's perspective, not entirely helpful—message to the people around him: that no-one is safe while the crown prince's power remains so untrammeled.
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And in a letter to Glenn Fine, the acting inspector general at the Defense Department, Schumer described the ousters as "part of a dangerous, growing pattern of retaliation against those who report wrongdoing only to find themselves targeted by the President and subject to his wrath and vindictiveness."
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Over the course of the proceedings so far, Waymo's legal team has tried to paint Uber and Kalanick as desperate to catch up to its self-driving car efforts "at all costs, " while Uber's team has been trying to position Waymo's lawsuit against it as an act of vindictiveness.
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"The framers were prescient men who created a government that could withstand the worst of human foibles — corruption, vindictiveness, the thirst for tyranny — and wrote a Constitution to combat those foibles in many of their forms, not all of which will always be present, but which emerge in different guises in different eras," he said.
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Trump may or may not be serious about delivering on his campaign promises to deport immigrants, build walls, restrict freedom of the press, and lock up his political opponents, but even the man's most ardent supporters must admit that his petty vindictiveness is the one fixed star in the shifting firmament of his policy pronouncements.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump's former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn moved late on Tuesday to withdraw his guilty plea on charges of lying to investigators in the Russia inquiry, accusing prosecutors of "bad faith" and vindictiveness after they asked a judge to sentence him to prison for backing out of a deal to cooperate with them.
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The result of Thielism, looking a few years down the line, is likely to be an equilibrium that's bad for everyone: limits on third-party funding of lawsuits and a more fearful press corps that has to worry over not just the accuracy and newsworthiness of what's being written but the resources, litigiousness and vindictiveness of whom it is writing about.
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"I think it's important to at least call out the current incumbent of the White House on his simply amazing behavior, and for the pettiness, his vindictiveness and the unreconstituted meanness he displays," Weld was telling the crowd who had turned out to see him on a rainy Sunday afternoon in March at a house party in the town of Dover.
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The third is that it will confirm that the White House is fueled by vindictiveness; White House adviser Steve Bannon is reportedly keeping an "enemies list," further proof that this administration is The Count of Monte Cristo: The Made For TV Movie Featuring Scott Baio as The Count of Monte Cristo and Diamond and Silk as Those Two French Guys Who Ruin The Book.
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