Think about the traits that drive a politician: type-A personality, alpha-male, aggressive, a huge ego, thrill-seeking, adrenalin junkie, and thriving on the rush and excitement of being the center of attention in a political race.
Larger than this, the temperamental difference is vast: In flamenco, the dancer's ego seems thrilling, while in Indian classical dance, the dancer often suggests transcendence — absorption in matters larger than the self.
*Name has been changed DANNY VALENTINO FORMER 'DREAMBOY' AND MANAGER OF DV ENTERTAINMENTS, 25 I'm not going to lie; strippers do it for their egos, for the thrill of ripping their clothes off in front of hundreds of screaming women.
Unlike many of those who travel to Antarctica, Mr. Lock is seeking more than a mere thrill or ego boost.
Dr. Marc N. Potenza, the lead researcher, speculated that the different choices of games reflected a possible difference in motivation: that women might gamble "as a means of escape from distressing problems," while men might "more often seek ego enhancement through the thrill of competitive risk-taking".
But that should take nothing away from the latest adventures of Tony Stark and his thrilling alter ego.
Even in a business used to excess, she could be considered a true theater rebel: uninterested in a movie career, she was a hodgepodge of thrilling talent, ego, drunkenness, bisexuality and drug use.
Joe's ferocious push to harness his son's talent and whip them into a world class act wasn't just to satisfy a father's obsessive ego, or to snatch vicarious thrills through his children, or because of dollar signs dancing in his eyes.
Are they adrenaline junkies and ego-trippers looking for a £45,000 thrill?
This "new Shostakovich" has become for the cultists an alter ego through which they live a thrilling if childish fantasy life, reminiscent of a classic New Yorker cartoon by William Steig, captioned "Dreams of Glory".
The Australian comedian, better known as her hilariously raunchy flight attendant alter ego Pam Ann, has toured the world thrilling airline industry employees, gay fans, and the occasional straight person for over 15 years.
