"It's a very modern personality type - that curiously cold, obsessive, self-obsessed view of the world".
John Malkovich has virtually cornered the market on portraying cold, obsessive aesthetes in the thrall of demonic visions.
He emerges as an obsessive pursuer of cold, hard numbers on and off the bases, with serially disingenuous nods to his ever-challenged image.
Who is more important in the conquest of disease: the compassionate, sympathetic healer or the cold, obsessive investigator trying to ascertain the cause of disease, who, if successful, would render the doctor obsolete?
It's hard to say whether her strong feelings about her quarry come from being forced to confront similarities the two share – both are cold, obsessive and enjoy gazing at stuff with heavy portent – or from his deep brown eyes, sculpted cheekbones and designer stubble that won't quit.
In the first section Damon travels through Lesotho with Reiner, a preening, obsessive, and solipsistic Teuton, whose cold, pragmatic, and seemingly self-assured approach to life and, in particular, sex, alternately attracts and repulses the narrator.
In any event, the summit meeting between the Big Two appears to have been a remarkable demonstration of their willingness, under certain circumstances, to subordinate the obsessive ideological differences of the old Cold War.
In addition, panic attacks, cold or sweaty hands, or obsessive thoughts are symptoms of an anxiety disorder, not depression.
Medical professionals who worked with her during this time described her as being distant and cold towards her patients and displaying obsessive behaviour towards her husband.
If you just stayed at it long enough, hard enough, the constant, obsessive 12-hour days, hunching over in the cold American River all would be been worth it.
The other participant in the cold summit is Stephen Fybish, a self-made weather obsessive, sometimes to the irritation of forecasters and reporters who write about heat waves and cold snaps, because he makes a point of pointing out their mistakes.
