Lerman is a self-described " film geek ", having stated that he is " shaped by movies ", and that he is a " creative person ".

As a self-described " confirmed scientific rationalist ", Tylor believed that this view was " childish " and typical of " cognitive underdevelopment ", and that it was therefore common in " primitive " peoples such as those living in hunter gatherer societies.

Robert Anton Wilson ( born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007 ), known to friends as " Bob ", was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic.

Contemporary ethical debate is often described as " secular ", with the work of Derek Parfit and Peter Singer, and even the whole field of contemporary bioethics, having been described or self-described as explicitly secular or non-religious.

Isaac Asimov, whose specialties included both science fiction and humor and who was a self-described " punster ", wrote a short story called " Shah Guido G .", referring to the story's Atlantean ruler.

The efforts of the self-described " reformers ", who objected to (" protested ") the doctrines, rituals, and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led to the creation of new national Protestant churches.

Lewis, a self-described " strong monarchist ", wrote " Civilization is more than an abstraction.

The origin of the word " herpetoculture " is credited to Tom Huff, who devised the word to distinguish what he, as a self-described " herpetoculturist ", was doing -- working to keeping reptiles and amphibians alive and healthy -- from what herpetologists of that era were generally doing, namely, collecting specimens for preservation in museum collections.

A political conservative and self-described " right-winger ", who has publicly protested against what he perceives as immorality and " anti-Catholicism ", Morrissey's long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, apparently apolitical Warhol was viewed by many as " a successful mismatch ", although both men did share some traits, i. e. both were practising Catholics from " ethnic " backgrounds ( Warhol was of Rusyn descent and Morrissey is of Irish descent ).

A self-described " hero-worshipper ", Clark proved to be an ardent pro-individualist, Humanist and anti-Marxist.

The film features two men, Johnny B. and Kamal, aka " the Jerky Boys ", two self-described " low-lifes from Queens ", who get into trouble with the Mafia when one of their prank calls leads them into a money laundering business.

Scholz, a self-described " Obama supporter ", sent an open letter to Huckabee in February 2008 stating that the band had never endorsed any candidate, and that he had never authorized the use of " More Than a Feeling " as Huckabee's theme song.

He is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling and self-described " wrestlemaniac ", and appeared at an Extreme Championship Wrestling event wielding an acoustic guitar as a weapon.

The 5 ' 6 ", self-described " unathletic " writer played in three preseason games and recorded one reception for-2 yards.

A self-described " ladies ' man ", Buono persuaded Bianchi to join him in prostituting two women, holding them as virtual prisoners.

The self-described " Gumbo Capital of the World ", Bridge City, Louisiana, holds an annual Gumbo Festival.

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The name came about because Ivan and his two brothers, following the self-described principle of " style before comfort ", refused to wear hats during Montreal's cold winters, calling themselves " the men without hats.

A self-described " man of the old school " who viewed the Tsar as the " anointed one, the rightful sovereign ", Goremykin was a loyal supporter of Nicholas II as autocrat and accordingly pursued conservative policy.

", expressing his wish to play a doubleheader every day out of his pure love for the game of baseball, especially in his self-described " friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

Her music style is self-described as " violin techno-acoustic fusion ", as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style.

: Peggy Schofield, clerical worker and self-described linchpin of her office, finds that when her strict regime is disrupted, her world crumbles around her.

Other self-described contemporary salafis may define themselves as Muslims who follow " literal, traditional ... injunctions of the sacred texts " rather than the " somewhat freewheeling interpretation " of earlier salafis.

Forrest asserted that Paterson had in fact written the self-described " ditty " to impress Winton woman Christina Macpherson, whose family he visited in January 1895 and with whom he flirted despite being engaged to someone else.

Robinson, a self-described socialist, is commonly regarded as being one of the most left-wing figures in Canadian politics.

Academy Award-winning author and self-described women's rights advocate John Irving opined in a New York Times column that on this topic, women's advocates were being " purely vindictive " in insisting that the current OCR interpretation of Title IX be maintained.

This data proved troublesome on the AS / 400 when accessing it with revised or new " native " applications and especially when the data was converted to " native " format in internally self-described files without being " cleaned " before or during conversion.

Kate Clinton is a self-described " fumerist ," or feminist humorist, who has set out to prove that being lesbian can be, and often is, funny.

The newspaper gave evidential and incisive details as to why he could never have achieved all self-described feats, including being the ' Father of the Internet.

The New Adventures were self-described as being " stories too broad and deep for the small screen ," and purported to take Doctor Who into " previously unexplored realms of time and space ".

He is a convert to Catholicism after being raised a self-described Low Church Protestant Episcopalian, then a Broad Church Episcopalian, before he became Catholic.

Biologist, speculative-fiction author, and self-described biopunk, Meredith L. Patterson is known for her work on yogurt bacteria within the DIYbio community, as well as being the author of " A Biopunk Manifesto ", which she delivered at the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics ' symposium, " Outlaw Biology?

Its style is self-described as " world punk " It is regarded as being part of the foundation of the Quebec " alternative " scene, having influenced many young musicians and bands.

As Supervisor, Peskin is known mostly for siding with a self-described progressive majority on development issues, often being at odds with the policies of mayors Gavin Newsom and Willie Brown.

As well as being a self-described sorceress, Diane was co-founder with Anton LaVey of the Church of Satan and served as High Priestess for approx.

A self-described moderate, ' One Nation ' Tory, his views found little favour with Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, and he came to resent his lack of promotion in parliament, never progressing beyond being PPS at the Foreign Office, and dubbing his own political career " A study in failure ", borrowing the subtitle of his Churchill biography.

Tristan Prettyman performing at the San Diego, California House of Blues in 2006. Inspired by DiFranco's music and due in part to her nature of being a self-described " nosy kid " she entered her parents ' room and began playing around with her father's old acoustic guitar.

The church was growing steadily, but Daystar failed to expand beyond the Dallas area until Tilton went to Hawaii — his self-described version of Jesus's forty days in the wilderness — and spent time fishing, drinking, and watching an increasingly popular new form of television programming: the late-night infomercial.

Thiessen is a fan of the television series The Office, and will often pay tribute to the show during his concerts by singing a self-described " love song " about the series, titled " The Ballad of Dunder Mifflin ".

During the 1990s, after his self-described " semi-retirement ," Spanky lent his name and celebrity to help raise money for charities, primarily by participating in golf tournaments.

Bart Kennedy, a self-described tramp of 1900 America, once said " I listen to the tramp, tramp of my feet, and wonder where I was going, and why I was going.

The film, shot entirely in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California and produced with the cooperation of the city's police department and the Inglewood Unified School District, is narrated by a self-described police detective who is on his way to a school meeting where he is to discuss the issue of hidden sexual predators attempting to lure young adolescent males.

In Texas, Dignan ( Owen C. Wilson ) " rescues " Anthony ( Luke Wilson ) from a voluntary mental hospital, where he has been staying for self-described exhaustion.

Zindler was also famed in Houston for his self-described Rat and Roach Report, where he read details from his controversial City of Houston Food Inspection Program restaurant reports on the air.

Bart Kennedy, a self-described tramp of 1900 America, once said " I listen to the tramp, tramp of my feet, and wonder where I was going, and why I was going.

In addition to his work as a writer, Morgan contributed a substantial guest appearance to the X-Files episode " Small Potatoes " ( April 20, 1997 ), where he played Eddie Van Blundht, a self-described " loser " with the ability to shape-shift.

A self-described Irish Catholic, Calhoun was born and raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he was a standout on the basketball, football, and baseball teams at Braintree High School.

On further investigation, the India government learned that the consulting company Terra Research was run from the home of a self-described earthquake forecaster who had no telephone listing and maintained a website where he sold copies of his detection system.

He graduated from Brien McMahon High School, where he was a self-described geology nerd.