Word: iconoclastic
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McCartney understood that Godrich was trying to play the role of iconoclast to the complacent icon, and he was willing to go along with it, to a point. "There were a few times I thought, I could sack this guy," says McCartney. "I've produced more records than he's even looked at in a shop." Instead he convinced Godrich that he didn't need to be confrontational to get his point across, and gradually a positive form of creative tension emerged. "When I write, there are times--not always--when I hear John [Lennon] in my head," says McCartney...
...hero to investors and a royal pain to money managers. Thirty years ago, John Bogle founded the Vanguard Group and invented the index fund--a low-cost option that revolutionized investing. At 76, he's still an iconoclast, most recently in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism, which is coming out this fall (Yale University Press). He talked to TIME's Barbara Kiviat...
...James Joyce was a latter-day Colonna, Eco is the modern incarnation of Plutarch, the Ancient Greek essayist, public thinker and iconoclast. Eco writes regular columns for the Italian weekly L'Espresso and for the daily newspaper La Repubblica, tackling themes such as the mass media and the history of philosophy - sometimes turning his fire on George W. Bush and his country's own premier, Silvio Berlusconi, both of whom he scorns for conservative policy and arrogant leadership. His long sojourns in the U.S., including teaching stints at Harvard and Yale, have helped form his perspective. "I feel profoundly European...
...have thought that, if somebody takes it the wrong way, I could get a brick to the back of the head as I'm leaving the stage door," says Chaplin, who found fame in Hollywood films The Truth About Cats & Dogs and Birthday Girl. "But Neil's an iconoclast and there's not enough of them around. Whether you like him or not, you have to be grateful he's there." Like him or not, LaBute isn't done exploring the dark side. He's now scouting out locations for his next project, a remake of the 1973 cult horror...
...publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda." AN EDITORIAL in The Lone Star Iconoclast, a weekly newspaper in Bush's hometown of Crawford, Texas, announcing its endorsement of Bush's opponent John Kerry...