But most of the time what people call charisma is just big ego.

Despite what people say, KP is not a cricketer with a big ego.

He obviously had a big ego; now he was being petty.

Humar wasn't alone among top climbers in having a big ego.

He doesn't have a big ego or anything like that.

I met him in Mexico when he was just an angry young punk with a big ego.

Count Raymone Garete had a big ego.

I started to get a big ego.

There is a stereotypical investment manager with a big ego -he's not like that at all.

He's got an attitude problem and a big ego, but more important, he's got a really cool costume.

He had a big ego, like most hackers, but it was inoffensive, largely couched in his self-effacing humour.

Tommy had a big ego.

Others have painted him as a Donald Trump-style Latin American populist with a big ego and a distinctly dictatorial bent.

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Part of the explanation is that he is an intelligent, modest, consensus-builder rather than a charismatic figure with a big ego.

I'm not someone who has a big ego but people keep trying to label me like that over and over again.