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...have stopped there - a gem of a line, a Hallmark-card-sized summation of the littlest and best things we can do - but when American shores are smoldering still, Bush must have realized that more couldn't hurt. Be calm, not scared; be tolerant, not blind; be generous, not selfish; be patient, patient, patient, at airports and skyscrapers and landmarks and hotels and traffic stops and bus stops and train stations and anywhere else it is possible to imagine a public vulnerability, which of course is everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bush Speech: How to Rally a Nation | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...business success fueled a run to the top of Boston society. At one time, he belonged to half a dozen private clubs and was John F. Kennedy's chief fund raiser in New England. But White grew disillusioned keeping company with the rich, in his view an often selfish lot. Some 20 years ago, he decided to give away everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philanthropist: Quiet Giver | 9/17/2001 | See Source »

...That’s right,” he continued. “When is it that Americans feel most patriotic? When we are at war. And why do we go to war? For completely selfish reasons...

Author: By Jason L. Steorts, | Title: America's Gift | 9/13/2001 | See Source »

People can relocate; an endangered species cannot. It is arrogant and incredibly stupid for people to move onto arid land and then assume they can basically steal the water from any source, at any cost, for their own selfish interests. GLENN M. SCOTT Newport News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 6, 2001 | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...Keegan: "We were walking down the street together. People who once would come up and hug Ira crossed the street and averted their eyes... He looked at me, sad, and said, 'I'm not going to be able to be Ira Einhorn now.' And I realized he was a selfish, arrogant bastard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Archive: The Ira Einhorn Case | 7/20/2001 | See Source »

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