Word: selfishness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...adult world—here personified by Val’s cold-hearted and selfish parents—ultimately encroaches on their project...
...stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your own imprint on the play,” he explains.With “Pelican”—a drama about the devastation wrought by a selfish mother on her children—Dorin has been able to exercise much greater directorial creativity. “The appeal of “Pelican” was that I have had much more freedom to play with the text, rearrange the structure, create the mood as I see fit?...
...stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your own imprint on the play,” he explains. With “Pelican”—a drama about the devastation wrought by a selfish mother on her children—Dorin has been able to exercise much greater directorial creativity. “The appeal of “Pelican” was that I have had much more freedom to play with the text, rearrange the structure, create the mood as I see fit?...
However, I would be remiss if I were to say there were not selfish reasons for my wanting to learn the language. Over my short time in and around professional baseball it has become abundantly clear that knowledge of the Spanish language is a considerable advantage...
Keep in mind, first of all, that selfish behavior is warranted in some circumstances. This is one of them. I am not encouraging you to become Harvard’s version of “Mean Girls” villain Regina George, but you should nonetheless be selfish in your blocking decision. (And, by the way, demanding the piece of cake with the biggest frosting flower at your fifth birthday party was also justified...