Word: selfishness
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...thank you enough for your article "Flying Solo," on women who are choosing to stay single [SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Call me selfish, but I enjoy traveling, buying nice things and going out wherever and whenever I want. When the time is right, I will settle down. But for now, it's great "livin' la vida loca"! KRISTA PALOMBA Watertown, Conn...
...foundation of civilization is that it is better for society. It creates stability, and it raises the mission in people's lives to something greater than their own self-gratification. As long as women bounce along kidding themselves that life is full when alone, they are putting their hedonistic, selfish desires ahead of what's best for children and society. MARK LANDSBAUM Diamond Bar, Calif...
...least they do in the kinds of magazines I read. But all my most embarrassing moments happened on television. There was the segment for Entertainment Tonight, when the interviewer asked me if Bruce and Demi's divorce would affect their children, and I said, "Only if they are selfish, vindictive parents like mine." We still talk--on holidays...
...reasons are not so much civic as dramatic - that is, selfish. Nader and Buchanan would make the debates interesting. Otherwise, they will be excruciating...
...Most of us put accomplishments first for the vast majority of our lives--doing things for our own future and our own glory. In a way, that paid off, because we're here. But that's too selfish and too shortsighted. That won't leave the world a better place. Instead, care about people, and make it flagrant--give them your time and effort, even if your accomplishments suffer. What we're going to remember from Harvard are the people, not our grades in Ec 10. So use a concept from Ec 10--invest yourself wisely...