Word: selfishnesses
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...wish to assure the people of Cambridge that I will continue to serve them faithfully in their city government and that no selfish motive has influenced my decision," Foley said...
...Selfish Rich. It happened, says Author Philip Magnus, in what is undoubtedly the best biography of Gladstone ever written, because Gladstone was the first British statesman to act upon the belief that God especially loved the common man. Gladstone felt that the rich were inclined to be "selfish," and this feeling was confirmed by various proofs...
...your feet on the ground." The President said he knew of no better advice in this day and time. Christian ideals, he said, had to animate the policy of a Christian civilization. But, he added, we must not forget that man's nature was dual: part of it selfish, greedy and ignoble. If anyone thought the U.S. could be in a better position in the pursuit of peace by being weak, he had to disagree with them 100%. Ike said the U.S. had to be strong, but when it did become secure and safe, there would be no nation...
What horrified Brando most: "People have asked me if I'm really Stanley Kowalski. Why, he's the antithesis of me. He is intolerant and selfish. Kowalski is a man without any sensitivity, without any kind of morality except his own mewling, whimpering insistence on his own way. I can't think-I can't believe-that we are here for one terrible, gnashing, stomping moment and that...
...spent hours in the summer sailing and swimming with his boys. In quieter moments he would tell them stories. Once when he had finished a story called The Selfish Giant, tears came to his eyes and his elder son asked him why. "He replied," writes Vyvyan, "that beautiful things always made...