Word: selfishnesses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...love to call professional athletes selfish, but NBA players have the particular and ironic distinction of carrying at least a chunk of the banner for an entire race of people. It sounds like naive overstatement, but a chunk is all you need for the proposition to turn frightening...
...friend is any indication, Harvard students are not selfish. The Phillips Brooks House Association logs 1,700 annual volunteers. HAND and City Step also draw many volunteers. By the time they graduate as seniors, well over two-thirds have entered some type of public service activity or another. Harvard students generally want to leave their mark upon this world and public service is perhaps one of the most meaningful ways to do that...
Thus, the disproportionate flow is understandable but regrettable. I don't consider recruiting seniors selfish or greedy, but it is a shame that the men and women most qualified to enter the public sector are the same ones who are least likely to do it. Perhaps it is because recruiting is safe...
...believe seniors entering the private sector are greedy and selfish and lack a social conscience. I do believe they may be a little risk averse and the College could do more to ameliorate qualms about entering public service. I think it's important to realize how, relatively to others, if the world were a hundred people, how really fortunate and how much we could...
...mind that determines my goals and values, and I give my life meaning. I am my sanction, and my purpose is my own rational happiness. If I choose to live my life in service to others, so be it. But if I, the selfish man that I am, want to pursue a career that I actually enjoy, I will not seek anyone's permission, nor acknowledge any demands for justification. I will pursue my own selfish desire without regard to its "socially responsible" character...