Word: selfless
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...selfless, tireless one, the rich giver and the meek receiver, with life giving energy flowing like milk from the breast, costing her nothing, is too, too much. Looked at in the grey light of daily living the concept is the demand of the ravening child, and we cannot respond to such a claim in man or child...At my age I care to my roots about the quality of women, and I care because I know how important her quality...
Moses was also, as this book amply shows, a fabulous monster and a fascinating man who worked for the public for 44 years but, like Coriolanus, often seemed to despise the people whom he served. He was selfless and egotistical, practical and visionary, idealistic and unscrupulous. In short, the stuff of which legends are made. Moses' mind moved in bright flashes of creativity. He saw problems-and their solutions-whole...
Best example of selfless dedication to art: Steve McQueen's decision to found an acting school so that there will be other Steve McQueens to take his place when he hangs up his spokes...
From time to time the President did exhibit odd grace notes. He expressed deeply felt concern for Hunt, whose wife Dorothy was killed in a plane crash in Chicago. He worried about "poor Bob" Haldeman, who was "totally selfless and honest and decent" but because of Watergate was "going through the tortures of the damned." There were even attempts at humor, albeit rather heavyhanded. For example, Nixon joined in the merriment on March 22, 1973, when Haldeman joked that "John says he is sorry he sent those burglars in there" and that he was glad
...Haldeman] is a guy that has just given his life, hours and hours and hours you know, totally selfless and honest and decent ... You know you get the argument of some ... you should fire them. I mean you can't do that. Or am I wrong...