Word: selflessness
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When not near a guitar, Springsteen tends to be quiet, serious and very still. With a Fender in his hands, he's a horse that can't wait to run. He loves playing music for anyone, anywhere, anytime. "Ultimately," he says, "it's not anything near a selfless experience. It's very self-fulfilling and revitalizing. I'm up there trying to fire myself up. When the metal hits the pedal--bang!--I got a destination that I am moving toward, and I'm not gonna be satisfied till I get there. For me." Of course, Springsteen's pleasure...
...even more, and how angry their mother would be if she found out they failed to do something like give up their seat for a very attractive girl on the bus, as if this surefire way to start a conversation with a very attractive girl is actually a really selfless act. But honestly, my conclusions are based entirely on a short period in which I ended up sitting next to southerners every time I rode the bus, and in particular on the behavior of these two roommates from Atlanta who would line up for the bus together every morning...
...always appreciated that selfless gesture. And now I realize just how fortunate I was. A Roper survey out this week from Collegiate Funding Services shows that 1 in 5 21-to-34-year-olds said they had to take a job other than the one they really wanted in order to pay off their student loans...
...trusty bat and a selfless attitude is all a coach can ask for in a baseball player. Harvard Coach Joe Walsh has all that and more in senior Mark Mager, Harvard’s reliable shortstop and No. 2 hitter...
...meal and when I last got waxed. I can’t even imagine taking care of myself, but...I want to be a mommy, to hold a crying newborn in my arms and know exactly what she is telling me. I want to be selfless and dedicated and give all I have to shape that little being into a beautiful adult. I want to do for her all that my parents did for me—only better, if possible (and it probably isn’t possible—my parents are amazing...