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Does it help if we're so strong-willed, stubborn, ambitious, and selfish that we always overcome everything in our way no matter what?" asked Wang-mu. "I think those are the pertinent virtues, yes," said Peter. "Then let's do it. That's us in spades.

We wake up at 3 and 4 in the morning to move the trains in this town. That's not the behavior of thugs and selfish people.

We don't like the media. They're portraying him as a selfish person.

When your kid is being selfish or greedy and you want to help them not be that way, you have to find a way to articulate it and inspire them.

Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was selfish license

We are starting to play much better as a team. We're helping on defense and we're not being as selfish on the offensive end. It's nice to see and it's nice to be a part of it again.

We've just been trying to get healthy. We played well tonight. They're no selfish kids on our team they all look out for each other.

The good thing about him is he gets it. He understands the whole picture. A lot of guys would never get it. Either they're too selfish or they're not smart enough to understand it. But with Ricky, as long as we're winning, he's going to be a major reason why.

Well, he called me yesterday (Tuesday) morning and said, 'Mom, I called the Packers and told them I was going to play again.' My reaction is I'm glad he's playing, but it's probably selfish because I enjoy watching him play so much even if he is my son. He's entertaining, fun to watch, You never know what he's gonna do.

This was like the granddaddy of bad judgment. There's no doubt what they did was incredibly selfish and irresponsible.

To have a team do so well, you can't have selfish kids. Everyone is unselfish, and Donna definitely leads in that category.

Tony is a very strange character. He is one of the most generous and most selfish men I have met. I think he is capable of doing it. I helped him a few times last year to the championship. If the roles were reversed, I would do the same thing for him.

We've been talking about team this season, and the guys understand that each game someone else is going to have the hot hand. They're not a selfish group. They know to give the ball to whoever has the hot hand.

We had the opportunities, we just didn't take advantage of them. We had our chances and we probably should have won it. I feel a little selfish and really frustrated knowing how close we were to advancing.

We chose this location partly for selfish reasons.

You gotta let a guy be himself, because that's what makes him. Leonard, Robinson, Ali, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, all of them had the same attitude. If they don't have that ego kinda temperament they're not going to make it. You gotta be a selfish guy. Most people take selfishness as something bad, but it's really something good. If a guy don't help himself and think about himself first he won't make itnowhere in life doing nothing.

(Washburn) shouldn't cry about it; he should take it for what it is. Do it the right way, ... He got the win, and that's the only thing he should be worried about. That's a selfish act to be worried about his ERA after he's already got the win.

Britain has come on tenfold, but to be selfish about it we're all Scottish at the moment. It's about us. We'll go back to the British thing in a bit, but for the moment we've got to take all the praise and all the success for Scotland until we go back to competing for Britain because we don't get to compete for Scotland very often. We want to make the most of it, so I'm not having any of the limelight taken away by Britain at the moment, to be honest.

Even the selfish and disloyal want their own lives to be better. (www.terrybarnett.com)

Every chance I get to step to the line and represent my country, I'm going to do it. I don't care if I have a race two days later, three days later ... this isn't a personal issue. I'm not going to be selfish to my teammates.

Attached action is selfish work that produces Karmic bondage.

Embodiments of Love! Do not pay attention to the day when the body was born and fulfil selfish ends by celebrating the event pompously.

There's not one guy who can do that but Barry Bonds. That would be selfish for me to do something like that.

The worst thing for a coach is to try to convince him to come back. After all he's meant to this university, how ungracious of us to be to force him to make a selfish decision.

The Yankees are still there, there are still spring training games. If that's the greatest criticism, the only answer I can give to that is that at some point in life, you've got to rise above your own selfish interests. If this sport is to (reach) the heights that we have to, you can't let your own myopic interest guide you.

Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes & dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than to be selfish and worry about my liver.'

Teach me to do the best I can To help and cheer my fellowman; Teach me to lose my selfish need, And glory in the larger deed, Which smothers the road and lights the day, For all who chance to come my way.

Sometimes being selfish is not a bad thing. Some guys just want the ball. They feel like they can make a difference. There is nothing wrong in that.

said Dallas coach Bill Parcells . ''That's why I don't think he's a selfish player. I never have.

People see what he does for us on the field, but what they don't see is what he does for our team in the dugout, in the clubhouse, in the hotels and on the airplanes. The beauty of him is that he pushes his teammates to be better. He's always up cheering and supporting them. He's not a selfish player.

People talk about him shooting the ball a lot, but it's not a selfish thing. If we get down, he takes a lot on himself to go and win the game. I've seen his maturation in the way he tries to will his teammates to win.

the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life.

Now I know that so long as we have social inequality we shall have snobs; we shall have men who bully and truckle, and women who snub and crawl. I know that it is futile to, spurn them, or lash them for trying to get on in the world, and that the world is what it must be from the selfish motives which underlie our economic life.

Do your duty, to the best of your abilities, for the Lord without any selfish motive, and remember God at all times - before starting a work, at the completion of a task, and while inactive.

Death makes us forget everything we love and loved ones at the most fearful moment of doubt on loosing our lives. This moment convinces us how much we are selfish of struggling to save ourselves rather than saving others. It would be worthy to live as we do not need to make a choice like that by not getting bounded much in relationships or being indifferent by loosing you to yourself and loosing others to yourself.

Competing for 16 years has been the main focus of my life. Basically, it's a selfish pursuit. I've focused all my energy on how to be the best in the world, and there's been many others who have sacrificed for me to make that happen. I figured it was time for me to reach out and help someone else.

A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise.

As a receiver, you're naturally a selfish player,

Athletics is a very selfish pursuit. I wake up every morning and as I get ready for the day, I ask myself, how can I be the best in the world. So after years of this, and people sacrificing so I can be the best in the world, I think it's imperative for me or anybody else who reaches a pinnacle in their careers to reach out a hand for somebody else.

That's where they're getting a little bit selfish with it, I think. They're not looking to run the offense like they were earlier.

You're a selfish coward and everyone hates you.

This is not malicious. Maybe it's selfish on my part. I still think I can coach, I just think that at this stage of my life ... nothing is worth being sick over.

This case is about a selfish man - her son - who has manipulated his mother and used her as a pawn to satisfy his insatiable need for money.

They thought we were a bunch of self-satisfying, materialistic, selfish people who would crumble. We knew that's not who we were.

A lot of people feel he's a selfish player, that he shoots too much.

Amanda will be a star to reckon with as her college career goes on and I hope she has a chance with the Under-20 National Team. She can score in a variety of ways and is so crafty on the ball, with different moves and the ability to turn opponents inside and out. We are trying to encourage her to be more selfish with her own chances, as that should boost her goal total while also opening things up for the entire offense.

ALMA: "I rather suspect her of being in love with him."/ MARTIN: "Her own husband? Monstrous! What a selfish woman!

You don't want to get too selfish over times. But we went out and got it done again.

You don't want him to go but he made this commitment and we're supporting his commitment that he made to the United States. We're trying to be supportive but at the same time we're selfish because we want him to come back home safe.

There were a lot of issues involved. We felt it was kind of selfish to keep doing it. It was real hectic the last couple of years.

They?re great, ... They?re just like regular guys. Both of them are very humble and they both add a lot of experience to the team. They?re not like superstars that are selfish and don?t care about the rest of their teammates. They take the time out and really talk to the guys. They get along with everybody.

They're on a mission to make a dog human. This is something that's benefiting humans only. We're becoming a very selfish society.

At first I was very upset, but once I saw the path we were on as a team, it would've been very selfish for me to only think of myself.

At D.C. United, we have a way of doing things ... and people have to sublimate their egos and their selfish interests to the best interests of the group,

It's been the greatest 11 years of my life. It's a shame that it's over, but I'm trying to focus on how great it was and how much it meant to me instead of being selfish and being miserable that I can't play anymore.

It seems kind of selfish now, when I think about why I started this event. Ten years ago my son, Jacob, was a sophomore here. He had written a paper about John Steinbeck. He wanted to present this paper at one of the conferences I went to, but I told him they didn't let students do that.

It's a team that lost its poise and it's composure, simple as that. We clearly talked about what needed to be done in the second period and if we would have given ourselves a fighting chance by playing even-up hockey, there's a good chance we win the hockey game. We lost our composure, saw some selfish hockey, some undisciplined players and some guys who chose to think of themselves before their teammates.

It was stupid. I lied to the coaching staff and everybody else just to play. I should have just tried to wait. It was selfish and it probably hurt the team a little bit.

It's a challenge I'm willing to take on fully. If I can catch Jake in wins, obviously that would be a good thing. But at the same time I want Jake to get his wins, too. Right now it's a selfish time of the year for a pitcher. You want to get your wins; you don't want to have any losses.

I told (Nate) it's just as selfish not taking an open shot as it is not passing the ball.

It's not like tennis or golf, where you can depend on yourself. If you come into it as a selfish person, you're not even going to make it to this league.

It's the same issues. It's not that I didn't know we had posts that haven't shown up. This is bad. I felt we played selfish basketball. I thought we did not play very smart. Our rebounding was very lax; we did not play as if we had a purpose.

It starts with an attitude, like a desire, kind of an appreciation for the fact that there's a right way to play, ... I think when you don't make the extra pass or you take a bad shot or you are selfish ... you have to hate that about yourself.

It's been a long time. I don't want to be a selfish guy. I've been a point guard most of my life and I like to pass a lot. This is new to me.

Everybody can't be too upset when you're 5-1 and everybody's having a good year and Carson is spreading the ball around and everybody is getting catches and carries. It would be pretty selfish of you to be disappointed right now.

It's something that Mark embraced. He wanted to be the best. It wasn't for selfish reasons, but he knew we were going to need him to be a good first baseman.

Everyone is contributing on this team. No one is laying back. They are all taking charge. There are no selfish players.

taking advantage of patients for your own selfish purposes, patients who expected the opposite -- to treat them honestly and to care for them.

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on special interests and saving the public from raids of plunderers.

It was me being selfish and just going around thinking everything should go my way. I was thinking about transferring and didn't know where I was going to go, but after I sat back and talked to some people I trusted and loved, I found out that wasn't the right thing to do.

I've got a really mature point guard for a sophomore. The Considine girl doesn't like to lose and she plays that way. She not selfish - she leads us in every category - shooting, scoring, assists and steals. But her determination and work ethic rub off on everybody else.

It was a collective effort. No one was being selfish and everyone contributed in some way.

I want the team to be better, ... So it is kind of unfair to be selfish and not try and help my teammates out. I am very competitive, though, and I do want that backup job and I'm playing as hard as I can to get that. I'm not going to not talk to somebody, especially Tim who I've known now since our rookie year together. We came out the same year, so we met at the (scouting) combine.

They are not selfish people, they are not using any excuse to call 'strike' and have a day off -- they are asking simply for what they have paid for and what they deserve. This immoral behavior from employers is the very reason our members are angry and frustrated. They are not militant as a rule but they have no choice other than to strike.

They are not selfish in the least bit; they're just very team-oriented.

They lied, they lied. Instead of sharing power, they would rather stick to selfish positions, and let peace slip through their fingers. That would be the most painful and inexplicable loss of all.

It's not about me. It would be so selfish for coaches to talk about this being about them.

A person is said to have attained yogic perfection when there is no desire for sensual pleasures, or attachment to the fruits of work, and has renounced all personal selfish motives.

I'm not selfish and I don't want to come across that way, I just want to know how I'll be used at both schools.

I'm not greedy, I'm not selfish I just wanted to get to a World Series one time,

I'm excited about that. I'm excited about all this from the selfish standpoint of the Paints, but I'm equally excited that it helps from Tee Ball to high schools to colleges in all sports, and it helps the community.

I just want to be healthy. I don't want to go in there and be selfish just to keep my streak alive if I'm not able to play to my potential.

I'm worried. My job is in the transportation industry, and fuel costs have a huge impact on my line of work. But on a personal note, it seems silly and selfish to complain about gas prices when the southern part of the country is like a third-world nation right now. I'll get by.

I'm not that type of player. I don't like being that selfish player. I just look to play my hardest. I never think I'm doing well enough. I want to do my best. I don't like the attitude of thinking I'm better than others. I don't want people to see me like that.

If you look at it, they're definitely not selfish people. Whatever it takes. Troy Brown playing defense is a little more crazy than putting a corner at safety, but it's not that much different. They know the coverage schemes and where everybody's got to be. But they've got a lot of guys that are interchangeable.

In some ways, your Oscar speech is as important as the movie performance that got you the award. It's your chance to live forever in showbiz history. Or bore them to tears and come off as selfish and pampered.

In the beginning, he did everything with the viewpoint of what's in it for Andre. But he transformed himself from just another selfish athlete into a generous, caring, enlightened person, someone who ran away from responsibility and now dresses himself up in it.

If you're an actor, and you're selfish and not strong, it's difficult to maintain a good personal life or a solid career, and I was selfish and had a lot of anger that went way back.

I guess it's his style of game. Didn't he get two of them? I think it's selfish and childish of him. But, hey, he's his own man.

I guess my experience with God had to be without external influences because I certainly wasn't listening to anyone but my selfish self.

I think [G.W.] Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

Our faith should be expressed in working toward a better planet for our children and not the selfish, juvenile hope for a better afterlife for ourselves. I don't think anyone is going to Hell, because it only exists in the minds of people who wish ill will on others.

When one becomes a liberal, he or she pretends to advocate tolerance, equality and peace, but hilariously, they’re doing so for purely selfish reasons. It’s the human equivalent of a puppy dog’s face: an evolutionary tool designed to enhance survival, reproductive value and status. In short, liberalism is based on one central desire: to look cool in front of others in order to get love. Preaching tolerance makes you look cooler, than saying something like, 'please lower my taxes.'

I watched as Humphrey Bogart’s character used beans as a metaphor for the relative unimportance in the wider world of his relationship with Ingrid Bergman’s character, and chose logic and decency ahead of his selfish emotional desires. The quandary and resulting decision made for an engrossing film. But this was not what people cried about. They were in love and could not be together. I repeated this statement to myself, trying to force an emotional reaction. I couldn’t. I didn’t care. I had enough problems of my own.

To write an album takes so much focus and selfish time, to just write and think about your life. For me. Maybe not for other people.

Count your blessings for selfish reasons! Psychological studies show that people who are aware of their blessings and feel grateful for them live longer than non-grateful people, have fewer medical problems such as hypertension, earn more and achieve longer marriages.

Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger dividend for themselves.

I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for - to separate yourself from everyone else.

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?

A lot of comedians are selfish.