![If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-the-irish-once-find-out-that-there-are-any-circumstances-in-which-they-can-get.jpg)
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Tanith Lee
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Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. Sidney Poitier
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Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. Michael Fox
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The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex interval of light, to witness and experience. John Updike
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Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. Mason Cooley
selfish vanity goal
Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution. Richard Dawkins
selfish ambition men
Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be. William Clark
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I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. Ryan Gosling
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As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor, James Franco
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It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league. Jason Shirey
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The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. Brandon Sanderson
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We do not need more knowledge, we need more character! Calvin Coolidge
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I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use my own experiences and responses to the world. Elizabeth Strout
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The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to. Booker T. Washington
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I was a pretty happy kid, I had to fake it. I had to get into this miserable character before I wrote poems. Billy Collins
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The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us. Joe Lhota
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The government has once again made the right socially acceptable. Elfriede Jelinek
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Government just simply can't do everything for everyone. Jan Brewer
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance, ... We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong. Larry Craig
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