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selfishness disguise inspection
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. Richard Dawkins
selfish earth rebel
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
selfish eye sight
Natural selection, the blind, unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the explanation forthe existence and apparently purposeful form of all life, has no purpose in mind. It has no mind and no mind's eye. It does not plan for the future. It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of the watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.
selfish compassion people
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be trusted, if left free, to give away enough to make people comfortable enough to give them a chance. Yet if all this is ordered for us, as to some extent it has to be, it so soon leads to tyranny. It is a very difficult problem. If only human beings had more pity, unselfishness, and justice and didn't need coercion to treat each other decently. Rose Macaulay
selfish impulse humans
Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses. Reinhold Niebuhr
selfish character men
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig. Woodrow Wilson
selfish sacrifice political
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
selfishness agents confidential
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
selfish insecure scared
We're connected, as women. It's like a spiderweb. If one part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. But if we don't help each other, who will? Sarah Addison Allen
roots leaving
Is where you're from the place you're leaving or where you have roots? Sara Gruen
roots drawing
Drawing is the root of everything. Vincent Van Gogh
roots people listening
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. Will Oldham
roots long fans
I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots. Wynonna Judd
roots salt modesty
No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion. Wyndham Lewis
roots cinema subconscious
The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply Luis Bunuel
roots violence ephemeral
While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place. Marcus Tullius Cicero
roots creation possibility
The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation. Pope Francis
roots intellectual facts
Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance. Ralph Waldo Emerson
desire john knows locker needs steps takes win
John knows what it takes to win and be a leader. He has the desire to win and he always steps up as a leader. Sometimes in the locker room, I don't need to say what needs to be said because John has already done it for me. Keisha Brown
desire expressed
J.R. expressed a desire to be a part of something on (The Team) again.
desire example gets needs player tremendous type until vocal younger
He is the type of player that has a tremendous desire to win. He needs to be an example to our younger players. He needs to be a vocal player, but he can't do any of that until he gets on the field, so first he needs to get healthy. Sigi Schmid
desired few fields flies hail sharp springs
I have desired to go / Where springs not fail, / To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail / And a few lilies blow, Gerard Hopkins
desire discussed remain voice
I discussed with Nate our desire for him to remain as the voice of the Eagles. I was disappointed when he respectfully declined. Sam Baker
desire gains wealth
The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption. William James
desire being-the-best best-ever
Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire Richard Krajicek
desire sean
I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn. Trey Parker
desire my-friends good-will
I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not. Ulysses S. Grant