Unless, that is, everyone around you knows that to offer you a drink would be not just a bad idea but a hugely selfish and dangerous one.
She may have inspired the greedy and the selfish, but that was because she told them what they wanted to hear.
Narcissists might be annoying and even downright selfish, but they may be the best bet when bold and unconventional actions are needed to save an organization.
Consequences do flow from incorrect or selfish behavior but in the show, these are shown to be unexpected, hard to predict, and more to do with the loss of friendship than anything else, which in any context, is a disastrous outcome.
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We must help them achieve that goal, not out of any selfish political interest but in a spirit of friendship and respect for difference.
What we really want is not selfish self-consciousness but selfless spontaneity, and the reason why purpose is so motivating is it draws us up and out of ourselves to a place where we escape our petty prison of selfishness.
When Adam Smith argued that human beings are essentially selfish he was not wrong but only half right.
The aristocracy might be selfish and sometimes cruel, but it's also witty, cultivated, mannerly and effortlessly elegant and self-assured.
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His reasoning was selfish motivation, sure, but the rejection is nonetheless clear and important as a further advancing of this theme.
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They are flesh feeders loathsome to the Gods, but friendly to the asuras, a selfish aggressive supernatural being that become their Gods and Goddesses.
But from the point of view of the selfish genes themselves, there is no paradox.
First, he thought it was to feel good, but then he decided that that was too selfish.
They are going to struggle but, if I am being a bit selfish, I hope they beat Australia because for New Zealand, that will be an easier route to the final.
But the real truth is that he was far from selfish, and the results of his actions are all the evidence the authors need to make this point.
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But if you have to make a choice, take the selfish route.
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But iFixit's Kyle Wiens admits there is at least one selfish motive for breaking apart that iPhone.
But what I love about television, I guess I have to be selfish, are the hours the most.
But if many workers across many different industries were to demand protection at once, the selfish appeal of such a shield would fade.
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These are solvable problems, but it does require us just getting out of the short-term and, frankly, selfish approach that sometimes politics breeds.
But over the past couple years, I've noticed a troubling cycling trend, a selfish behavior that seems to be increasing, as more and more people feel secure and hop on bikes.
You may change jobs, you may change vocations and you may volunteer for free, but there is nothing that says you work most of your life and then get to be selfish for the next 20 years.
But it can also be good for kids to feel bad about themselves temporarily, if they behave in selfish, mean or hurtful ways that might damage their ability to sustain relationships or hold a job in the future, he says.
But what I am pointing to is the way in which in a market, price driven, system the entirely selfish pursuit of gelt and pelf, the desire purely for filthy lucre, brings about such a desirable result.
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