So, people are confused about our motives and our good will.

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It examines the role that our own motives, biases and rationalizations play in allowing ourselves to be duped.

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"While steps are being taken to verify the identity of the alleged suspect and his motives, our security agencies will cooperate fully with the American authorities in the on-going investigations, " said Dora Akunyili, Nigeria's minister of information and communications.

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Our self-knowledge is blinded, colored by our wishes, fears and unconscious motives, the greatest of which is the need to maintain a high self-image.

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There can be no doubt that our diplomatic representatives abroad ought to be chosen with the utmost care and from the most pure and single-minded motives.

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