They serve others in a selfish effort to obtain the things that other people produce.
It shows he's not a selfish person because he didn't want the role for his own sake.
To hear some in Brussels, Germany is at best obsessed with monetary stability, at worst a selfish bully.
We are a selfish species prone to temptations which trigger both activity (greed, pride) and inactivity (sloth, jealousy).
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Mr Cameron overturned past Conservative rhetoric to insist he had a selfish and strategic interest in Northern Ireland.
Lower taxes for them were a social good, rather than a selfish perk.
They take them to these events to influence them to make a decision that is favorable to a selfish interest.
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Another reason to stop destroying our environment with human toxins like CO2 is less selfish: for a Love of Nature.
She describes her husband as a selfish egotist who ignored her needs.
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Finding a beneficent solution is both a selfless and a selfish act.
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He was a difficult father, an unfaithful husband and a selfish friend.
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That is the pack's name for a selfish rider sitting at the back who doesn't do his or her share of the work.
They are flesh feeders loathsome to the Gods, but friendly to the asuras, a selfish aggressive supernatural being that become their Gods and Goddesses.
Over the weekend, Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times, explored whether focusing on earning credit card rewards made him a selfish consumer.
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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.
The Great Before, goes the myth, was a time of peace, plenty and triviality, when we coasted in blissful self-absorption, drunk on day trading, egged on by a selfish, amoral popular culture.
We are going to talk about mistakes. (I have a selfish reason for asking about them other than I am always trying to avoid pitfalls) I hope to include your responses in the book I am working on.
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From a selfish point of view, the Assembly group will be fervently hoping that the voters take their pound of flesh (if the opinion polls continue as they are) at the General Election and then are able to approach them on their own merits a year later.
So speaking personally, from a purely selfish perspective, I want house prices to fall.
Why not just walk away, rather than the selfish act of leaving a lot of people wondering where she is?
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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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.
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.
We must help them achieve that goal, not out of any selfish political interest but in a spirit of friendship and respect for difference.
Rather, it is selfish or junk DNA, a molecular parasite that, over many generations, has disseminated itself throughout the genome through some sort of transpositional process.
Thus, the selfish pursuit of profit serves a social purpose.
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