"As certain as she is sometimes and as absolutely gung-ho and young and courageous and brave, she is also willing to take a step back and go 'okay,I'm going to reconsider my options and how I'm treating everybody' because she acknowledges that she's being a little bit selfish.

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I am not a selfish creature.

我不是一个自私的人。

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That' s a selfish thing.

那是一件自私的事。

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Now, egocentrism has a meaning in common English which means to be selfish.

自我中心这个词在如今的日常英语里,是自私的意思

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You know, one of the things that I say and only half ingest, is that I know of no more selfish act and a benevolent act.

我说到的一件事，只说了一半意思，即最自私的所为就是善举。

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If you have a cold, try to get away from your own selfish perspective, "I have a cold." Look at it from the perspective of the cold virus.

如果你感冒了，试图摆脱掉你自私的角度，我感冒了，从病毒的角度看问题。

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