Sometimes we want to take a selfish approach, but, some inner conscience is holding us back creating indecision.

有时，我们想要选择一个自私的途径，但是，一些内在的良心让我们犹豫不决。

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Sometimes you can finesse that limitation by having your characters think and act in selfish, stupid or potentially harmful ways around the concept or object that you want your reader to focus on.

有时你可以利用你特有的特质去思考并用一种可能自私、愚蠢或者有害的方式付诸行动，你希望你所想的理念或者主题被读者所关注。

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I'm a bit slack, a bit selfish sometimes.

我有点马虎，有时还有点自私。

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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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Later, I sometimes thought he was selfish, definitely old school, racing toward his own moment, which he always gained with a wheezy shout.

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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.

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