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We have to have self-advocacy. We have to prioritize ourselves, and it is not selfish. – Paul Bashea Williams	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Selfish children are just doing what they were taught! – JAMES THOMAS	added by anonymous 1 year ago
I see how politicians try to wedge communities against one another, it is dangerous and it is selfish. – Gretchen Whitmer	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It is incredibly deceptive. If you can only try to win by lying to your future constituents, it’s kind of sad, right? and I just wish that Alan would not think about Alan for a change … unfortunately, some people are just very selfish. – Mark Pocan	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I’ve been kind of kicking the idea of retirement around since my last fight. The last couple of fights obviously didn’t go the way I wanted them to, but me, if I’m being honest I’d fight forever, you know? But that’s kind of selfish to my family and the people that care about me, so I think I need to kind of announce my retirement, have a retirement so I can sail off into the sunset a little bit. – Frankie Edgar	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There's a derogatory connotation that comes with the word selfish, as if somebody is making this decision typically for a pleasurable reason, maybe nearsighted is a better way of saying that their focus becomes really limited down to what's immediately in front of them. And they're not able to see the larger context of the history of their life, the relationships and the dimensionality of things. – Michael Roeske	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is not about the defendants wanting to throw their son under the bus or make him look bad. This is about our clients defending the case, when the prosecution criticizes the defense for being selfish in wanting to defend the case, we are going to be selfish all day. We agree. Because selfishly, we have to protect their rights. – Attorney Shannon Smith	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think Aliyah is so unselfish that she’s not very comfortable taking over basketball games, she doesn’t want to be seen by her teammates as selfish and chasing numbers. – South Carolina	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant. A lot of words to describe that interaction with Shipnuck, it was just very surprising and disappointing. – Rory McIlroy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
These are extremely brutal cases, taking precious lives for selfish reasons. I think these are terrible incidents not only for victims who lost their lives but also for bereaved families. – Yoshihisa Furukawa	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Vaccine inequity... will prolong the pandemic, the best way to be selfish. – Michael Head	Found on CNN 2 years ago
For people that are over accommodating or empaths, it feels selfish, but it's really not, we forget about what's good for us. – Suzana Flores	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When people are discontent(ed) they tend to become more self-concerned, which in turn, becomes self-centeredness, thus leading to selfishness, i have often noticed that relationships are ruined because of one selfish person. – Sharie Stines	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Newsom’s being selfish and afraid, i suppose I would be too if I spent my first term misleading Californians…Every day that goes by, I grow more disillusioned with the party’s practices. – Kevin Paffrath	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I knew I'd never meet them again but I appreciated and admired the human part of what they did -- selfless, not selfish, we tend to forget the daily kindnesses we encounter. We're blind to everything around us and don't imagine that people will be so good, kind and caring. – Minnie John	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think the most successful vaccine programs require an understanding of vaccine hesitancy that's distinct from anti-vax sentiment, dealing with vaccine hesitancy requires community engagement to actually understand the reasons and address them rather than dismissing people as either ignorant or selfish. – Deepti Gurdasani	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Some people will carry on, will continue to wear masks and to distance and they might perceive others as selfish for not doing so ; those who don't do so might see others as overanxious, solidarity is good for us, social support is good for us and those around us. It will be a source of distress for a lot of people to have that level of conflict. – John Drury	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We could social distance and not see each other. That’s how huge their complex is, their venues are, it’s hard for me to understand that they cannot make accommodations. Of course, that’s just me being selfish. This will be one gymnastics event that I will never forget because I will not be present. – Nellie Biles	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Churches depend on donations from generous members of the community to operate and serve those in need. It is despicable that this crime ring would exploit the selfless acts of kindness displayed through these donations for selfish greed. – Ashley Moody	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For selfish reasons, every country should be concerned about large outbreaks that are out of control, countries like the United Kingdom and United States are doing a great job with vaccinations, and they should be feeling great about United Kingdom, but United Kingdom's only as good as variants that are out there. – Ashish Jha	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don’t think it’s selfish to have children: it is not the people who are the problem, it is our behaviour. – Greta Thunberg	added by Greying_Geezer 3 years ago
During times like these it kinda restores your faith in humanity a little, the way the world is now you see a lot of anger, tension, and selfish behavior. What we witnessed was pure kindness and it was a breath of fresh air really. – Heidi Bruse	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In a difficult election cycle like this one, Kelly Loeffler really need candidates to avoid making selfish decisions that further complicate Kelly Loeffler party's ability to win, clearly that didn't happen in Georgia. – Josh Holmes	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Twenty-three people were shot in El Paso for just being Latin and you dont care so youregonna vote for this braggadocio president? I just feel like its self-defeating and selfish. – John Leguizamo	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

We have to have self-advocacy. We have to prioritize ourselves, and it is not selfish.

– Paul Bashea Williams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Selfish children are just doing what they were taught!

– JAMES THOMAS

added by anonymous
1 year ago

I see how politicians try to wedge communities against one another, it is dangerous and it is selfish.

– Gretchen Whitmer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It is incredibly deceptive. If you can only try to win by lying to your future constituents, it’s kind of sad, right? and I just wish that Alan would not think about Alan for a change … unfortunately, some people are just very selfish.

– Mark Pocan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’ve been kind of kicking the idea of retirement around since my last fight. The last couple of fights obviously didn’t go the way I wanted them to, but me, if I’m being honest I’d fight forever, you know? But that’s kind of selfish to my family and the people that care about me, so I think I need to kind of announce my retirement, have a retirement so I can sail off into the sunset a little bit.

– Frankie Edgar

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There's a derogatory connotation that comes with the word selfish, as if somebody is making this decision typically for a pleasurable reason, maybe nearsighted is a better way of saying that their focus becomes really limited down to what's immediately in front of them. And they're not able to see the larger context of the history of their life, the relationships and the dimensionality of things.

– Michael Roeske

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is not about the defendants wanting to throw their son under the bus or make him look bad. This is about our clients defending the case, when the prosecution criticizes the defense for being selfish in wanting to defend the case, we are going to be selfish all day. We agree. Because selfishly, we have to protect their rights.

– Attorney Shannon Smith

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think Aliyah is so unselfish that she’s not very comfortable taking over basketball games, she doesn’t want to be seen by her teammates as selfish and chasing numbers.

– South Carolina

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Naive, selfish, egotistical, ignorant. A lot of words to describe that interaction with Shipnuck, it was just very surprising and disappointing.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These are extremely brutal cases, taking precious lives for selfish reasons. I think these are terrible incidents not only for victims who lost their lives but also for bereaved families.

– Yoshihisa Furukawa

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Vaccine inequity... will prolong the pandemic, the best way to be selfish.

– Michael Head

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For people that are over accommodating or empaths, it feels selfish, but it's really not, we forget about what's good for us.

– Suzana Flores

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When people are discontent(ed) they tend to become more self-concerned, which in turn, becomes self-centeredness, thus leading to selfishness, i have often noticed that relationships are ruined because of one selfish person.

– Sharie Stines

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Newsom’s being selfish and afraid, i suppose I would be too if I spent my first term misleading Californians…Every day that goes by, I grow more disillusioned with the party’s practices.

– Kevin Paffrath

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I knew I'd never meet them again but I appreciated and admired the human part of what they did -- selfless, not selfish, we tend to forget the daily kindnesses we encounter. We're blind to everything around us and don't imagine that people will be so good, kind and caring.

– Minnie John

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think the most successful vaccine programs require an understanding of vaccine hesitancy that's distinct from anti-vax sentiment, dealing with vaccine hesitancy requires community engagement to actually understand the reasons and address them rather than dismissing people as either ignorant or selfish.

– Deepti Gurdasani

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Some people will carry on, will continue to wear masks and to distance and they might perceive others as selfish for not doing so ; those who don't do so might see others as overanxious, solidarity is good for us, social support is good for us and those around us. It will be a source of distress for a lot of people to have that level of conflict.

– John Drury

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We could social distance and not see each other. That’s how huge their complex is, their venues are, it’s hard for me to understand that they cannot make accommodations. Of course, that’s just me being selfish. This will be one gymnastics event that I will never forget because I will not be present.

– Nellie Biles

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Churches depend on donations from generous members of the community to operate and serve those in need. It is despicable that this crime ring would exploit the selfless acts of kindness displayed through these donations for selfish greed.

– Ashley Moody

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For selfish reasons, every country should be concerned about large outbreaks that are out of control, countries like the United Kingdom and United States are doing a great job with vaccinations, and they should be feeling great about United Kingdom, but United Kingdom's only as good as variants that are out there.

– Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don’t think it’s selfish to have children: it is not the people who are the problem, it is our behaviour.

– Greta Thunberg

added by Greying_Geezer
3 years ago

During times like these it kinda restores your faith in humanity a little, the way the world is now you see a lot of anger, tension, and selfish behavior. What we witnessed was pure kindness and it was a breath of fresh air really.

– Heidi Bruse

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In a difficult election cycle like this one, Kelly Loeffler really need candidates to avoid making selfish decisions that further complicate Kelly Loeffler party's ability to win, clearly that didn't happen in Georgia.

– Josh Holmes

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Twenty-three people were shot in El Paso for just being Latin and you dont care so youregonna vote for this braggadocio president? I just feel like its self-defeating and selfish.

– John Leguizamo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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