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selfish

When someone is selfish, that person regards himself/herself as the standard in making decisions. John is very selfish and only thinks about himself.

selfish

concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights — Maria Weston Chapman

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Simple sentences

I think you're selfish.
Mary is very selfish, isn't she?
I don't intend to be selfish.
Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.
The selfish man was despised by his companions.
He is selfish and greedy.
She is by no means selfish.
She is a selfish person.
He's really selfish.
A selfish man thinks of nothing but his own feelings.
Specially, we shouldn't be selfish.
Angelica Pickles is very selfish.
Her family considers suicide to be dishonorable and selfish.
Tom isn't at all selfish.
I don't think Tom is selfish.
Above all things, we must not be selfish.
The selfish man was despised by his colleagues.
To do him justice, he is not a selfish man.
He's a very selfish person.
She doesn't pay attention to others; in other words, she is selfish.

Movie subtitles

Previously I fought for a successful career and for my honor. I was desperate to raise my reputation in the world. It was with such a selfish desire that I annihilated the Yoshioka School.
I think he's selfish, crude and destructive.
That would be so wrong and so selfish.
I'm a selfish bitch, and I'd hate it if you ever got sick.
Maybe it was selfish of me, Tom. but somebody's got to stay here and take care of Ma.
Of all the thoughtless, selfish..
He says that I'm spoiled and selfish and pampered and thoroughly insincere.
Just selfish.
Were we selfish?
I came for a purely selfish reason, Father.
And he taught me that love is not always selfish, nor goodness dull nor men faithless. No, no.
Yes, you heartless, callous, selfish, swollen-headed beast.
Selfish to the end, aren't you? Thinking of your own hide, never a thought for the Cause.
Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd, but able to look things in the eye and call them by name.
I won't be selfish and say I want to see her again.
She's so selfish!
No. Maybe it was selfish of me, Tom. but somebody's got to stay here and take care of Ma.
Always a bit selfish, Doc, thinking of your own hurt.
The Queen is selfish. lt is simple for her.
A filthy, selfish man who let his wife wait on him.
Of all the selfish people.
I'm a nasty, cruel, selfish, bad mama.
Selfish.
And he taught me that love is not always selfish, nor goodness dull nor men faithless.
I was vicious, mean and selfish.
It was with such a selfish desire that I annihilated the Yoshioka School.
You are so selfish you can only love your type.
Aren't you a little selfish?
He needs me now, and I'd be selfish to leave him.
He says that I'm spoiled and selfish. and pampered and thoroughly insincere.
No father could be that selfish.
Well, I'm being selfish for the good of the company.
MISS CHARLOTTE, YOU ARE SELFISH AND SILLY, BUT YOU ARE SWEET 18.
Selfish to the end, aren't you?
Selfish and shrewd, but able to look things in the eye and call them by name.
All through the years you'll remember that a man went to the gallows because she was too selfish to wait two hours.
I wonder if I did a very selfish thing in marrying you.
She can't harm you anymore. We're the only two people in the world that know, Maxim, you and I. I'd told you once that I'd done a selfish thing in marrying you.

News and current affairs

For the greater good of all (of course, it is never for their own selfish interests), they argued a bailout was necessary.
Likewise, the current period in America and its relations with the world have been truly exceptional, requiring a leader who can fundamentally challenge a global majority's view that America has become arrogant, impotent, and selfish.
It appears (at least in experimental situations) that experimental subjects are not as selfish as economists have hypothesized--except for one group - the economists themselves.
Is it because economics as a discipline attracts individuals who are by nature more selfish or is it because economics helps shape individuals, making them more selfish?
The downfall of many business leaders in recent years has been greed and selfish ambition.
Perhaps there are some non-utopian ways of transcending selfish interests and doing what is necessary.
For example, in various countries, voters have been tempted to elect business tycoons: enough with politicians bickering over selfish interests - let the can-do strongmen take charge and run countries like corporations.
With no need to concern themselves about elections, China's leaders can afford to plan for the longer term and do what is necessary without being impeded by petty selfish interests or a carping press.
Here we can be childishly selfish, we can gratify our thirst for success, power and domination - all without guilt.
The Union needs to play a more active role in the wider world, not in pursuit of selfish interests, but in promoting the universal values on which it is founded.
After all, psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology have often claimed that humans share an essentially selfish nature.
Moreover, the altruist does not have to suffer for his good deeds; on the contrary, he often benefits indirectly from them, while the selfish actor often creates misery for himself as well as others.
Societies, too, can become more altruistic (and may even enjoy an evolutionary advantage over their more selfish counterparts).
Will the crisis lead to nationalistic and selfish attitudes on both sides of the Atlantic, stymieing the long-awaited rapprochement, if not a full reconciliation?
Selfish interests prevailed.
Credit markets that were originally created to provide businesses with capital were manipulated by a handful of individuals and companies to serve the selfish goal of earning unrealistically high returns through financial engineering.
This agenda might seem selfish, though understandable from the point of view of an oil billionaire.
The implication was that selfish me-first feminists (if they were affluent white women) or feckless social parasites (if they were low-income women of color) were putting their own interests above their children's.
In US pop culture, the single mother has evolved from selfish yuppie or drug-dazed slut into a woman who is more fun, slightly more heroic, and certainly less frumpy than her married counterpart.
European policymakers have two selfish reasons for promoting exchange rate bands.

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