selfish
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I also thought about how selfish I was being, but I knew that if it never happened, I would bury my dream and work hard at whatever job necessary to support my family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
You are not being selfish, but you don’t want to be unkind.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Damon’s Odysseus captures all the heroic arrogance, bravery and selfish stupidity of an action-flick brawler who would shoot a giant cyclops in the eye as he’s making his escape, just because.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Erika is manipulative and selfish; Elliot doesn’t respect her boundaries either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“One fitted to my purpose, you mean—fitted to my vocation. Again I tell you it is not the insignificant private individual—the mere man, with the man’s selfish senses—I wish to mate: it is the missionary.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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