| 单词 | selfish |
| 例句 | Men are very selfish, even the best of them.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they would tell him it served him right that it was broken, because he had been so selfish. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Both of them overburdened and ill-equipped, weak by nature or circumstance, married to strong-willed, selfish men, addicted to the opiate of sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I know it’s selfish, but I don’t care. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "I understand why you're doing all this. Still, from a selfish point of view, I miss my wife. Hey, are you floating?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z These noble and selfish functions are inextricably linked, although some governments emphasize much more of one function than of the other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "Brothers, this man is a—a—opportunist! All you got to do is read this article to see. I charge this man with using the Brotherhood movement to advance his own selfish interests." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It seems selfish of me to use you for it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have been so selfish...and...I didn’t think about how our decisions would affect you. Dumb, I know.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Big Ma said God could not have made a being more selfish than Cecile. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been blaming him for being selfish and unconcerned all night and all morning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They saw someone who was selfish, who openly moped during the game and didn’t show the slightest concern for his fellow players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “As I recall, I once predicted you would turn out to be as selfish as all the other human heroes. Well, here is your chance to prove me wrong.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not a crime if you consider him handsome. I’ll admit I judged him wrong; I thought him to be a pompous, selfish idiot, but he’s not so bad.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I don't know if that's selfish or not, but I don't hate him for it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All I want is to be cherished, she thought, and here I am talking gibberish with a selfish man. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Bayard may have also had selfish reasons for opposing the marriage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “No, to remind me not to be selfish.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Having waited seven years before I proposed to Janine, I wondered if people my age were being more careful than those who came before us, or simply more selfish? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had learned his lesson, and in his old age he became a nicer and less selfish old man than he had ever been before. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He draws it out again and it clatters to the ground and I should hope that he is dead but I’m selfish so I can’t. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Thinking still of his teacher, he added, “He’s not selfish!” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s selfish, but I don’t really know how to handle her doing something I haven’t. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Vivi is often selfish, but she’s so cheerful about it and so encouraging of cheerful selfishness in others that it’s easy to have fun with her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Barack’s team would quietly reinforce the point, urging us to be more mindful of the politics, making me feel guilty and selfish for having stolen a rare moment out and alone with my husband. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The non-hero returns. The ungrateful, the selfish, the spurner of gifts. Come to complain some more?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish you wouldn’t be so selfish. If then Is one thing I can’t stand, it is being treated like a possession.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was being selfish, holding Nell close, showing her how to play catch with the twins. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How extremely unloving and intolerant he had felt so often, waking in the middle of the night to the relentless shoving and pushing of his undesirable and selfish bedfellow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t. But I just want her to know that I’m okay. Is that selfish?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A flash of selfish panic shot through her—she and Trip had been at Tim Michaels’s just that afternoon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was too selfish to break my hands for my only child. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “They would say it’s selfish to let someone die just because they wronged you. Forgive, forgive, forgive.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I do not believe Mrs. Long will do any such thing. She has two nieces of her own. She is a selfish, hypocritical woman, and I have no opinion of her.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Muller was sick of America—its dirty science, ugly politics, and selfish society. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Surely you are not so selfish that you would send your kingdom to war just because you don’t wish to settle in the South?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not about where I wish to settle, and you know it. And who’s the selfish one? You only want me to marry him because it would be good for you.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She went on, “I mean, he's selfish, but everyone is selfish.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “I’m not selfish. And you don’t always know everything.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And I had detected that Finny’s was a den of lonely, selfish ambition. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z To break the Radio Law would be a selfish act. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “She’s never been selfish before,” he amended, and some of his anger was dissipated before the satisfaction of his new learning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was thinking about that, and if Edward would not consider it, if Edward was being selfish and foolish, then Edward was wrong. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, but your momma don’t always do what’s best for you. Sometimes your momma can be powerful selfish, and this is one of those times.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe trying to keep you safe by living up on this high mountain is selfish.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When he saw the mud on his legs, he roared in anger and asked Hyena why he had behaved in so selfish a manner. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “This is because . . . because if you ask it ... it is no longer a wish but a selfish desire,” said Amah. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At home I felt ready to share these words, but what if Jason tells me I’m being selfish to feel bad for me when David — and he — has it worse? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “All that time you spent insisting that you were too selfish for them, and now, when your life is on the line, you’ve got to be a hero? What’s wrong with you?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I had been selfish and hyper-sensitive, a martyr to my own inferiority complex. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Did he? Or is he selfish? Feeling sorry for himself?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “It’s totally selfish, but you coming here has been the best thing to happen to me since Coop moved in next door.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “But when I nearly died, no flowers were sent, no casseroles were baked. I was selfish and crazy for wasting my life when my sister had hers taken away.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "Stop abusing the dead for your own selfish ends," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She may be selfish, stingy and underhanded, but she’ll readily back down as long as you don’t provoke her and make her unreasonable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Yes, very selfish,” continued Amy, in a calm, cool voice, twice as effective just then as an angry one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing stupid and selfish just taking up space. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But though his reasons were selfish, it made things much more comfortable for all the smaller countries round Calormen. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In his heart, he did not feel selfish. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The last thing I wanted was to be like that, but I didn’t want to be like T. Ray either, immune to everything but his own selfish life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seven, I just told you I was really busy. You’re being selfish.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His mom was selfish for demanding that Georgie buy something in her price range. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s human through and through. No other creature would be as selfish as he is, not fairies or gnomes or elves or giants.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Dad would say something about selfish old crones with more money than they knew what to do with, and soon enough they’d be face-to-face in what amounted to a full-fledged cussing contest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It is completely selfish, but it’s what I would do so my future wouldn’t have to be erased. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She was a silly, selfish, queer, faintly obscene woman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt unbearably selfish, just downright wrong, to be indulging myself with an education in the liberal arts at a fancy private college while Mom and Dad were on the streets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I was reckless and selfish. Why would you ever do this for me?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Is it kind or selfish for me to keep this all to myself? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But Lasaraleen, now quite selfish in her panic, fought back and pinched her feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She didn't know there were things worse than selfish. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Feels like such a selfish thing to do—to be thankful it isn’t someone I know. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "Never heard anything so selfish in my life." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Jesper knew he was being selfish and stupid, but some petty part of him wondered if Wylan had deliberately kept away from him on the journey back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was selfish and irrational, but she was furious with him for abandoning her, Tariq, who was like an extension of her, whose shadow sprung beside hers in every memory. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then Mom brings it up for weeks and weeks after, saying how selfish I am. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I have accused her of everything from being selfish to stubborn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “They may have said I’m selfish, and I am. They may have said I’m impatient, and I am. They may have said I always have my way. And I do.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead she tended Weimaraners and had just one selfish wish: that when she died somebody would find her before the dogs ate her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why did the other fairies attack Seth? Why would they care, if they’re so selfish?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I sit here and grouch because there’s nothing to amuse me; I’m very selfish. Tell me how horrible I am.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z For now, walking with my family, I felt good and selfish, which was how Cecile told me to be, one night in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The people in the world who could be selfish in the summer of 1942 were a small band, and I'm glad we took advantage of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not dumb. I’m just selfish. I was looking forward to having you all to myself.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They might have been scared, or so shocked they could not really know how selfish they were being. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those commitments that occurred because of Bloom’s deep-seated dissatisfaction, which often made him profoundly uncomfortable with a lifestyle that seemed much too inherently selfish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t yell at me! And don’t be selfish. You know that dress didn’t fit you anymore.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “You have no regard, then, for the honour and credit of my nephew! Unfeeling, selfish girl! Do you not consider that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of everybody?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Could he be so selfish as to leave? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “You want me to change. To be better, less selfish, less jealous.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I am not spoiled, and I am not selfish,” he insisted, as he tried to drag his motorcycle away from all those clutching paws. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve thought a great deal lately about my ‘bundle of naughties’, and being selfish is the largest one in it, so I’m going to try hard to cure it, if I can. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Mother, did you really think I could be so silly and selfish, after I’d refused his love, when it was freshest, if not best?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the whole story I’m nothing but selfish, because I want her to go to her desk and find my gift to her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Am I selfish?” the question slipped out involuntarily and in a tone of surprise, for the one virtue on which he prided himself was generosity. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She was ungovernable, flawlessly selfish, resentful, and sly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Usually I would try to decide what the most selfless choice would be, but in this case either choice feels selfish. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Was it selfish to have wants beyond my family being together? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Nancy was invariably the last of the family to retire; as she had once informed her friend and home-economics teacher, Mrs. Polly Stringer, the midnight hours were her “time to be selfish and vain.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that I was being selfish and that I was never to set foot inside the house again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wanted my mom around to talk to, but it seemed selfish to say so when there was no way Jenna’s dad was coming back. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I am mean and I am cheap. Sometimes I am a coward and often times I’m selfish. I ain’t a beauty to look at. But I am not vile, shameful, base, or depraved!” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One night, though, Lynn said, “Let’s just make selfish wishes tonight.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “When you get old, you get very selfish. Here I’ve kept Moon Shadow/or 50 long and it’s nearly three. I didn’t even give a thought to getting dinner for my boarders either.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is selfish of me to share such grief, to take comfort in knowing that they feel the same self-hatred that I do. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Papa’s funeral was no time for us to express our selfish childishness, our American rebelliousness. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Ashamed that I was too selfish and hungry to be so noble, I downed my fair share. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Others also yelled at the repeater, calling him selfish. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “You listen to me, child, and you listen well. The dead are cold, greedy things. They are shallow, they are selfish, and they only care about themselves.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It flipped and splashed with such delight that even the selfish magistrate smiled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A selfish emotion bubbles up in my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Was it selfish that I wanted to live, even though my parents were gone? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Oh, she’d been selfish and greedy, and now she was so, so sorry! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z You couldn’t be selfish with somebody you loved. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lazy, ridiculous, selfish...” until she finally roused herself and set about preparing for the day. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Imagine your mind is a selfish room full of pride or pity. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I’ve been worried about an attack for a long time. I should have expected this. I was selfish, keeping you near me.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She said Jenna was selfish and didn’t care about us, but I didn’t believe it for a second. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She worried that she was too proud, too selfish to go to heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the only purely selfish term of the peace agreement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was selfish of me to want to go, I suppose. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An eternity had passed since she last saw her husband, for this was her fate: to stay lost on the moon, forever seeking her own selfish wishes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You already know I need you each to make it out of this okay,” David said, “for purely selfish reasons. If you get hurt, I’ll never forgive you.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She meant, “Little girls must not be so selfish.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel selfish for wanting to be better than her, and all my sisters. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She was selfish and always made the wrong decisions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I felt stupid and selfish for thinking about my birthday party when so much was happening. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z My brother was probably worrying about me while I moped in my cell like a selfish brat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I made a mistake. This was a mistake! I was selfish, I know that, so you have to let me go before they catch up.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "Listen to this. Heinrich Mann says that revolutions are rare because people are too selfish. They think only of themselves." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “I love all of them,” Ginny said, but not in a selfish way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Are you really that selfish? Or are you just stupid? They’ll kill you and your family,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Always in my life, if it was any white person, I could see a selfish motive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father has been selfish lately. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you, I promise.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They emerged selfish and starving, gasping for air. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was bad enough to hear Big Ma supposing out loud every kind of selfish trouble Cecile was tangled up in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Some children push themselves ahead just to lord it over other children, because they’re insecure or selfish. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s the guilt I feel for being so selfish, for wanting to be with Olly even now. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I must say, I think it’s rather selfish of him. So unlike him, too. He’s generally so particular.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And, also, maybe this is selfish of me, but I didn’t want people to come after this new chicken with pitchforks, like they did with Frankenstein. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Given the responsibilities for other lives he’d taken on, disregarding symptoms of hepatitis for a month seemed almost a selfish act to me. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z That made him feel guilty, and a little bit selfish, to be standing here arguing with her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wonder if you really are so selfish as to forget that?’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “You are so selfish. My father is dead and you come over to play football?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help thinking how selfish it was of her, abandoning her brother like that. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s selfish and horrible, but in this terrible moment, all I want is to be a plain old American teenager. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But January 17, in my selfish heart, is Ruth May’s only. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “How selfish! How could they do this to us?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Beth isn’t selfish, and that’s the reason everyone loves her and feels so bad at the thoughts of losing her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am entirely selfish,” he said ruefully, “and always hoping that someone will tell me to behave, someone will make herself responsible for me and make me be grown-up.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Amity would not allow a schism; no one in Abnegation would be so selfish; Candor would argue until they found a common solution; and even Erudite would never do something so illogical. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Or better yet, maybe he was just a selfish poseur, using his daddy as an excuse to be wack. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z And there are other people who believe that there will always be violence and war, that we humans are selfish and greedy and can never change. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The message of the book is that the Iks have transformed themselves into an irreversibly disagreeable collection of unattached, brutish creatures, totally selfish and loveless, in response to the dismantling of their traditional culture. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was perhaps selfish of me to do so, but every morning I implored, “And please, Mighty Inti, remove my scar.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “You never should’ve stayed. I shouldn’t have let you. But I was selfish ... so terribly selfish!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Part of me knows that I should’ve been encouraging my friend to use his talents all along and that I’ve been selfish. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish,” I say, “but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “She ain’t never bin selfish before,” he thought, as he rehearsed Jenny’s fall from his favor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the meaner mice told him their mothers said Ralph was spoiled and selfish and would probably turn out to be no good when he grew up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Laurie came back as quickly as he went, and put out his hand, saying huskily, “I’m a selfish brute, but—you know—Grandfather—” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma used to say there wasn’t a human being as unfeeling and selfish as Cecile. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then I felt dead selfish and bossy and mean, and tried to apologize to Papa Thibaut’s mate, in my rubbish French, for denting his fender. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They were selfish and lazy and cruel, and right from the beginning they started beating poor James for almost no reason at all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It was as if she could read my mind, as if she knew what I had wished for, and I felt ashamed for having made such a selfish wish. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I could also say that he did this not through altruistic motives but selfish ones, in order to fulfill some egotistic impulse of his own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They were selfish and awful, and they deserved to be stuck in limbo. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They were too selfish for trading or bribes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z According to them, we were evil children, spoiled rotten and selfish. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Scott's reason seemed selfish enough to be genuine, so George joined Scott in the living room and took a seat on the right side of the couch. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I still do a lot of selfish and terrible things. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But at the same time, deep inside me, something selfish was saying, if you’d come earlier and found out what you needed to know, it wouldn’t be so bad now, would it? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She’s not so selfish that she wants me to congratulate her, not with my brother in trouble. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She was so passionate about her bonobos that it seemed selfish to speak up about myself. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Which is exactly why I should. But don’t worry. I’m essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The first word in my head is selfish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t thank me for being selfish,” he says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It had been a selfish, stupid, heartbreaking choice, but one he’d made for himself. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They reached across the biblical rift for a selfish purpose. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “To tell you the truth, I am being a little selfish, mi cielo. I want you to become the artist I couldn’t be.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The man on the radio station, fighting to survive, saw people that were desperate and selfish. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We knew from the outset and in a terribly selfish way that our interest lay only in each other. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I pushed through the backdoor to the Lockton kitchen, still fussing about selfish captains who only thought of their own skins. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t understand why the writer would spend an entire book on such a mean, selfish ogre, or why my sixth-grade teacher thought it was a great book. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Even at our most selfish, we could understand why someone might be frugal with six children to support. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Looking back, Shin views his behavior as fundamentally selfish. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It is not just the selfish realization that we have been robbed of their third- person company, but the unselfish realization that they have been robbed of their first-person experience. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But I am being selfish, only thinking about me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z "For everyone's best. To break the Radio Law would be a selfish act. It could endanger our family." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He can be a difficult man—self-centered and selfish, brash and conceited. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I hate you, Adolf Hitler, you selfish wee beastie of a man, keeping Germany all to yourself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Maybe Dad thought of himself as a political prisoner, but Mom thought he was being a selfish jerk. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In my dreams I always went in alone, but in real life it seemed selfish. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Daniel has always thought Sarah is spoiled and selfish and never gets what she’s got coming to her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he was being reckless, selfish, but wasn’t that why they called him Dirtyhands? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I was selfish to want to go fishing,” said my father. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You talk about charm and beauty and sacrificing yourself to make things pleasant for people. I don’t believe you care a bit for that. You’re too conceited and stubborn and selfish...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I’m as generous as can be,” he said, handing each of them a large red apple, “and I’m as selfish as can be,” he snarled, grabbing them back again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m only being selfish, she thought, to want to have her with me. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “He was all peevish that you always take the car because of your, what did he say? Oh yeah, selfish nature.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was why her affection for him would always be mingled with gratitude, a selfish gratitude. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “None of us stopped to think about how she felt, Miss Lucy herself. We never worried if she’d got into trouble, saying what she did to us. We were so selfish back then.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Who else but a bad person would cause the starvation of her family for her own selfish stomach? First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Selfishness, she cried to herself— selfish to abandon another soul so as to save your own. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Call me selfish, but if I found her, I wanted it to be alone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “The cook looked away. As did I. “‘You selfish monster!’ screamed Mother. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I guess not. Don’t care if I do. Serve me right, selfish pig, to let you go, and stay writing rubbish myself!” muttered Jo, as she went to consult Hannah. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which...probably makes me selfish that I get mad about that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Assembling all her children beneath the branches of the tree, she sang out to the trunk and the leaves: A selfish man stands here. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z If their spouse does something positive, it’s a selfish person doing a positive thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I know it’s selfish, but I can’t help thinking that Lucy is the lucky one. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z That no one, not even Cecile, needed to have their way so badly or was so selfish. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to feel guilty for being selfish, for thinking too much of myself and tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But now, as she lay in bed, she wondered if it was selfish of her to want Dallas and Florida to stay. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z At first she thought she was being selfish, taking the sleeping mat from Polly, but Polly actually seemed to prefer that lumpy, smelly mattress. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Because it was a selfish prayer, and selfish prayers don’t get answered. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “I don't like you because you're arrogant and self-important. You could be so much better than you are, but you're too selfish to see it.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Of course she would choose the most selfish route possible.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Of course that was in 1938 and they have all been bombed to bits since, so perhaps Beryl and her kiddies are dead already, in which case my tears of envy are very selfish. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They were lucky I didn’t push them off the side of the bed—selfish brats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Compact, hard, logical, totally selfish, the virus is dedicated to making copies of itself— which it can do on occasion with radiant speed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose it was selfish, but I was kinda mad. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Deaths better than seeing your ma all chewed up like that. ‘Grieving’s for the selfish,’ my granddad said. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Is it selfish I feel totally relieved by this answer? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “It wouldn’t kill you to be selfish, Delphine,” she said, and moved me out of the way to wash her hands. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But she must be; if she calls him selfish, she must be angry. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “I wonder if I did a very selfish thing in marrying you,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At every meal she would beseech him not to be selfish and to remember that his little sister was sick and also needed food, but it was no use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I wish I could; I wish I could move, but I just stare at her and wonder how long I have been this disgustingly selfish. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’d cheat and lie and be as low and selfish as I had to. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "Thing is," Watney said, "I'm selfish. I want the memorials back home to be just for me. I don't want the rest of you losers in them. I can't let you guys blow the VAL." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z To a large degree, they saw him as selfish and undisciplined and utterly undedicated to the great cause of Mojo. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And I know this is a selfish reaction, but my thought at the time was, “Oh, great. I’m not even at the dance yet, and I’m already getting rejected. What an ego boost!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z First we made selfish wishes, and then we finished with unselfish wishes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom’ll think I’m selfish if I beg her to take him with her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I could probably live with being thought selfish or odd. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My mother’s opinion of me kept ricocheting in my brain: selfish. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Others said she was selfish, and that in the face of danger, she acted in her own best interests with no regard for Mark Antony or his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z That I never had a real interest in her until she died because I’m a horrible and selfish human being? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It seems brutally selfish to me to have slept so long, and let him watch all night; but he was quite right. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “That’s not quite true.I could have kept the baby. Mrs. Nielsen would’ve helped. The truth is, I was a coward. I was selfish and afraid.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She would take him to the park and watch the other boys playing with their fathers, and she began to wonder if she was being selfish. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “For being as selfish as Papá,” Delia finished her twin’s thought. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I found it difficult to swallow the idea that I would sacrifice what I regarded as my obligation to the students for my own selfish interests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I know too much; I have seen people at their worst, at their most desperate and selfish, and this knowledge makes me wary. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Amy’s lecture put the matter in a new light, and for the first time it did look weak and selfish to lose heart at the first failure, and shut himself up in moody indifference. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But on behalf of selfish brats the world over, please stop! Social Q?s: On Mother?s Day, Be Grateful 2010-05-06T18:09:00Z My negative impressions of Americans themselves—as greedy, selfish, and arrogant—were consistently undermined, meanwhile, by the people I met at school. My Muslim Father’s Faith in America 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “But I’m selfish — I just wanted to have a place to hang out and mourn and wanted all of you to be here … It’s OK to grieve and be sad. It’s OK to cry.” Tears, laughter flow from crowd of 400 at Chris Cornell wake at KEXP 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Despite their differences, incels see women as selfish, uncaring and animalistic. Incels are surprisingly diverse but united by hate 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z On his blog, Queen guitarist Brian May described his basement-digging neighbours as "selfish and brutish" and the piling rig they were using as an instrument of torture. Deep concerns: the trouble with basement conversions 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z And they both expressed unease about the current revival of “Cats,” though for purely selfish reasons. Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Kvetch Their Way to Broadway 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z I was a selfish, sex-crazed monster who didn’t deserve to continue living. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Whenever I mention my discomfort, she says I’m selfish and jealous. Ask Alanis Morissette: why is my girlfriend so close to her ex? 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Good deeds are sometimes stained by crass or selfish motives, and bad ones sometimes have a mitigating factor. ‘The Divide,’ a Drama Inspired by the Innocence Project 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Not being selfish — there’s a thin line between self-care and just being selfish — but for me it starts there. What Janelle Monáe Can’t Travel Without 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “I got an absolute tsunami of abuse saying how selfish I was and I shouldn’t be going anywhere or visiting anyone,” he said. The Seas as the Ultimate Coronavirus Isolation? Not. So. Fast. 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z The selfish reasons are more plausible, I figure. Asymmetric love, part four: the view from the other side 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z But when these highly visible mothers disappoint us — by frumpy appearance, selfish work schedule, or some other “flaw”—it triggers our own shame and frustrations as parents. Celebrity moms make me feel better about myself 2013-09-05T22:59:00Z Iris Murdoch described great writing as having "a conception of truth, a lack of illusion, an ability to overcome selfish obsessions" and as being the work of a "free, unfettered, uncorrupted imagination." Can fantasy ever tell the truth? 2011-03-17T09:37:12Z Still others piled on, calling her “selfish,” “disjointed,” even “clinically insane.” Civil Behavior: Was Jodie Foster’s ‘Coming Out’ a Step Backward for Gays and Lesbians? 2013-01-22T14:00:00Z The former security guard said his motivation was instant notoriety but that he later realized he made a horrible decision for selfish reasons. John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman denied parole for seventh time 2012-08-23T18:16:21Z I heard in bad times you see the worst and best in people, so am I overreacting by seeing my overly generous, kind-acting, intelligent boyfriend as a completely selfish man on the inside? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Some boyfriends you quarantine with, others you quarantine from 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Why would any sane New Yorker give visitors tips on how to find freebies? — brooklyn, #4 Pretty selfish there, brooklyn. Frugal Traveler: Readers Go Even Deeper for the Cheap in New York 2009-12-15T22:03:00Z When that innocence is later brought into question, and the selfish side of sexual freedom surfaces, the play still refuses to disown Leigh completely. ‘At the Wedding’ Review: Cocktails, Dancing and an Albatross 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z OK, so this is selfish of me, but how about I excuse myself, and invite a fourth to take my place. How Jason Reynolds Distinguishes Y.A. Books From Adult Fiction 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z I tell myself that favoring him would be bad for him and his upbringing, and that my drive in these cases is more selfish than considerate. This Week in Fiction: Etgar Keret on the Purest Form of Racism 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z This might sound selfish, and it is, but it also creates a better world for everyone around you. Drowning in commitments? It's time to stop giving a damn 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Her characters are so vividly drawn and human that the reader comes to feel personally close to them; and, like friends, their self-destructive or selfish behavior can be disappointing. Order and Chaos, Mostly Chaos, in 3 Debut Novels 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z "I got a little too selfish and a little too greedy and a little too full of myself." Robin Thicke admits, 'I messed up and had to lie for a while' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The headline of that Guardian piece, in fact, is a Lynch quote that reiterates this attitude: “You gotta be selfish. It’s a terrible thing.” Donald Trump’s America and the Visions of David Lynch 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z But he "was also kind of a jerk, and there is little in to dispel his reputation as a narcissistic, selfish loner". Book review roundup: The Outsider, Perfect and Bitter Experience Has Taught Me 2013-06-28T17:00:01Z His “selfish” actions were criticised by Ian Blackford, the lawmaker who represents the area and the Scottish National Party’s leader in the Westminster parliament. Police warn writer Gaiman over lockdown trip from New Zealand to Scotland 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z But as Wheaton, who is now a father of two, as is O'Connell, wrote: "I broke the cycle. I am not the selfish bully I had the misfortune of being born to." During "Stand by Me," Wil Wheaton was being abused. Jerry O'Connell didn't know 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Unlike my mother, who used cooking to spread love, cooking is liberating me because it’s a selfish activity – my satisfaction is what matters, and my dependency on others disappears. How I learned subtle power of learning and loving to cook 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z She figures telling him, forcing him to think about death, would be selfish. Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z We never know whether Virginia Hill is a selfish opportunist or someone in love with Ben Siegel. David Thomson on Annette Bening 2010-10-27T22:40:00Z And from a selfish point of view, the concentration of good theater in a single city makes it easy for me to pack in a lot of productions in a concentrated period of time. Theater Talkback: Answers to Your Questions About London 2010-08-04T16:29:00Z I think a lot of mothers are selfish and they end up having children, but I don't want to put some small tiny person through that. Meeting Tracey Emin 2012-05-25T23:05:29Z Day, 38, is one of the founding members, actors, writers and executive producers of FX Networks' hit comedy "Always Sunny", a show about four selfish, narcissistic friends who own a bar. A Minute With: 'Sunny' Charlie Day on oddballs, 'Horrible Bosses' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The tone of the marrieds is, “Look, we’re in combat here, we didn’t have time to stop and get you an espresso machine for your selfish single life.” Friends with Kids: A Potty-Mouthed Mom Rom Com 2012-03-08T11:43:43Z "The characters now are destructive, mean, immoral, unattractive and selfish," she said. 'As the World Turns' matriarch Wagner dies at 91 2010-05-03T01:59:00Z Miller, who is married to Daniel Day-Lewis and whose father was the playwright Arthur Miller, posits the theatre as an alternative form of transcendence, one that doesn't require the squelching of unruly or selfish desires. Jacob's Folly by Rebecca Miller – review 2013-07-25T09:00:00Z At times these confessedly selfish and self-involved folks seem to be working up material for a self-help book called “He’s Just Not That Into Thee.” 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z Secondly, it perpetuates the “selfish” chestnut by assuming that people who opt out of parenthood are therefore choosing to live self-absorbed, materialistic lives. Not Getting with the Program: An Interview with Meghan Daum 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Kids don't see their parents as fallible human beings capable of messing up, and through their eyes we are forced to develop less selfish, more considerate personalities. Despicable Me 2: evil genius or just plain bad? 2013-03-22T13:22:00Z Ill-tempered, condescending and selfish, Will is not very likable, but Mr. Daniels is a skillful actor who signals Will’s self-loathing as well as his more loathsome traits. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z Take away the dead bodies and duct tape and notice how, despite the violent outcomes of Joe’s obsessions, this story is about two rather selfish people putting their own needs first. Review | Seen one psycho Lifetime stalker, seen ’em all — but then came ‘You’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z As Jesse, a seedy, selfish drug maker and dealer endures these hardships, Aaron Paul, the 30-year-old actor who plays him, could hardly be happier. Aaron Paul of ?Breaking Bad?: Character and Career Both Live 2010-03-20T04:38:00Z As early as 1919, sympathy for their plight ebbed as the press began to speculate about the kinds of selfish, destabilising pleasures these single young women might be indulging in. When flappers ruled the Earth: how dance helped women's liberation 2013-04-29T06:00:22Z Ms. Gerwig is able to make her monstrously selfish character marginally sympathetic, but the role is a hostile caricature of female voracity dreamed up by men frightened of everything Pegeen supposedly represents. In ‘The Humbling,’ Al Pacino Plays an Aging Performer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z She explains that there are lots of considerations that tend to lead to her accepting a job, but key among them is a basic, selfish question. Naomi Watts: ‘My soul was being destroyed’ 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z But the desire to see an offender suffer, even if it is entirely disconnected with deterrence, need not reduce to mere vindictiveness, let alone a selfish desire to get ahead. Review | Let’s face it, we all have the capacity to be mean. ‘Spite’ explores why that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z One bride-to-be is being slammed online as rude, crude and horribly selfish for complaining about the engagement ring her fiancé popped the question with, a family heirloom that belonged to his grandmother. 'Ungrateful' bride slammed for despising heirloom engagement ring 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mostly in this idea that Bella is a weak girl who is just obsessed with these two boys, and doesn't really think beyond her own needs, and is selfish. Kristen Stewart: 'Twilight was so intense. I'm still a very intense person' 2012-05-17T19:00:02Z The famed children’s book is, of course, an allegory for the selfish way in which humanity treats the environment. Explaining the Many References in the Movie 'mother!' 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “I want to say it is almost kind of selfish,” he said. Everyone Has a Theory About Shopping Carts 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Stravinsky could be prickly and selfish, but he also had a generous streak. Music Review: Manhattan School of Music in ‘King David’ and Stravinsky’s Mass 2014-04-07T20:32:11Z The world is full of selfish jerks on all ends of the spectrum. Don’t bring your baby to a fancy restaurant 2014-01-15T20:38:00Z It would be easy for the film to portray Elbe as a straight-up pioneering hero, but Redmayne brings nuance: Elbe is selfish, but because she is single-minded. “The Danish Girl’s” ersatz Oscar bait: Academy can pat self on back for Eddie Redmayne’s undeserved nomination 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The men in her life are complicated, difficult, at times impossibly selfish and obtuse, but they are permitted to be interesting in ways that she is not. Review: Ethan Hawke Is Just Right as a ’90s Indie-Rocker in ‘Juliet, Naked’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z While we modern readers will recognize an unreliable narrator when we see one, Harvey manages to make Reve simultaneously unstable, intelligent, compassionate, selfish, astute and bumbling. Review | ‘The Western Wind’ brings medieval England back to life 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “It’s probably a very selfish outlook, but I do enjoy the tipping system,” said Ms. Campodall’Orto, 36, who added that she tips generously, even at a coffee shop. To Tip, or Not to Tip? 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Clients who are pressuring hairdressers, many of whom lack health insurance, “are acting out of selfish and irresponsible motives,” he adds. When every day is a bad hair day: Getting to the roots of our new reality 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z How do we stop this selfish behavior from moochers? Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Mooch management 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Before I had a family, I was, frankly, a more selfish, less patient, and more difficult person. Motherlode Blog: The Benefit, in Dollars, of Raising a Child 2012-11-14T20:21:49Z You can be vengeful and angry and selfish. ‘We're very close. We couldn't not be’: the secret to a friendly divorce 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z They want none of the caregiving but all of the money, and call you selfish. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: One child’s the caregiver, and the others are share-takers. Sound fair? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Are we being selfish to not want to forgo our retirement, return to work and downsize/relocate to appease our children? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: New grandparents, new guilt trip 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z I’m seriously considering walking away because I think he is being really selfish given the long-term prospects. We’ve only just begun, and he says he wants to be a carpenter. 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z “But maybe it’s not actually complicated. We’re basically selfish. I mean, in a nice way, but still.” Motherlode Blog: Does Philanthropic Peer Pressure or Morality Matter More? 2013-12-31T17:19:25Z Perhaps there is some megolamania in Diller’s act of philanthropy, but philanthropy still serves us better than selfish parsimony or profligate self-indulgence. Review | An artificial island with a real upside 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z We're of service to something greater than ourselves and our own selfish, egoistic needs. Rainn Wilson doesn't hold back: "Here's the guy from 'The Office' talking about suffering and death" 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The alternative doesn’t just seem selfish, it’s unfair. How to dump someone on Valentine's Day – or any day – without being a jerk 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z It's funny that every time a Black man says or does something selfish or stupid, he's automatically made out to be the spokesperson for every Black man on the planet. On Ice Cube, Donald Trump, and the question of what my vote is really worth 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z My mother continues to act like a selfish 5-year-old when it comes to the house and the junk in it. Ask Amy: College grad returns home to a hoarder The previously selfish Shep, for example, behaves towards Glynis in a way he considers saintly, but she rebukes him for becoming "just another service provider". So Much for That by Lionel Shriver | Book review 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z He understood that his fellow citizens were especially vulnerable to demagogues who appealed to narrow, selfish nationalism. Why American Pragmatists Saved Postwar Europe 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z If any child is being bullied at school and cannot get anyone to help them, I would say to them - be very very selfish. 'I wasn't there at the end': your biggest regrets in life 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z These sprees are often equated with selfish, narcissistic rampages showing no regard for those who have to pick up the bill afterwards. Bipolar memoirs: What have I done? 2013-04-26T06:30:11Z Here, the few glimpses into Penny’s perspective invariably reveal her to be petulant, humorless, selfish and unimaginative. ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “It’s a little selfish — me with my food, Tristan with his wines.” A New Paris Bistro Equal Parts Convivial and Tasty 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z And that is not possible when we are selfish, self-appointed arbiters of what the person in the front of the room with the microphone ought to be talking about. Michelle Obama’s heckler win 2013-06-05T14:41:00Z I think it's clear that societies that are selfish and thinking of just themselves are going to collapse. Julie Delpy on breaking motherhood taboos in "My Zoe" & seeing the last of the "Before" franchise 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Could the “unrelenting rivalry” that Tillman attributes to a “selfish” and “competitive” mother be read differently, as the terrible fallout from her mother’s stifled creativity, her thwarted ambition? ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Moral life, he concluded, is based on the fact that “selfish genes make us social, trustworthy and cooperative.” Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z Well, yeah, I mean, there’s been so much emphasis over the years on humanity being selfish; obviously a lot of people note that in our everyday lives. Your words matter 2012-06-03T15:00:00Z “Even if it’s a bit selfish, I feel really, really grateful.” Exploring the Surf in Sri Lanka 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z You know the caricature — the selfish, reckless one who sees pregnancy as an inconvenience, who coldly rejects the beautiful blessing of new life. “There’s so much shame and stigma”: “Abortion Stories” director Tracy Droz Tragos pulls back the curtain on “super complicated” issue 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z This is not to say that she is given a pass for the irresponsible and selfish things she does, but rather that such behavior is part of her complicated, sympathetically considered humanity. Movie Review: ?Girl in Progress? With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez 2012-05-10T21:10:33Z He was unapologetically and aggressively selfish, not just in life but as an artist. Why Picasso has his finger on the 21st century's pulse 2011-03-08T15:30:01Z Some people are cynical about it, and don't want to believe the truth, and their selfish desire overrides the scenario. Isolate or infect humanity? In "Sea Fever," a captain faces a dilemma eerily like our own 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The novel successfully walks a fine line in showing how Jay is affected by his mother’s departure while not stereotyping her as a selfish woman responsible for her son’s neuroses. ‘Harmless Like You,’ by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z I was not a good friend at that time, selfish and needy. The hour you are most alone: how I got trapped by poverty and depression 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The children of the future are able to "think-together" and so can rise above the selfish violence and conflicting religions of the past. Jane Rogers's top 10 cosy catastrophes 2012-07-05T08:22:05Z Alongside Darwin, some of these men look selfish, mean-minded and bigoted. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The Legacy of Louis Agassiz 2013-02-01T17:48:53Z It meant that listeners weren’t in the here and now, where they might be fratty or selfish or mean spirited. Music Review: Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill at Rock the Bells - Review 2011-09-04T22:41:25Z And to interfere with things just because I feel as if I could give more to a child than I did when I was 20 – is that too selfish? Brigitte Nielsen 2011-07-29T23:07:09Z He warns against misleading metaphors: Selfish genes do not mean selfish individuals. Insights Into the Brain, in a Book You’ll Wish You Had in College 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It's a bit selfish to include, but the world premiere meant the world to me. Matthew Lillard picks top 5 moviegoing memories 2012-10-04T23:43:08Z It's a period that has been hated and demonised for precipitating catastrophe, and for being a facile swirl of pleasure that was selfish and dangerous. Film review: Gay Sex in the 70s 2010-07-01T22:05:00Z He gets greedy and makes some very selfish choices in the end. "WeWork had all of the bad red flags": How a visionary sales pitch turned into yoga-babble 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z They’re also warm, cruel, generous, selfish — in other words, recognizably human. Critic’s Notebook: Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme d’Or 2013-05-23T22:01:08Z Her own novels, by contrast, illuminate — indeed they celebrate — a woman’s right to be complicated, flawed, profane, unsympathetic; even, as she put it in a 2013 interview, “pragmatically evil, bad, and selfish.” Perspective | Thank you, Gillian Flynn for giving women permission to be bad 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Her own sense of responsibility to her family contradicted the notion of the selfish artist so espoused by her peers. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z You sort of root for his character, a Wall Street hotshot named Lockhart, but you also kind of hope he suffers, since he’s a selfish, ill-mannered jerk. Review: ‘A Cure for Wellness’ Is a Riot of Film References. With Eels. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Am I truly being selfish for wanting a low-key day? Perspective | Ask Amy: High school student dreads start of school year 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z But “it’s the parents who are selfish,” said Mr. Dyer, pointing to families typically own larger cars and use up more resources. No Kids for Me, Thanks 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “Obviously, I want my sister to be pain-free and finally get her surgery. But, like any human being, there is a selfish side of me,” she said. Bride doesn't want sister as maid of honor because she'll be wearing arm sling 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Ruth Jones, deftly showing Jacques as both selfish and capable of self-deprecating charm, heads an impressive cast. Michel Roux's Service 2011-01-19T08:00:04Z Just because some families do brave holiday travel to see extended family doesn’t mean the ones who decline to are selfish or less committed. Carolyn Hax: Demands won’t bring brother back into the holiday fold 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z People who despair of themselves are more likely to do terrible, selfish things – and leading people towards that despair is making yourself responsible, in part, for what they do. Look to the gospels, not the pope 2010-12-02T12:21:00Z “This is kind of a selfish strategy that we created.” Nature sounds a lot like Kevin Spacey, and it wants us to know it will be just fine without us 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z "This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is." Don't pressure Jennifer Aniston to be a mom: 'I don't think it's fair' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Assume instead it was a temporary glitch in a supremely selfish system. Don’t cry for me, Sarah Huckabee Sanders 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Brought up as a Methodist, she was deeply censorious of selfish divorcers – while always retaining her sympathy for them. Elizabeth Jenkins obituary 2010-09-07T17:43:00Z Bill and Bill coach him through an apology and then explain he’ll have to convince her that he’ll be less selfish. South Park spoofs the US election result: 'What have you done? You maniacs!' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The prickly characters in “The Surrendered” — selfish, tempestuous, shortsighted, but also persevering and resilient — evince a similar detachment, but in their cases it is rooted in formative events that happened to them during the war. Books of The Times: Lives Scarred by Horrors of Korean War 2010-03-08T22:25:00Z “London Boulevard” at least creates some exotic characters, including the scary, possibly homosexual Gant; the skittish, selfish Charlotte; and most of all the dandified Jordan. | 'London Boulevard': ?London Boulevard,? With Colin Farrell - Review 2011-11-11T00:07:02Z It’s a far more selfish piece of emotional blackmail than your simply expressed desire to leave. I want to leave my partner of 15 years. Am I being selfish? | Mariella Frostrup 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Holiday season in America kicked off with Black Friday and its own bloated and bizarre police blotter full of angry crowds, outrageously selfish actions and violence. Ryan Nicodemus: ‘We’re not soulless; we’re not against having fun’ 2012-12-13T01:21:21Z Its implicit suggestion was that your selfish brats were doomed to repeat your biography, that humanity could never get off the burning wheel of Ixion. ‘Choose Facebook, revenge porn, zero hours': what does the Trainspotting speech mean today? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z If actual climate change did come to these fantasy lands, the characters would fare a lot better than those selfish a**holes in Westeros. "The Rings of Power" are here to fight climate change 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z Well, you have to get over being selfish. Secrets of the polygamists 2010-10-16T21:01:00Z With his side parting and tweed jacket, Forrest might look like a sitcom dad, but he’s ultimately an arrogant, selfish, cowardly and frequently unpleasant figure. Andy Daly on Review: 'There is a limit to how horrible things can get' 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z I'm torn between what is selfish and what is sensible. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When a couple’s fighting affects their children, do you say something? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Am I selfish for not wanting to invite my sister, much less pay for it? Perspective | Ask Amy: In-laws’ vaccination status is dealbreaker 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z People aren’t crude or selfish or cruel or impolite any more. Annoyance is part of family life, so get over it 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z There is conflict – between Watson's empathy and sense of morality, and Holmes's selfish desire for sensation and cerebral challenge – but it makes for a psychological thriller curiously lacking in thrills. The Secret of Sherlock Holmes 2010-07-23T21:00:00Z The beautiful blond teens with peaches-and-cream skin - they're a perfect size 6 - live in Sweet Valley, Calif. Elizabeth is sensitive, thoughtful and responsible, while Jessica is more emotional, selfish and materialistic. New 'Sweet Valley' book shows twins all grown up 2011-03-30T20:46:05Z But at 37, Mavis is still a young adult: stunted, selfish, believing that her glamorous past is somehow her destiny. Young Adult: Charlize Theron Finds Life After High School 2011-12-08T18:18:01Z To some degree we’re continuing to grow beyond the more basic, selfish element of ourselves and always trying to expand our ability to connect with others and to create that social network. Your words matter 2012-06-03T15:00:00Z What that seems to mean, mostly, is that they are white and middle class, entitled to the benefit of every doubt even when they are showing their cruel, selfish or stupid sides. Review: In ‘American Animals,’ These Guys Didn’t Visit the Library to Study 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Other shows, and life, sometimes feature uninvolved parents, selfish parents, bad parents. The “Parenthood” Finale and TV’s Emotion Revolution 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z “To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness,” Flaubert wrote, “though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.” Stefan Sagmeister?s ?Happy Show? at Institute of Contemporary Art 2012-04-03T12:00:00Z How do I combat these feelings of grief and loss, deal with my jealousy without harming her, and replace my selfish feelings with selfless ones? I’m 26, a virgin and attracted to a woman twice my age 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “Happy!,” a new series on Syfy, is a Christmas tale about a ghostly being who tries to inspire a selfish cynic to do a good deed. Review: ‘Happy!,’ or, Law & Order: Imaginary Friend 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Gary: I think the best thing you can do is be selfish and write what you want. Tired Pony and tales of America's underbelly 2013-08-22T01:21:05Z "Yes, it was completely selfish, but it was what made me happy. It was what I wanted to be a reality." A closer look at the elaborate Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax and it's aftermath 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Crispin mostly focusses on younger and newer feminists, castigating them as selfish and timid, afraid of the second wave. The Case Against Contemporary Feminism 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Aside from being selfish and cruel, it's also ironic, considering that few people are actually as stable as they'd like to depict themselves as being. The real horror of the "Midsommar" ending 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z In our own non-Marvel world, women and pregnant-capable people are scorned for lacking "maternal instincts," for having abortions, for being selfish if they don't want kids, while also being shamed for miscarriages and fertility issues. “Black Widow” challenges treatment of women without biological families as disposable 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z But they’re also so empty, so destructive, so selfish and sad. At Venice Festival, the Wisdom of Lunatics, the Wildness of Age 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Unless your kids have kids and expect you to look after them while they go out to work which, if you think about it, would be quite selfish on their part. 20 reasons to be cheerful in middle age 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Quell is used by Dodd as acolyte, muscle and raw material, the crude ex-serviceman a perfect display of the type of destructive, selfish, uncontrollable personality Dodd aims to eradicate with his "processing". This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-03-09T06:00:09Z Carrie was selfish and a bad friend and needy and shallow. The Female Bad Fan 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z You think he is being a brat and he needs to learn a lesson about screaming and being selfish, so you double down and spank. Perspective | I know I should stop spanking my child, but then how do I stop the tantrums? 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z But never mind my selfish author perception – what about the bookshops? Libraries 'have had their day', says Horrible Histories author 2013-02-13T14:38:14Z So, your mother might accuse you of being selfish and/or cancel your shower completely. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom calls off your baby shower so you can plan sis’s bridal shower 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z As for her controlling and selfish nature: It’s emphatically not okay. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: What we’ve got here is a failure to stop communicating 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “It’s probably the most selfish thing I do,” she said. Louise Erdrich on Her New Novel, ‘LaRose,’ and the Psychic Territory of Native Americans 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z “Sleep is a selfish thing to do,” he said. Separate beds are liberating 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The fears you are gripped by may appear selfish and slightly obsessive, but there’s also a degree of realism there. I dread a baby coming between me and my husband | Mariella Frostrup 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z To me, true love is that you would hurt yourself before you would hurt your partner, you would do anything to make them happy, even at your own expense, there's nothing selfish about true love. Stephenie Meyer on Twilight, feminism and true love 2013-03-11T06:00:03Z What we want — and what Julia needs most — is to confront her selfish myopia. ‘Losing It’: A 26-year-old virgin plots her own deflowering 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z When your character is a selfish, unformed person—but also a bruised, struggling oddball whose failures are human—that’s one thing. Goodbye “Girls”: A Review of a Fittingly Imperfect Finale 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Bill is selfish and often horrible to his spouse and his mistress, while displaying moments of generosity toward his mentor. ‘Masters of Sex’ Starts Second Season on Showtime 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Delivering such pricklers as "Can the decision to be less selfish ever be anything other than a selfish decision?" is a 10-year-old actor, a suave mini-man in dark pants and gray dress shirt. Liz Magic Laser subversively splits medium from message 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s easy to get a sense of how well someone adjusts to the team, how selfless or selfish they are, and their communication skills. Feeling Lonely? Wearing Cat Ears May Help 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s not selfish to run your own life. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: New grandparents, new guilt trip 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Her sisters think Anna is being “overly dramatic” having body parts removed; Anna thinks they are being selfish. ‘I was not willing to die for my breasts': the young women opting for mastectomies 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Over time, my father’s seemed to blame my selfish behavior on a manic response to drug exploration. My secret from Dad 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z But museums don’t thrive on the solitude of overwrought 20-somethings and, selfish concerns aside, the new museum is, objectively, more lively. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z These appendages have their benefits, as their power drives people to confess sins and give in to selfish impulses. Daniel Radcliffe to grow Horns for new role 2012-07-16T11:47:48Z Bill Cosby, Whatever his flaws be, At least wasn’t like one of those selfish lugs Who invite you over but don’t share their drugs. Style Invitational: Gaaah! It’s Limerixicon XII 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z So it was a little selfless and a little selfish. ‘Younger’ Yanks the Rug Out From Under Viewers — and Star 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But he’s also a producer with selfish ideas, and in the 1980s he was acting in the Brian Eno tradition of making auteurlike albums subject to his own shifting vision and his address book. Music Review: The Golden Palominos Play at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-05-12T21:16:00Z William was about the most laid-back person imaginable; selfish, but with all the charm in the world. William Walton obituary 2010-03-24T18:21:00Z James Madison and others were afraid that the selfish interests of the states would be the ruin of the country. Is There a Double Standard for Survivors of Boko Haram? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But this is merely a pretense for a renewal of the same old feuds and selfish plots—the same attempts to give each other scares and teach each other terrible lessons. “Arrested Development” Is Back Where It Started 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z A satire about egos and moviemaking, "Official Competition" is a fun film about various characters manipulating things for their own, selfish agendas. Penélope Cruz dominates in "Official Competition," a delightful satire about ego and filmmaking 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Any viewer with the slightest common sense will conclude that their dad — the characters’ and the filmmakers’, on whom Lenny is explicitly based — is reckless, selfish and irresponsible. | 'Daddy Longlegs': Rearing Dad, in Film by Benny and Josh Safdie 2010-05-13T21:08:00Z “The East Coast view was that America was a Lockean nation, purely modern, based on radically individual and almost selfish rights: your life, your liberty, your property,” he said. ‘Charge the Cockpit or You Die’: Behind an Incendiary Case for Trump 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s clear from the beginning he’s a good man; he believes in the principles of his people even though he keeps a journal, which is a selfish, prideful indulgence. The Amish survive the apocalypse in 'When the English Fall' 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The commission explained that public health policies would “protect one set of human beings from being the victims of disease and death through the selfish cupidity of others.” Using the Law to Fight Epidemics, for Better and Worse 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Some people cannot live with themselves and be selfish. Why I performed 100 consecutive nights of standup comedy 2013-06-21T14:00:03Z Now a lot of people would call that selfish. “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z But I see a different opportunity here: Your roommate has shown you, starkly and early on, that he is selfish and undependable. When Your Happy-at-School Son Becomes a College Dropout 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z That's what makes the nimbys' campaigning so selfish – it's not just contemporaries whom they're willing to inconvenience but the whole of posterity. David Mitchell: Country dwellers moaning about high-speed trains is just selfish 2011-03-06T00:11:13Z Poor George was left alone with his horrible and selfish grandma who ordered him about. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl - review 2013-03-11T12:00:00Z Without the sense that both were driven despair their choices became more selfish than grief-stricken, and thus less understandable. Game of Thrones: season two, episode ten – Valar Morghulis 2012-06-04T13:19:00Z As the wreckers, Orlando Seale and Rachel Pickup joyously exhibit the tyranny of the truly selfish. Bedroom Farce | Theatre reivew 2010-04-04T21:10:00Z Instead, as I believe most people do, we became less selfish and more patient, quicker to admit when we’re wrong, more apt to notice when the other person needs some space. Modern Love: The Hard-Won Lessons of the Solitary Years 2014-01-02T21:25:22Z Is it selfish to tell them on a major holiday? Culture Shock at the Dinner Table 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z It is not selfish when a man chooses himself, as they do all the time in order to live their lives, simply be alive, have their careers and make the right decisions for their futures. Stevie Nicks' abortion and the freedom to choose you 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z It is such a selfish act on Serena’s part for the supposed preservation of her “own” child and the preservation of her own survival in Gilead. The Handmaid's Tale stars on playing Janine and Serena Joy: 'I wanted to give Offred a hug' 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The ensuing panic among the passengers spreads faster than the pathogen and demonstrates how greed and fear can lead to selfish survival tactics. ‘Emergency Declaration’ Review: Midair Contagion 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “Girls” performed a version of this, but one that served bitter in heaping portions beside sweet, by way of a heroine who is ridiculously selfish. Why millennials and Gen Z love "Friends" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “There’s a selfish impulse you have as a writer, which is you’re going to save me,” Armstrong said. How the ‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Elevates Cousin Greg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a completely selfish programming choice from my standpoint.” Feminist performance series brings Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq to the Broad 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Or save your energy for trying to keep your distance from selfish people without masks. How Can I (Kindly) Tell People to Wear Masks in Public? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z At least the movie has the courage to suggest how hurt they are by JB’s selfish disregard once they arrive in Los Angeles and he reluctantly lets them stay in his house. In ‘Million Dollar Arm,’ Baseball Talent From Overseas 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "A lot of people say suicide is a selfish act but, in that frame of mind, if you're about to kill yourself, you just don't see anything better." Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Toddlers and preschoolers are known for their egocentric and “selfish” ways of thinking and behaving; it is a hallmark of the age. Perspective | How much empathy can I expect from a 5-year-old? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z I would be really interested to hear the story through his point of view, whether he ever really loved Min or was just pretending, whether he regretted what he did or was just selfish. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler - review 2013-01-10T09:00:00Z It’s actually a selfish act, not a selfless one. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z His cruel and selfish choices are obvious; hers are insidious. Carolyn Hax: With past stumbles, dad lost the right to walk her down the aisle 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Declaring pizza toppings for the entire table: selfish jerk! Dear David’s Wife, Can You Diagnose My Husband, Too? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z He came to see that his years researching and writing The Game had made him manipulative and selfish, “following a shallow path to self-esteem”, as he describes it now. Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z “My father was a brilliant man, a true iconoclast,” Offutt writes, “fiercely self-reliant, a dark genius, cruel, selfish, and eternally optimistic.” “It was like an overdose of porn”: Chris Offutt reflects on writing about his family’s big secret, after his father’s death 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Your tolerance for Annie the character — an obnoxious American troll — will depend on your tolerance for Hardy herself; I enjoyed her buffoonery and hated her character’s selfish politics. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z This is where "the radical left" merges with the "libertarian" right – no selfish individualism, no nannying, no state interference, no protection for the vulnerable. Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust: the Jimmy Savile Scandal by Frank Furedi – review 2013-03-13T12:00:02Z My selfish view is, you started this, it's on you to finish it. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Sis has Mom’s ashes in a box, and your wife has you in one 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z My son has always prided himself on employing the mot juste, ever since he was 2 and announced proudly that he was too “selfish” to give me a lick of his ice cream. Mommy’s got a potty mouth 2013-06-03T00:30:00Z His father has disappeared, and he's expected to carry on, not be selfish, not make it about what he has lost. "E.T." at 40: A personal reflection on the importance of a "closed story" 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z It's a version of what the Dalai Lama calls "selfish altruism" – if you want to be happy yourself, help others to be happy. From Ace Ventura to I AM: one man's search to end human suffering 2013-01-30T15:42:24Z It paints Brady as the difficult person because she's selfish and doesn't consider her partner's "vulnerabilities" and "boundaries." Jonah Hill's brand of soft boy misogyny is still misogyny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Charles's father, the Duke of Edinburgh, is among his harshest critics, the book claims, and believes the prince to be guilty of "selfish behavior" in putting his "cerebral passions" before his royal duties. Queen Elizabeth fears Britain not ready for 'King Charles': new book 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Taking your own life is an irrational, desperate, tragic act, but it’s also an extremely selfish choice. My husband recently killed himself and I can’t face being on my own | Dear Mariella 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Isn't focusing so closely on one's own feelings selfish? Philippa Perry: Couch fiction 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z Throughout the story, we see her transforming into a selfish brat, who seems to be stealing Anna's life. Coping with Chloe by Rosalie Warren - review 2013-02-24T12:00:00Z “Just the end of a world, the selfish world. We’re getting over the Ayn Rand, ‘you can be a jerk and we can all live in a paradise of jerks’ thing. Jim Carrey, Unmasked 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Was it selfish to stay a unit of two, because Skuli would have to shoulder the burdens of my aging alone? Modern Love: Just the Two of Us, When One Toddles 2011-08-25T22:25:10Z Having children in the hope that there’ll be someone there to look after you when you’re elderly and infirm strikes me as far more selfish than being childless. Motherhood wasn’t for me – I’m happy to be a mad auntie instead 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z I find it is extremely selfish — am I selfish for thinking this? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: His risky sport endangers his life, and his wife wants a parachute 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Another voter might not want a President—even if they support the candidate’s politics—who has shown himself untrustworthy, selfish and hurtful in his personal life. The Morning After: With New Sex Allegations, The Cain Trainwreck Adds Another Car 2011-11-29T14:17:49Z Once the levels of sexism were assessed, the scientists measured how selfish the women believed their partners to be in bed. Sexism is literally ruining women’s sex lives 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z In my 66 years on the planet, I’ve never seen this many angry, violent and selfish people making news. Perspective | Ask Amy: This husband can make but not take a joke 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z So when Don is selfish and heartless and articulate about it but then shows just a sliver of heart and kindness, the show gets better. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: The Woman in Room 503 2013-05-13T13:20:23Z He’s just this very unpleasant curmudgeon, a narcissistic, selfish man in his late middle age, and yet there’s something terribly endearing about him. David Tennant Craves Old English Dinners and Cigarettes After Sex 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z And there are too many people on the left who denigrate pleasure as being selfish. Has Trump wrecked our sex life? "Post-Trump Sex Disorder" is real, says sex therapist 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z In Putnam’s recounting, the 1960s were the inflection point when America retreated from community to selfish individualism. The D.I.Y. Way to Heal the Social Fabric: Don’t Do It Yourself 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In another break from the coming-of-age archetype, her characters — both the children and, especially, the adults — are distinctly unsympathetic: immature, perverted, selfish. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z There were points where I felt that Tessa was being a little selfish. Before I Die by Jenny Downham - review 2012-07-24T14:00:00Z He pleaded with the crowd to be less selfish and remember that Willamae Jackson, the victim's mother, needed their support. South Side pastor comes off roof to preach 2012-01-06T04:50:00Z But just for this one morning I feel like acting like a selfish American. My friend the Iraqi 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z And Kate is quick to realize that her mental health break would be deemed selfish, while a man going through the same experience would be said to be suffering through “a midlife crisis.” Review | ‘Younger’ fans: You can finally read the sexy novel that shocked Liza 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Memoir — I say this with reverence — is a selfish act. In ‘Stray,’ Stephanie Danler Asks How a Victim Becomes a Perpetrator 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “It felt important and selfish for myself and my own well-being and my mental health,” he said. ‘It is life-saving’: Elliot Page opens up about surgery 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Even now, therefore, when Laura seems to have appointed herself as Shadow’s protector, we can’t be sure she isn’t acting from selfish reasons. American Gods recap: season one, episode five – David Bowie rules the world 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Susan believed that the reclusive type was, at heart, cold and selfish. T Magazine: Suddenly Susan 2011-02-25T17:39:23Z Those who are more selfish, and those who are more indifferent and angry at the world around them, are more likely to be afflicted with a nightmare. Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Yet this story of a selfish grump and how he got that way is utterly engaging, almost as much so as the tale told in Persepolis of Satrapi’s exile from her beloved Iran. Chicken with Plums: Savory and Sweet Film From the Creators of Persepolis 2012-08-16T12:00:32Z On television, they’re portrayed as tough, hard-as-nails, and mysterious; some are selfish, while others highly moralistic, making it hard to tell whether they fight for good or for evil in their binary fictional worlds. The 9 coolest fictional fixers, ranked 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z We are, as a species, ridiculous: vain, ugly, selfish and self-deluding. Movie Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen 2013-12-05T13:00:01Z And so I never encountered her as being selfish, or unhinged. Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z I ended all contact, on my own, with my horribly selfish father when I was 12. Perspective | Ask Amy: Aunt wonders if a violent abuser can change 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z But I shouldn’t be so selfish, I chided myself. A Grand Canyon and slot-canyon challenge for the mostly over-the-hill set Everyone is expected to be selfish, suspicious, status-obsessed and mean, and most people live up to the expectation. ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Review: Bleak, Graceful Realism 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Though the woman was likely looking for advice, those on social media were quick to slam the bride as “selfish” and “disgusting.” Bride-to-be wants to remove maid of honor from wedding because of baby weight, prompts backlash 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z A selfish and personal impact: As a result of Oprah's introduction to Twitter, I tried it. Oprah's influence has touched readers' lives 2011-05-18T23:13:35Z We’re told it’s for baby’s sake; anything other than blind acceptance is selfish at best, murderous at worst. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z As in all these stories, Ferris returns us to those pigs, those selfish pigs, in ways we don’t expect. Review | Men behaving badly: ‘The Dinner Party,’ darkly comic stories by Joshua Ferris 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z She captioned it, “I wanted to leave this Earth. Being completely selfish for once. Never thought I’d get to such a low point.” Chris Brown shames suicidal singer: Mocking a vulnerable woman isn’t “throwing shade,” it’s bullying 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z We need to look at this from a more noble perspective, rather than a self-centered, selfish perspective. Dave Ramsey: We must teach kids the RIGHT way to handle money, right now 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z My friend Susan told me she thinks what he did was “awful” and “selfish” and asked “why couldn’t he wait another few years until his three kids are away at college?” Is this any of our business? A rabbi tells the world he’s gay — and criticism follows. My hope is that it will change me by helping me to become less selfish.” ‘They take over your life and then, one day, they walk off with it’: life before and after children 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z He found another way of depicting women as put-upon victims of selfish, greedy, cruel and no-count men, and reason for empowering them — single motherhood. ‘The Single Moms Club’: Tyler Perry wedded to a tired formula 2014-03-14T16:00:45Z Her popularity has in part grown because of her straightforward talking in her annual televised New Years speeches, where she has spoken about being less “selfish,” integrating foreigners and tackling loneliness. In shadow of pandemic, Danish queen marks 50 years on throne 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Milkman is privileged, selfish and greedy and one day he tries to rob his aunt Pilate’s shack. Laila Lalami's Great American Novel: 'Song of Solomon' by Toni Morrison 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Grumpy, selfish Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits, hell-bent on teaching him the meaning of Christmas. What to watch on Netflix in December 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z For Royal, the misguided belief that he’s protecting his family by “the very selfish act of not wanting to talk about things” is what threatens them. Josh Brolin: Tough rancher in ‘Outer Range,’ softie at home 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Television publicized the American dystopia with crude, cynical, selfish characters modeling the New Nihilism. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z I made a mental note to be less selfish in future and start my day with lunch or perhaps my second favourite meal ever, dinner. Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z “I go out there and want to get a bit of sun and see the trees. But I also want to stay away from people. … Newcomers don’t know their etiquette. It’s so selfish.” What it felt like to lose time — and all the other things coronavirus took away So in fact I think his performance in Beautiful Boy is my favourite on a selfish and personal level because I witnessed and shared in it.” Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet on drugs, disillusionment and playing father and son 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Is it selfish of us to move and pull our kids away from their schools and their grandparents? Perspective | Ask Amy: Fast-food meal isn’t so happy for co-workers 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Rashmi is complex, edgy and selfish – everything you wouldn’t expect of a Pinto character. Freida Pinto: ‘I wouldn’t work with Woody Allen again’ 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Ours is a dynamic generation, generous and selfish at once, driven by the urge to travel, learn and explore new territory. Women and desire: the six ages of sex 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The former security guard from Hawaii said that his motivation was instant notoriety but that he later realized he made a horrible decision for selfish reasons. Lennon's killer denied parole for 7th time in NY 2012-08-23T14:27:08Z Renata pumps a low-pound exercise weight as she poses for the cover of a magazine’s “Women in Power” issue; later, a selfish choice made by her husband, Gordon, proves that she doesn’t warrant the title. “Big Little Lies” Season 2, Reviewed: Meryl, Meryl, Meryl 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z "It's very selfish … to take the baby on tour with Kanye," a source told the tabloid. Kanye West will go on tour, says Yeezus co-producer 2013-06-19T09:40:12Z The skaters' world is a very selfish, facile, one, and indeed one skater is denounced in these terms by his mother. The Smell of Us review: Larry Clark's passionless voyeur flick 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z He may think you’re a selfish jerk, but there’s a value in learning to say no directly. When Facebook Politics Get Extra Personal 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z You have become a lot less selfish too as a parent. Jerry O'Connell talks murder, dog hoarding, Drake & "Real Housewives" 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z You can’t give so much away with the expectation of being acknowledged for it — that’s actually a very subtle selfish act. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z “Self-empathy was code for selfish,” she explains before signing up for a workshop on just that. How Does Empathy Work? A Writer Explores the Science and Its Applications 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z “So the selfish part of me wants to bring this Asian American hero to the next generation,” he adds. Remember Rufio in ‘Hook’? The actor is trying to keep his cult character’s legacy alive. 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z These cookbooks offer recipes for change, a chance to consider quinoa as a regular ingredient, the ability to alter your diet from selfish to one engaged with a wider story about health and happiness. Review: ‘Twelve Recipes’ by Cal Peternell 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Fox News Digital: Let's focus on your latter point for another moment, because in an all-too-often selfish society, this point isn't made very much. Dave Ramsey: We must teach kids the RIGHT way to handle money, right now 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The country’s politics were always a messy business, full of personal grievances, selfish ambition and rabble-rousing invective. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z "Gary has been a uniquely selfish and self-involved actor, even by actor standards," Cox says. Gary Oldman: from Sid to Smiley: the rollercoaster story of a true British great 2012-02-09T18:59:00Z Overwhelmed by "a selfish desire to add colour to my world", she knitted her shop a door handle. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z The book’s “greatest strength is its exaltation of the common person’s voice, bearing expert witness to troubles that selfish power has wrought.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Eight years later, after I had found out he had died, I rang his answerphone repeatedly to tell him how selfish he was for dying and leaving me on my own. Digested read: Your Voice In My Head by Emma Forrest 2011-01-24T21:31:00Z Aaron Paul, whose character, Jesse, started out as a burned-out street dealer, has gone from playing a selfish punk to an overwhelmed sidekick, filled with remorse, scarred by the things he’s done. Television: Shattering All Vestiges of Innocence 2011-07-15T12:00:00Z Fortunately, my first wife shared that conviction, claiming she was too selfish to share her life with offspring. Family life 2013-03-02T07:15:01Z How selfish and loathsome to be consumed by such common defects of the body. Never show them your back 2012-11-24T01:00:00Z “The project was selfish initially,” Mr. Hargraves said one afternoon last February as we skated the trail together. In Winnipeg, a Skating Rink That Doubles as a Sculpture Park 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z And these friendships have been, in many ways, more mysterious than erotic love: more subtle, less selfish, more attuned to kindness. When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z There is an empathy and frustration these two women share as well as their own selfish need for "alone time." Olivia Colman is magnificent in the mysterious "Lost Daughter," which hooks you and doesn't let go 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z There’s this great line in the pilot where Maura is in her group and wonders aloud, “They’re so selfish. How did I raise three people who are incapable of seeing beyond themselves?” Q&A: Transparent Creator Jill Soloway on Transgender Stories and Indie TV 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z A selfish zealot who would happily ruin everyone’s day just to make a meaningless point. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The comic formulation is usually the same — he’s trying to protect these two little angels from the evils of the world, while still being fundamentally selfish and self-indulgent. Last night’s “Louie” reveals the engine behind Louis CK’s hate-parenting 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Cersei ends up committing to a selfish course of action in the end anyway, because what does an army of dead matter when there’s legacy on the line? “Game of Thrones” recap: “The Dragon and the Wolf” is a satisfying end to an uneven season 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z “Tom always says he makes the film for the audience, but I don’t. That may be really selfish. I just don’t go in thinking: ‘How will the audience take this?’ Rebecca Ferguson on Mission: Impossible – ‘Tom says he makes the films for the audience. I don’t’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z It's a selfish, reckless young woman who believes in abortion out of "convenience." Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The selfish gene replicates through lumbering robots called organisms that stop at nothing to survive in order to reproduce. The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review 2013-06-13T11:00:01Z She was an only child and is selfish at times, and self-centered, making many nonmedical dietary demands and acting as she pleases when here. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: The truth behind your daughter-in-law’s aversion to events 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Oh, and, as someone told me, “we were selfish as educated people not to help dilute the uneducated masses.” How IVF made us happily child-free: Whew, our last chance at parenthood was gone! 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z If someone is watching the gore only for the cheap physiological thrill, then he risks simply reducing the suffering of others to objects of his own selfish pleasure. Let’s watch a murder 2012-06-10T01:00:00Z On the other hand, purely selfish people would keep the money for themselves, pocketing the $10 and hoping that the other person was altruistic, therefore giving them a chance to walk away with $30. Is Homo Economicus A Psychopath? 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Internet shocker: Kindness wins Topics: The world is overflowing with petty, selfish losers who happen to have Internet access. Internet shocker: Kindness wins 2012-06-12T20:20:00Z The celebrants add up to a microcosm of humanity: selfish, quarrelsome and noisy. New York Film Festival: Determined Women and Uncertainty in the World 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The Jezebel writer Katie Baker called her "one of the most selfish women" ever to grace the pages of Vogue. Motherlode Blog: An Interview with Dara-Lynn Weiss, Who Put Her 7-Year-Old on a Diet, and Wrote a Book About It. 2013-01-15T14:07:08Z But while many Reddit users accused the mother of being selfish, others were more willing to understand the mother’s actions. Mom tricks daughter, 6, into going to bed early on New Year's Eve to get 'wasted' with friends 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z I’m not sure if I am selfish or if he leads a lifestyle of nonattachment. Ask Amy: Long-lost loves don’t quite connect 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z In the aftermath of a mass shooting, the sole survivor narrating Neil LaBute’s “The Break of Noon” at City Garage resolves to mend his selfish ways, attributing his escape to divine intervention. Redemption is short-lived in Neil LaBute's 'Break of Noon' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “It’s overworked and underappreciated moms who finally allow themselves to be a little bit selfish.” What Would Mrs. Brady Do? ‘Bad Moms’ Takes on Modern Motherhood 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Is nobody upstanding, compassionate, less than wholly, irredeemably selfish? Why ‘ghosting’ haunts modern relationships 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The congregants, fed by Sister Moore’s selfish ambitions and the Boxers’ resentments, tire of Margaret’s rigid prescriptions for faith. Review | See ‘The Amen Corner’ and feel the power of James Baldwin 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z "Don’t be afraid to be selfish with your time by working on yourself, whether that means more self-care, exercise, or time alone," shares Sternlicht. 7 secrets to improve your relationship in the new year 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z What selfish things from Spike’s past are redeemed by her selfless death? Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z Many said they were grateful for the portrayal of addiction as a disease, not a choice made by selfish people. The real life people behind Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell’s film Beautiful Boy 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s selfish, practically, morally, financially and environmentally, to maintain our independence while being together, like driving two cars to a single destination. Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z It would be real selfish of people like myself not to give, not to want to help someone. Mary J. Blige sings for Justice in "Rock of Ages" 2012-06-14T12:07:14Z Am I just being selfish in wanting everything to stay cordial? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A kiss-and-don’t-tell with an ex-boyfriend’s buddy 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z To do so would be a selfish motivation, she added. Why I’ll be spending my golden years with my golden girls 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Add a selfish attitude toward the immense wealth from oil and consider the potential for corruption. 'Crude Awakening': An inside view of Alaska 2011-11-02T21:10:04Z It’s a staggeringly selfish move and a tragic waste — one that our society accepts in its obsession with the Revered Child. Motherlode: More on Women and Medicine 2011-06-15T19:30:16Z As a result, Mireille's body and survival are used as instruments of negotiation between selfish and prideful men. Roxane Gay's 'An Untamed State' gives torture survivor a voice 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z His actions are selfish and vain, his sacrifice pointless. ‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Refusing Hitler, Embracing Beauty 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Fiance thinks it is selfish; I think I am trying to preserve my sanity. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Fiance calls it ‘selfish’ not to welcome his family as wedding houseguests 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z They act so immature, they act so selfish, they act so narcissistic, but you see that coming through in a way that definitely was entertaining. "It was damning": Brian Stelter excavates Fox News' culture, the Big Lie and Tucker Carlson's exit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z I felt like what most people considered self-care was, for me, indulgent and even selfish. Why I came out as being poor 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Not wearing shoes is not going to get me to heaven, unless I see the purpose that, you know, it’s very selfish that I always want to be comfortable, to seek self.” Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z “It is a deep dive into influencer culture,” said Nicdao, whose Lucy is a myopically selfish millennial with pink-tinged hair and a rabid desire to be famous. In Australia, Television ‘Content’ Designed for Your Phone 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “We’re still talking about human nature, which is greedy and selfish,” he said. Are We in the Metaverse Yet? 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Like here’s where government fails, here’s where people can get really selfish, and here’s where we can see these great acts of love. Can ‘The Last of Us’ Unlock a Gaming Gold Mine for TV? 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s nothing selfish about taking steps to stop this. The drug dealer downstairs 2012-10-04T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it more selfish to continue an incompatible partnership than to end it? Modern Love: A Lesson in the Desert 2013-07-18T22:19:50Z Laced through multiple songs are worries about growing older and less adventurous, about being either too selfish or too accommodating, and about the inconstancy of inspiration. Wye Oak Delves Inward and Opens Up on ‘The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Q.In the introduction to this book, you write that sharing is an inherent human trait — but isn’t there evidence that suggests humans are naturally selfish? The technology that brought us Airbnb and Uber can do so much more 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z You have to be very selfish when you're writing a song. A band of contradictions 2012-11-22T07:44:23Z “I wouldn’t describe us as a selfish family.” Motherlode Blog: Does Philanthropic Peer Pressure or Morality Matter More? 2013-12-31T17:19:25Z So we do the boring, grueling, thankless work, because we have yet to run out of selfish d-bags who refuse to do the right thing until they are forced to. From Billboard exec John Amato to Papa John Schnatter: Demanding change from toxic men is exhausting 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z This book – which again is clearly in the tradition of Darwin’s The Descent of Man – says that this question is mis-posed because the evidence is overwhelming that human beings are not entirely selfish. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z My experience watching was so much more about the relationship, what she was dealing with, and the themes of vampiric/selfish art, creation and celebrity. Hating ‘Mother!’: Readers Speak Out 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z But it may seem awfully selfish to the wedding bouquet set: making their big day all about you. 2010-01-07T20:26:00Z But the humor of the line lies in Potter’s assumption that her readers will be in common agreement about some verities of feline nature: that cats are selfish, unpredictable, ill-tempered, unhelpful, and possibly violent. The Bittersweet Announcement of a New Beatrix Potter Book 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Older Sib thinks I am selfish and Baby Sib doesn’t care. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When the ‘plus one’ on a family vacation isn’t wanted 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z In these pages, however, the editors paint Millar as a shrewish, selfish harridan, even though Macdonald and Welty always speak of her with respect and affection. ‘Meanwhile There Are Letters’ review: The rich friendship of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s selfish to carry on along parallel tracks, denying the children a second parent and creating two single-parent families. Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Solnit cautions against selfish wandering—frantically trying to lose yourself via any available means is not the same as being lost, she argues. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z McDuffie admits that there were somewhat selfish motivations for wanting to team up with Mills. Mike Mills’ classical rock: Life after R.E.M. includes a new violin concerto bringing orchestra crowds to their feet 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Sally never wonders why she even wants to have babies with a selfish lout. "Dark Stranger" a serviceable Woody Allen comedy 2010-05-17T04:43:00Z My usually very laid-back family is starting to express frustration that she doesn’t seem to want to spend holidays there; they’re a little hurt, concerned on my behalf and think she is being “selfish.” Carolyn Hax: Marriage means being there for both spouses’ families during holidays Rae’s Issa can be selfish, unwise and aggravating at times, but the actress and creator always makes her the kind of person viewers don’t merely relate to but want to have in their lives. What to binge watch over Labor Day to get ready for the Emmys 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The most romantic movies of my childhood revealed themselves to be shams, years later, when I realized the male leads were selfish jerks who didn’t deserve the girl. Is it better to leave our favorite childhood shows and movies in the past? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It was a selfish endeavor for the most part and it became something bigger. Issa Rae of Awkward Black Girl on the Future of the Web Series 2012-07-10T15:00:54Z We won’t be able to judge how Hannah handles the death of her grandmother in the coming episodes without thinking back to the selfish and disturbing way she dealt with David’s death. Girls Recap: Hannah and Adam Are(n’t) Getting Married 2014-03-03T06:19:04Z I don’t mean to sound selfish here, but if I thought about what the audience wants and expects from seeing me perform, I’d be very nervous to go out on stage in our show. Theater: ?On a Clear Day? Now Centers on the Psychiatrist 2011-11-27T05:27:19Z They are truly generative, an apt term for a novel that queries a selfish inventor, his damaged creature and science’s threat to arrogate creation to itself. The Mother of Frankenstein 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database say a million-dollar lawsuit filed by an actress who wants to conceal her advanced age is selfish and frivolous. Amazon: Actress lawsuit over age revelation bogus 2011-11-14T18:23:05Z If anyone wanted an excuse to tar all young people as irresponsible and selfish, they would need to look no further than the University of Tampa. 'If I get corona, I get corona': the Americans who wish they'd taken Covid-19 seriously 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Is it selfish to spend our $1,200 stimulus checks on fixing up the house, or should we donate the money to people in need? Overheard on Zoom: Co-Workers Talking About My ‘Weird’ Habits 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z I feel her vaccine fear is unreasonable and selfish and my husband’s refusal to address it with her was wrong. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Groom wants to take her last name. How to tell his traditional parents? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z A cruel, selfish, amazingly dressed, ludicrously attractive new era, but still. Six to watch: teen drama 2011-01-27T12:53:00Z “Kids get such a bad rap for being selfish and spoiled these days,” Mrs. Deyo said. Volunteer Trips: Is Your Family Ready? 2012-08-10T18:45:32Z Demanding our fellow library patrons speak in a whisper: selfish jerk! Dear David’s Wife, Can You Diagnose My Husband, Too? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The Veronica Mars star plays Eleanor, a selfish woman mistakenly sent to heaven, and Ted Danson plays Michael, her guardian angel trying to keep her on the straight and narrow. Best TV of the week: fall series premieres are finally upon us 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But the short answer is, I wrote it for myself, because I'm selfish. Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z He’s going away too, taking his selfish girlfriend to Monaco. Review: In ‘Going Away,’ Everyone Is Leaving 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z His behavior is often very selfish, with little thought of how it impacts others. A parent of three needs advice on how to handle oldest child’s ‘selfish’ behavior 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Made mainly using hand-drawn animation, the film tells the story of a selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker who form an unlikely friendship. Netflix says 'Klaus' is a hit with nearly 30 million views worldwide 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z If I want to finish an entire pork chop by myself, does that make me selfish, or loyal? Thanks for Not Sharing! My Fine Dining Isn’t Your Fork Orgy 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z They taught me to think about those people; not to be selfish or self-obsessed and to be kind to others. Steve Coogan: my family values 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z "But an openness that allows people the space to be screw-ups, to be selfish, and annoying, and paradoxical at every turn." 30 years on, the magical realism of "Northern Exposure" is a gentle balm for our cabin fever 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Is following the heart there an admirable act, or a selfish one? Perspective | Meghan and Harry made a fairy-tale escape. They still seem trapped. 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Yes, it is selfish to feel that way but it is true. Bourdain collaborator Joel Rose: “Anthony was just as your mom saw him on TV” 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z She is damaged, difficult and selfish, but wishes no one harm. Pick of the week: The amazing Paprika Steen in "Applause" 2011-01-20T23:50:00Z “I think they were gently trying to tell me I was selfish.” Michelle Wolf’s Next Gig Is Hard Work: Making Washington Laugh 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Her visit to a smug, shallow man about to be knighted will radically change his selfish, well-ordered world. Review: 2 J.M. Barrie comedies smart, breezy 2013-05-07T21:01:15Z “If it would help save another from my fate,” Ms. Jacobs wrote to Ms. Post, “it would be selfish and un-Christian of me to keep it back.” Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z He’s an orphan and an only child, with incredible financial resources to do whatever he wants, and that has got to make him quite selfish. From a talking horse to the Dark Knight: Will Arnett ranks his own roles 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z This is a chance for me to be selfish in a way. Brian d'Arcy James rocks out in new nightclub act 2012-06-22T15:30:17Z And I was being selfish, but at the time, I was hurt, sad and confused. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He was hesitant about marriage — until she moved out 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Many of the commenters wrote that he's being selfish or unreasonable. Neil Young bashes streaming services on Facebook, pulls music 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z She’s often selfish, changing plans at the last minute to minimise your daddy’s time with you. A letter to… my stepson, whom I love despite all the challenges 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Keenan-Bolger offers steady support as Jenny, who finds it hard to readjust her reactions to a mother transformed from selfish and self-sufficient to emotionally and physically dependent. | 'A Small Fire': A Sense of Touch, a Sense of Life 2011-01-07T03:30:20Z It meant training himself to look beyond his own selfish concerns. If These Guys Were Able to Fix Their Lives, You Can, Too 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “I have a very selfish agenda: my shows,” Mr. Wolf said over breakfast at the Four Seasons in New York. Television: ‘Chicago Fire’ and the Changing Dick Wolf 2012-10-07T04:49:02Z “The white American underclass is in thrall to a vicious, selfish culture whose main products are misery and used heroin needles,” Kevin D. Williamson, National Review’s “roving correspondent,” recently wrote. What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Avenatti describes himself on Twitter as “fighter for good,” but the accusations describe “a corrupt lawyer who instead fights for his own selfish interests.” Avenatti tripped up by Nike extortion claims, other charges 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The post concluded, “You are the worst kind of guest, and that is ‘selfish.’ Michelin starred chef goes viral after passionately complaining about 'the worst kind of guest' 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. Rufus Sewell: 'Hollywood is my domestic idyll' 2013-01-12T15:00:01Z So what exactly is a nice, selfish Randian looking for in a relationship? The Atlasphere: Online Dating for Ayn Rand's Biggest Fans 2011-04-15T09:20:00Z Start a band with your spouse and you're inclined to do something selfish, like raise children. Can music and marriage mix well? 2010-05-05T14:48:00Z Will modern audiences enjoy the nasty joy of Brent and Kendall chasing their selfish, sloppy kids? Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z “It’s both a noble pursuit and it has potentially really damaging and selfish aspects to it as well,” he said. In ‘The First,’ on Hulu, the Future Is Not That Dark 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z To: Movie night: Is he this selfish and intolerant in other aspects of your relationship? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: They ‘take turns’ choosing movies but it’s always the boyfriend’s turn 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z I'm too selfish, too preoccupied by my work. The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers 2013-05-03T22:00:00Z Men are selfish and debased lunatics, no matter where they are. ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Anything Is Possible 2011-02-22T20:10:46Z Our rampant materialism, boiling planet, corporate overlords, corrupt politics, soulless entertainments, egomaniacal artists, selfish selves: it’s all here, in Tillman’s pitiless exploration of human nature, and of himself. Weekly Culture Review: Pulitzers, Kendrick Lamar, and More 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The question of whether Danijel saves Ajla because he is fundamentally good or because circumstances have made him essentially selfish colors everything that comes after. | 'In the Land of Blood and Honey': Angelina Jolie?s ?In the Land of Blood and Honey? - Review 2011-12-22T23:54:23Z Lisa is unethical, yes, selfish and absolutely delusional, but also readable – you’re right there with her, understanding without condoning, as she crosses over the line. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Kindergarten Teacher 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Off to research what “selfish to themselves” means. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it a problem that we never have anything to say to each other? 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z I hate to sound selfish, but I’m a mother, too! A mother who has to spend Mother’s Day at the mother-in-law’s 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z But the drugs turned him into a miserable, selfish person. 76 minutes with … John Lydon 2012-05-31T20:30:00Z They’re also extremely dysfunctional and comically selfish, casually using their faith as justification for misdeeds. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ and ‘Wall-E’ 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “You can be vengeful and angry and selfish and do all that stuff,” Carol says. ‘We're very close. We couldn't not be’: the secret to a friendly divorce 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z But now we need to take that slightly selfish, sometimes bored and occasionally uncaring woman and just call her a mother. The tyranny of the “bad mother”: Slacker moms are just as intimidating as perfect ones 2014-02-17T23:00:00Z As those left standing rush to blame one another, in different possible scenarios, they mirror our own increasingly selfish desire to think our perception as being the correct one. ‘Clue’ Review: A Whodunit That Looks a Lot Like a Board Game 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z They are creatures of our own raw civilization and selfish society.” Theater Review: ‘The Henrietta,’ a Comedy Set in 1887, Resonates Today 2013-06-18T17:56:55Z He has tantrums some of the time, is selfish most of the time, and fights with his older brother all of the time. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z Nobody is rich or greedy, though some people are perhaps more selfish than others. ‘Two Days, One Night,’ From Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Edgar is surrounded by people who “are incredibly selfish and narcissistic,” Falk said. ‘You’re the Worst’ mines comedy from an unlikely source — PTSD 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z They want the best of everything, which is very selfish. "It is always the other who is guilty, never us": Movie "R.M.N." examines what drives xenophobia 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z So it’s selfish, but I’ve heard music that was created selfishly, and it created a big impact on me. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z Which means he thinks of this as a selfish act. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband says if she cuts her hair short, it will ‘blow up’ their relationship 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Or, in the case of Hampstead, an unpardonably selfish old man who lives in a park. Smoking! Belts! Awkward sex! Diane Keaton film cliches 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The two roles seem somewhat at odds, the one selfish and solitary, the other selfless and social. Is it cooler to be a “stay-at-home dad” than a “stay-at-home mom”? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z And I’m selfish — I want to live here, and I want this creative community to grow.” With demolition tools in hand, a Seattle artist aims to unlock the city’s cultural potential 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Then it’s a case of, is humanity worth it or do you just be selfish and have a nice time in a cabin? What Would the Cast of ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Do? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z More than that her actions are a selfish way to lessen her own guilt in choosing Jamie over Frank. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 12: Deal With the Devil 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z The value of their project, though, rooted in civil rights, dwarfs the selfish refusal to wear masks on principle. Shoppers Should Wear Masks. Shouldn’t Protesters, Too? 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z So, even as she imparts lessons about using forks and the importance of looking the waiter in the eye, she does so by framing the lessons in a constructively selfish way for the children. Eat, Drink, Be Nice: Teaching Children Manners 2012-12-27T17:30:04Z And then there is that selfish fear — that I and my life would be inherently, perhaps irreparably, changed by the experience of motherhood. "Queer Eye" for the purity culture survivor: On the Fab Five's healthy approach to being selfish 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z My motive was selfish: I wanted to keep talking to her. Peston transcribed wife's final book 2013-04-30T09:31:12Z I made you what you are, you selfish ingrate. Meghan Markle's estranged Christmas: Her father's public pity party is familiar to many 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Nic spoke of the enduring prejudices faced by addicts, who are often seen as selfish hedonists. Fathers and Sons, Reliving on Film the Pain of Addiction 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z I’m ashamed of my reaction to the burglary, but it wasn’t the worst instance of my selfish behaviour. 'I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it': confessions of an alcoholic 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z There were other actors involved and I was being selfish.” Breakfast with the stars of 'Franklin & Bash' 2011-05-26T14:45:43Z “And I’m worried that actually this may sound selfish, but what are they bringing back to us?” What happens when college kids leave the nest — and the coronavirus sends them back 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Manipulating the young women around her like a psychological puppetmaster, Mrs Klein particularly relishes tormenting her daughter Melitta, a successful analyst who nevertheless becomes petulant, prim and powerless beside her mother's selfish potency. Wild mothers and mild daughters in theatre | Molly Flatt 2010-03-30T14:43:00Z Because ultimately, if he felt threatened, he would make the selfish choice. Sarah Goldberg on the ‘Barry’ Finale and Bad Decisions 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Set against broader historical events in India — including the 2002 religious riots and the 2004 tsunami — the film unfurls as an audacious critique of opportunistic politicians who stoke internecine enmities for selfish ends. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z But unfortunate circumstances—the death of a partner or imprisonment—revealed their true, selfish and much more interesting characters. UnREAL and the Evolution of the Female Anti-Hero 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Charlotte, as selfish and mean as her mother, is given to ridicule, but she has reason to be nasty because she's treated like a sight gag by the production for her corpulent size. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This year, the flashbacks cut deeper, exposing a few of the women as crazy or selfish, as varied as human beings everywhere. Emily Nussbaum: “Orange Is the New Black” and “Louie” Reviews 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The standard fallback position that reciprocal altruism is just another trick by which the selfish gene ensures its own replication makes one wonder just what observation could threaten Raine's thesis. The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – review 2013-06-13T11:00:01Z "You will understand my work best when you are at your most selfish," he once said. Overlooked classics of American literature: The Feud by Thomas Berger 2011-08-04T08:00:02Z I’m sorry, but planning your wedding on Memorial Day weekend and then expecting the whole thing to be about you is pretty selfish. Ask Amy: She needs to stand ground with peripatetic beau 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Bello softens the detective with warmth and sex appeal; Ms. Danes is better at preserving her character’s selfish and self-destructive side. Television Review: ?Homeland,? Starring Claire Danes, on Showtime ? Review 2011-09-29T16:32:19Z In a description of its decision, the parole board noted that Chapman has since described the murder as "selfish and evil." Parole denied for the 9th time for John Lennon's killer 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z There will be no more bruised eyes or selfish demands inflicted by a redneck, wife-smacking husband. 'Exit, Pursued by a Bear': a revenge comedy 2012-04-26T20:12:10Z Before the war, Zelenskyy had plenty on his plate, but asking him to squeeze in an Oscars appearance now among other matters of life and death is rather, well, selfish. One cannot simply book Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Oscars, Amy Schumer 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z And even Girls’ notoriously abrasive Marnie Michaels could blame her relationship with her selfish mum and her parents’ traumatic divorce for her spiral of bad decisions. Is Madison from Orange Is The New Black the most annoying character on TV? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Covering one’s face is not a selfish act; it’s a selfless one. Perspective | Wearing a face mask is humbling and generous. That’s not how Trump defines leadership. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Once Miller’s there, the pre-emptory, selfish Hardy dragoons her into helping him with his old case, and once again Ms. Colman steals the show. ‘Broadchurch,’ a Mystery Series, Returns to BBC America 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z I’d rather keep it all to myself, to enjoy over several years in my selfish solitude. At just $11, this fruity South African white wine is a true ‘patio pounder’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Sometimes I tell myself, ‘Your job is selfish, because it’s all about you.’ Lucy Dacus Prefers Weepy Stories, Poet Dogs and Food With Attitude 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z I try not to be selfish but the moment I move away from our stuff, the party slows down. Nigerian hip-hop, long a copy, grows into its own 2011-05-04T10:39:08Z This brought out the ire in fans, but he has his own reasons for doing so, not entirely selfish ones: Cameron has experience loving someone with addiction issues. Justice for Cameron, the good doctor who recognizes trouble, on "Virgin River" 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Shameful to admit: in my naïve and selfish twelve-year-old eyes, this could sometimes feel like a positive development. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z This season has really been about Liza not being as selfish about what she wants in terms of romance, but thinking about what’s best for these men in her life. ‘Younger’ Yanks the Rug Out From Under Viewers — and Star 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Yes, I would say that so far, this choice seems selfish on your parts. Perspective | Ask Amy: Fast-food meal isn’t so happy for co-workers 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z My mother is dead now, and I sometimes look back on my selfish twenty-something years and regret that I didn’t let her into my life then, or bother to ask her about hers. Six adults under one roof isn’t quite the Waltons – but it’s close 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Even though addiction causes people to be extremely selfish, many addicts acknowledge that they’re harder on themselves than on anyone else. My paralyzing perfectionism 2014-05-12T00:00:00Z Part of the appeal of going to therapy is that patients are allowed to be selfish in the relationship. Ghosting on Freud: why breaking up with a therapist is so tricky 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z His songwriting, it's a lot more honest, and I think he's a lot less selfish as a human being. Josh Kelley gets personal on debut country album 2011-03-29T12:01:05Z In both of them displays of compassion and generosity mask selfish agendas, and solicitude turns into collusion. Movie Review: Elizabeth Olsen in ?Martha Marcy May Marlene? - Review 2011-10-20T22:19:32Z You know how kids can be, especially at the holidays — a little selfish. I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z Minna is a terrifically complex heroine: a little snobby, a little selfish and wholly sympathetic. New Books: ?Irma Voth,? ?Boxer, Beetle,? ?Cabin,? ?Headhunters? 2011-09-14T22:31:31Z He allows us to feel for Braddock, despite his selfish, privileged existence. Was Stephen King right to hate Stanley Kubrick's Shining? 2013-04-06T07:03:01Z Edward Tulane is a rabbit doll made of china — precious, vain, selfish — who passes through hardships and the hands of several owners. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z “It was my selfish decade. Even still, I didn’t make the deadline I had set for myself of becoming a network correspondent by 30.” 23 Celebrities Discuss How They Made It Through Their 20s 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z It’s a selfish time of pleasure and indulgence. Is my vibrator ruining my relationship? 2012-12-29T23:00:00Z From a selfish perspective as well, there’s a need to vaccinate the world. CNN’s Leana Wen: ‘Public health is now under attack in a way that it has not been before’ 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Rather than modelling him on a specific boy, I used aspects of myself: the aggressive, selfish, get-out-of-my-way instincts you see surfacing in adults. How we made: Horrid Henry 2013-06-17T18:00:00Z His motivations, as ever, are selfish - Lisa needs braces, and he can only afford a set that "predate stainless steel, so you can't get them wet". 2010-01-14T11:04:00Z Yet his silent judgment of me pales in comparison to the punishment I administered to myself for being a selfish, weak person who hurt another. ‘Tell Your Husband to Leave Me Alone’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Sam, however, operates from a more selfish position. "Dickinson" presents an Emily ablaze, incinerating false male allies 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z It's okay to be selfish every now and then. Kellie Pickler's new album is strong stuff 2012-01-25T18:10:26Z You and your lover sound pretty selfish and really emotionally immature. Should I end my affair with a married woman who has a young child? 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z I wish you had pointed out how selfish some of these destination weddings seem. Perspective | Ask Amy: Parents reject new in-laws on moral grounds 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z It does make me a feel a little bit selfish. Nick Moran 2013-02-08T13:30:01Z Somebody interrupted my act," he remembers, "and said some things that hurt me, and I lashed out in anger … It was a selfish response. Michael Richards revisits his racist rant … and the bonuses of being Brucie 2012-10-02T15:01:48Z Though it doesn’t seem like much fun — they’re considerate and selfish in equal measure, they do things for one another without mentioning it and then stab one another in the back — it’s theirs. A Rich, Engrossing Family Saga, Spiked With Sisterly Malice 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z I know it’s supposed to be romantic, but isn’t it a little bit selfish for Noah to try to make Allie remember everything when he knows she’ll forget in a few minutes? 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Maura knows her children are selfish, but she nevertheless wants them to understand that their father is not who they thought. ‘Transparent,’ With Jeffrey Tambor, Begins on Amazon 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z “People are perceived as selfish when they advocate for someone who looks like them, unless they’re a white man,” David Hekman, an author of the study, told the Wall Street Journal. Why It's Hard for Women to Promote Other Women 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z And isn't everyone who follows Rand supposed to be selfish? The Atlasphere: Online Dating for Ayn Rand's Biggest Fans 2011-04-15T09:20:00Z If you want the real Baker, in all his toothless, selfish, wizened majesty, you’ll find him in Bruce Weber’s extraordinary 1988 documentary Let’s Get Lost. Review: 3 Not-Really-Biopics Reimagine the Lives of Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Hank Williams 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z “But that’s out of a selfish feeling,” Mr. Hall said, “and I know that artists need to go and discover and find themselves.” A Ballet Hamlet Becomes a God (Apollo, That Is) 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z I realize this is a totally superficial and selfish goal, but I literally can’t stop thinking about it. Raskolnikov seeks mentor 2013-04-03T00:00:00Z Leaving aside the possibility that I am either tone-deaf or a selfish jerk, let’s take a look at how we got here in the first place. Thanks for Not Sharing! My Fine Dining Isn’t Your Fork Orgy 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Government supporters scoff at the middle-class exodus as a selfish and anti-patriotic turning of backs by those resentful the government is redistributing wealth. Economic crisis, political strife drive Venezuela brain-drain 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z With “mother!,” released in U.S. theaters on Friday, Aronofsky channels his fury with the state of the world into an allegorical story that reflects mankind’s selfish relationship with nature, gender, politics and religion. Darren Aronofsky on 'mother!' : 'We want to shake audiences' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z She couldn’t say it was a buzz kill because saying such a nakedly honest thing might make her sound selfish and uncaring. I said the wrong thing 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Every one of these Americans, except the 4-year-old, is ugly and selfish, utterly lacking in empathy. Review: In ‘The International,’ Those Who Treat a Massacre as Entertainment 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Taking a selfish view, though, I wasn’t particularly unhappy to be the only customer. Sushi and Kaiseki in an Exceptional One-Man Show 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z The protagonist, Henry, was a grumpy, selfish narcissist, entirely disillusioned with his own life. No more Mr Nice Gay: how TV representation changed from Will & Grace to Empire 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Dahl explained that by "selfish" she was referring to mood, and what she meant was "indulgence", which made you wonder why that wasn't the name of the theme. Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z I love writing, too, and I’m sorry to admit that I was using it to selfish ends. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z Adapted from a boastful, semi-apologetic memoir by the renegade stock trader Jordan Belfort, the film oscillates between disgust at its selfish, obnoxious, amoral protagonist and giddy fascination with his exuberant, unabashed greed. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z At first styled as resourceful during a time of poverty, Angel is later drawn to be selfish and cutthroat at the expense of those around her. Review: Name-Dropping Harlem in ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The evening becomes a roundelay of insults and accusations in which Vincent is denounced as selfish and Pierre as stingy. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z But we admit that we had a selfish reason. In France, Our Dog Has His Day 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Because now there is a personal selfish goal to be achieved in following this faith. Tom Frank interviews Barbara Ehrenreich: “You’re the anti-Ayn Rand” 2014-04-06T11:00:00Z I have been a scoundrel all my life, I’ve been selfish. Joaquin Phoenix's Oscars speech in full: 'We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and steal her baby' 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z And yet … I am not sure if staying apart from my siblings this year is selfish, tinged with self-pity and something I'll regret. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It’s okay to have a blue Christmas 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z “We don’t even co-commission. We are very selfish. We like to do everything ourselves.” Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Flawed, abrasive and selfish characters are responsible for some of the best TV in the past several years — “Girls,” for instance, or “You’re the Worst.” Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The tone is set: These are glib, selfish people and little that follows suggests they should be parents, or have any real interest in being them. Review: Half-baked 'Babymakers' comes up negative 2012-08-01T13:38:09Z Not just when there’s no alternative but as an actual choice, based on a selfish desire to hear the cadence of a friend’s speech and entertain the possibility of a conversation about something unanticipated. My family is great, but I feel as though I have no real friends | Dear Mariella 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z I feel selfish since he is, in fact, working more hours than me. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her partner uses a new job as an excuse to dump all the chores on her 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In the cadences that describe his departure we hear not only Ferdinand's breezy swagger, we hear the vigour of selfish life itself. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z “But we were neither selfish enough nor selfless enough to become heroines. And even though she and I are no longer speaking, it makes me happy to think and write of that we.” In This Novel of Female Friendship, Birds of a Feather Drift Apart 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z You don’t seem measurably less selfish than your sister, so I fear you will not persuade her. My Name Is Karen. What Can I Do About the Meme? 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Elegio is unable to be empathic, and he is so selfish and possessive. “Men and women see that relationships are not working out the way they used to”: Verónica Echegui stars in “You’re Killing Me Susana” 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z In a family of selfish and useless grownups, the children emerge as the most sane and empathic. 'I'm not a quirky 17-year old any more': what Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat did next 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Each time I respond to someone in this way, I'm given the stink eye and basically labeled selfish for imagining a wedding that does not include my friends and family. Perspective | Ask Amy: High school student dreads start of school year 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The moments you lost your temper, the selfish days of writing, the unkind words you knew were foul even as they left your mouth. All my parenting mistakes 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z Lest he seem too New Age-y, he added a dollop of Ayn Rand to his philosophical brew in a 2013 GQ profile: “I’m a fan of the word ‘selfish,’” he said. The Tao of Matthew McConaughey 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z When you’re 23 or 24 you think you’re immortal – and that can make you very selfish I never had big ambitions for my career – things just sort of happened. Elvis Costello: ‘Believing you’re being watched is no longer fantasy’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z One woman went so far as to say that I was selfish not to even try to turn the baby. Motherlode Blog: Parenting Reading for Back to School 2011-09-06T18:00:47Z Danny McCarthy is perfect as Mitch, bashful and a little uncouth but with a sensitive and sympathetic heart, destined to be exploited by Stanley for his own selfish ends. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z Just being a crazy person, drinking and hurting people and wanting to do things my way, and being selfish. Dylan LeBlanc: 'Songs are like headstones to me' 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z And I've found myself thinking that Bill's political gamble wasn't idealistic but horribly selfish. "Big Love's" riveting final stretch 2011-03-07T17:15:00Z She told Oprah Winfrey that she and her husband had weathered some “selfish” behavior but opted to recommit to their relationship. Bill Cosby’s legacy, recast: Accusers speak in detail about sexual-assault allegations “Tightrope”’s greatest strength is its exaltation of the common person’s voice, bearing expert witness to troubles that selfish power has wrought. Chronicling a Community, and a Country, in Economic Crisis 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The 20s are a rare opportunity to be as selfish as an 8-year-old, but with a heftier allowance and your own rules. Motherlode Blog: Growing Up Before Motherhood ? or Because of It? 2012-02-22T21:06:48Z Indeed, Ms. James gave readers protagonists who were less than sympathetic — “frequently meanspirited, selfish, or simply victims of profound emotional exhaustion,” critic Martha Duffy wrote in Time magazine. P.D. James, who brought a gritty realism to the British detective novel, dies at 94 The show’s camera hogs, Robin and Christine, are a mother and daughter from Dallas, whose constant bickering dangerously verges on permanent contempt, attributable to Robin’s selfish pursuit of husbands and Christine’s resentment. Review | ‘Lost Resort’ is a reality show where people with issues find out they have bigger issues 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z I believe Seroxat has played a part: it affected my moods, it made my anxiety worse and, by necessity, I’ve had to be selfish, really. ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z But Andy's selfish insistence on having everything on his own terms is wearying. 'Dog and Pony's' grating personalities spoil the musical fun 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z I probably would, because I would be 20 years old and I would be selfish.” Music: Jimmy Webb Sings on ?Just Across the River? 2010-07-18T02:31:00Z Now that's because our culture has adapted itself to accept consumerism, to accept the profit motive, to accept the personal selfish attitude as "non-political" ... Noises off: Playing politics can still be seriously dramatic 2010-09-08T15:22:00Z This preening young aristocrat is so blatantly shallow, selfish and manipulative that he doesn’t seem to warrant a tumble much less a mortal sacrifice. Review: Rupert Everett Brings Oscar Wilde to the Stage in ‘The Judas Kiss’ 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Separated from their father, compelled by her effortful ascent into the literary world, she inhabits the rackety motherhood of the compartmentalized woman, by turns abandoning, remorseful, selfish, valiant and plagued with guilt. ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ by Elena Ferrante 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Newly-released stills suggest the films will stick closely to the look of Frank Miller's 1986 comic, which introduced a moodier, damaged, morally dubious and often downright selfish Batman. The Dark Knight Rises trailers show Batman has had an oestrogen injection 2012-05-25T15:02:27Z Was I selfish for wanting to say no when they called me to ask for money? How I learned to make peace with supporting my parents financially 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Both have the propensity to be incredibly selfish. Nobody has to “man up” here: Feminist shows “Jessica Jones” and “Transparent” are also a win for men 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z My movie is about me as a human being, selfish or heroic. The Carpetbagger: Hany Abu-Assad on ‘Omar’ and Strange Coincidences 2013-12-11T16:35:21Z But if we don’t change gear in time when someone is waiting for us, we are in danger of being judged as selfish. Beat the clock: the surprising psychology behind being perpetually late 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z "He asserted that people are basically selfish, and I think the opposite – we are basically in it for each other." Oh Minnows (No 1,071) 2011-07-27T15:45:44Z For young women, this is a narrow path forward: become less selfish and wayward only by embracing antiquated notions of femininity and propriety. Miley Cyrus’s Creepy Return to Wholesomeness 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Kelly Kapoor, meanwhile, evolved into a breakout character: selfish, manipulative, and superficial to the point of absurdity. Mindy Kaling: 'My biggest challenge is being frequently underestimated' 2013-03-22T14:00:00Z "Part of the investment for all music lovers is selfish, because it takes us to places we want to be and we want to remember," he says in the pub, more thoughtfully. Led Zeppelin: 'There was a swagger – we knew we were good' 2012-10-11T16:35:00Z So do the characters, who are forever defined by the same negative traits: high-strung and selfish Helen, childlike and narcissistic Noah, touchy and paranoid Cole, depressed and unstable Alison. Review: ‘The Affair’ Is Back, and Things Are About to Get Crazy. Again. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z At my church, parents of married children laughingly referred to the first year of marriage as God’s way to sandpaper out the couple’s selfish imperfections. "Queer Eye" for the purity culture survivor: On the Fab Five's healthy approach to being selfish 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z “This work is really very selfish,” Ms. Le said of her recent images in a conversation at the museum before the virus crisis. Troubled Turf: The Photographs of An-My Le 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z A life of selfish self-obsession has made it almost impossible for them to get the hint on their own. Imagining a World After Anna 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z “Pressures” because even though I tell them that no, I’m not willing to bleach my hair again, or any more, they start telling me how selfish and coldhearted I am. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Breaking free from a partner’s coercion 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z If TV consistently portrays people as selfish and uncouth, it basically sends the message that such behavior is acceptable and lucrative. Bad behavior on reality TV is tested path to fame 2013-06-04T18:38:08Z How are you “selfish” after 2½ years of primary breadwinning and housekeeping? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her partner uses a new job as an excuse to dump all the chores on her 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Chicago: Perfect, you mean, aside from the princess fantasies, selfish motives and unrealistic expectations? Carolyn Hax: Different faiths, different expectations. Should they marry? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z He challenges the pervasive economic view that people are inherently selfish creatures, and shows that actually we are naturally cooperative. Is it impossible to trust one another in the information age? 2013-01-21T12:45:00Z A Twitter poll by a runner’s magazine asking if readers thought Power’s actions were “gross, a little selfish” or “it’s her business” was taken down after readers complained. I’m glad I started a debate, says athlete who breastfed on ultra-marathon 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z I put my foot down and said absolutely not, she is not welcome in my home, but he yelled at me and said that I'm selfish. Perspective | Ask Amy: Stepchild would like for dad to leave stepmom at home 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z “Nan told me that I was being selfish because she needed the venue more than I did. I tried to defend myself and my mother said, ‘You waited 3 years. Bride-to-be's sister allegedly tries to hijack her wedding date and venue after getting pregnant: 'It’s no big deal, right?' 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Blue lies are a different category altogether, simultaneously selfish and beneficial to others — but only to those who belong to your group. The science of “blue lies”: There’s a reason Trump supporters embrace his alternative facts 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z She decides that enough is enough and succumbs to her selfish desires for adventure, freedom and above all, relief. 'The Girls From Corona del Mar' explores friendship's evolution 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z With “mother!,” released in U.S. theaters on Friday, Aronofsky channels his fury with the state of the world into an allegorical story that reflects mankind’s selfish relationship with nature, gender, politics and religion. Darren Aronofsky on 'mother!' : 'We want to shake audiences' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z It's also one of Lenny Henry's, who gives his best stage performance to date as a seductive, selfish, warm, unfaithful, wounded and unkind man, a garbage collector who wanted to be a baseball player. Fences; Trelawny of the Wells; Richard III – review 2013-03-03T00:05:30Z It's just that, in reality, pets are noisy, selfish, practically incontinent, morally depraved and just really stupid. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z A drug addict, an alcoholic, a criminal: They're very, very selfish people. Machete Star Danny Trejo 2010-09-02T16:25:00Z Unfortunately, her desire made her mother and sister angry and they allegedly told her she was being “selfish” and was “depriving the family of a nice tradition.” Woman plans to keep her prospective wedding dress, angers family with her 'selfish' decision 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z They also use children for selfish, shallow purposes: to make themselves look younger and live forever. “Hocus Pocus” knew what really scared us: reckless parents 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Where medieval art was communal, Renaissance art was selfish – the plaything of plutocrats. Did the aesthetic rebels get Ruskin wrong? 2011-03-29T16:14:06Z So, it’s starting from a very personal—I wouldn’t even say selfish, but private space, and allowing your private life to become a public conversation and discourse. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Their true heroic or selfish characters are revealed during the ensuing violence, and therefore it's either a tragedy or a schadenfreude-tinged celebration when one by one, each falls to the zombies. Despair all ye who board the joyless "Train to Busan" sequel, where even the zombies feel generic 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z She is physically capable, but she is lazy and selfish. My selfish mother-in-law treats our home like a hotel 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z This is selfish, but after cooking an entire meal and eating a plate of short ribs, the last thing I want is cake, no matter how flourless or chocolaty. Alison Roman’s Seder Table 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z People go wild for the excuse to be selfish in the name of self-care. These Are Not Your G-Rated Fairy Tales 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Should she return to her selfish, shallow life in Hollywood or build a new shallow, selfish life in Monte Carlo? Grace of Monaco review: Cannes opens with a royal biopic worse than Diana 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The layers of selfish deceit and lies unravel coolly and bleakly, drawn with a deadly precision that this production relishes. A week in radio: Harold Pinter's Betrayal 2012-07-19T20:30:02Z They're more an accumulation of minor incidents, chance encounters, embarrassing mishaps and petty humiliations, as experienced by selfish characters so absorbed with their own lives and needs they never see the bigger picture. Seen it before? 2010-06-14T14:31:00Z Elaine Benes might just be TV’s most revolutionary feminist heroes, primarily because she was just as selfish as her male counterparts. 21 TV Shows That Revolutionized Female Sexuality 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Here are 20 short quotes from Johnson’s assemblage, each of which is crushingly at odds with the standard stereotype of the angry, selfish godless scrooge. 20 amazing quotes from atheists that prove religion isn’t necessary for a meaningful life 2014-02-11T16:36:00Z "Erasmus," Juncker said, "is a good response to the stupidity of selfish nationalisms and of turning inwards." 'A million Euro-babies': EU fetes 30 years of student exchanges 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z “Some called me selfish, too, but now that I am unburdened, I believe I am a better father,” he told me. Is this any of our business? A rabbi tells the world he’s gay — and criticism follows. Writing, for Björk, is largely solitary: “selfish moments” when she gets a chance to reflect. For Björk, a New Album, ‘Vulnicura,’ and a MoMA Show 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Her first big break was in 2004 as the beautiful but selfish Shannon Rutherford on the award-winning ABC series "Lost." 'Shakespeare nerd' Maggie Grace has been 'Taken' by the action genre 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z But she’s too stubborn or selfish or embarrassed, so now the choice is yours. I’m Still Salty About My Sister’s Elopement 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Other days I think it’s a sexist, outdated ritual that’s way too expensive for everyone involved and frankly feels rather selfish. I used to love the bride 2013-04-09T23:50:00Z Suffering at any level doesn’t need legitimizing, and survival is not, in itself, selfish. Review: Eve Ensler Goes Deep ‘In the Body of the World’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z He describes Oliver as "mean and distant and selfish". Submarine plumbs the depths of self-satisfaction 2011-03-21T10:31:19Z But more precisely, I was selfish because I aspired to a life outside her world. Modern Love: Ready to Take a Faithful Leap 2011-07-14T20:19:03Z "It is the most shameful, inane thing I have seen in all the years I have been doing the fringe … How dare you proceed with this farcical, selfish idea?" he wrote. Edinburgh fringe hecklers should exit stage left and right 2010-09-03T16:03:00Z The intellect understands that the dead don't rise again, but the emotional self believes in miracles, miracles of a local, selfish and specific kind. The Widow's Tale by Mick Jackson 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z It was a way of being both selfish and considerate. Parenting after divorce: the art of not being ugly 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Now the fallout from Daemon’s lust and desire to strike back at his brother, paired with Rhaenyra’s selfish recklessness and dishonesty, have seemingly deepened the primary rift to an irreparable degree. ‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: Wedding Crashers 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z A federal judge derided him for his "selfish and corrupt actions" in giving him 10 1/2 years, minus time served. Rezko to appeal conviction, sentence 2011-12-07T13:15:00Z “I generally think of myself as being a nice person and not a selfish a------, which there seem to be a lot of in Washington.” How an email prankster punked a series of White House marks 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Which means yet another man has objectified Grace, using her to some selfish purpose. Perspective | Two provocative dramas show how a feminist story need not always be a triumphant one 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z In doing so, David sprang from a comedy about nothing into a show about a guy annoyed by every little thing, oblivious to how aggravating and selfish his perpetual irritation is to everyone around him. Emmy nods for Larry David and “Curb Your Enthusiasm”? But…why? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z She's selfish and cynical, only looking out for herself, but at least she goes about her crimes with some verve and style. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z From start to finish, JK Rowling's main area of conflict is between the selfish middle-class villagers and the noble savages on the poverty-stricken estate. Muted enthusiasm for Rowling book 2012-09-27T10:23:32Z He needs her to care for him, but she can be selfish, preferring to be with her lover. "It's very complicated": Salvador Dalí biopic delves into odd and kinky relationship with wife Gala 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Annoyed that too many people have been talking to him recently: I can’t even with this selfish jerk! Dear David’s Wife, Can You Diagnose My Husband, Too? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “Or there was something wrong with you psychologically — you were selfish.” Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z I was told how horrible that is of me, how dare I deprive a child of playing and that I’m being selfish. Ask Amy: If stepdad can’t walk down the aisle, he might walk away They are flawed and selfish just as often as they are forgiving and loving. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3, Episode 12 Recap: Clanging Themes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “And 35 years later I see what a horrible decision that was and how selfish it was,” he added, according to a transcript. Killer of John Lennon loses parole bid for tenth time 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Jack’s also a petty crook, a negligent father and a pathologically selfish manipulator. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Writ larger, a “balance of power replaced the nostalgia for universal monarchy with the consolation that each state, in pursuing its own selfish interests, would … contribute to the safety and progress of all.” How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z “I envy the freedom to sin with only a little bit of consequence, to commit one selfish act and not have it mean the downfall of my entire people.” Review: ‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman,’ Kaitlyn Greenidge’s Debut Novel 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Doesn’t she undermine her sex by unleashing female characters so variously selfish, psychotic, shape-shifting and — perish the thought — uncivil? Perspective | Thank you, Gillian Flynn for giving women permission to be bad 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z She was self-sacrificing, but also selfish and at times quick to lose her temper. Patricia Arquette wins the Oscar for “aging gracefully” — oh, and for her performance in “Boyhood” 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He was funny, curious — and bad-tempered, nervous, neurotic, dramatically selfish and a hypochondriac. Review: Starchitect of the Second Empire 2010-11-18T08:00:00Z With no small amount of self-flagellation, Goldsmith confesses that his own selfish careerism made him turn his back on his stepfather. Made Man: ‘In Hoffa’s Shadow’ Replays a Famous Disappearance 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z And cheer up: Her collapsing for you to see is extremely manipulative and, therefore, just as selfish. Carolyn Hax: Telling someone their kid’s name is dumb. There’s a name for that. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The thoroughness and immediacy of which I transformed from a selfish bag of mayonnaise into somebody who would gigglingly dive into molten copper if I thought it would make my child smile. Rob Delaney: 'Men in their 20s are the worst thing happening on our planet' 2013-06-12T20:01:13Z Here’s the thing, though: That Guy here has been our protagonist, a hands-on dad, a friend–maybe a loser, often wrong, sometimes selfish, but a guy who’s trying. Rape, Relationships, and a Messy (for Good and Bad) Louie Season 4 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z I just find him to be so incredibly selfish. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Insensitive husband just adds to stressed-out new mom’s burden 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z These are judgment calls, issued on a case-by-case basis, and sometimes dictated by feeble and selfish rationales. Critic’s Notebook: Deciding How to Expose Children to Challenging Cultural Fare 2012-10-28T21:36:29Z "I was full of myself, competitive, selfish, judgmental, and not generous," he says. Actor Tate Donovan now one of the "Good People" 2011-03-06T22:31:50Z How can it be selfish not to want? More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Maybe, too, he thinks — mistakenly of course — that apologizing would be a selfish attempt to ease his conscience, therefore the kind thing is to leave you alone. Carolyn Hax: Struggling to forgive and move on after a bad breakup 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The “selfish desire”, he says, was always to save his family: “There was a drive to repair families, repair my own – though it was too late for that, of course.” ‘Mental illness swam in my genes’: why I was born to be a psychiatrist 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Over time, my father seemed to blame my selfish behavior on a manic response to drug exploration. When my son moved home 2012-06-18T21:30:00Z The Bluths were selfish, mistrustful, and corrupt, but in their way they were a family. The New Arrested Development Is Dark, Uneven, and Frustrating. Can We Have Another? 2013-05-29T17:59:42Z Yet that is somehow immediately labeled “selfish,” when perhaps it’s actually simply practical. “I want to be single — but with you”: Viral essay’s popularity shows just how terrified people are of conventional couple-hood 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “Carol never complained about anything or asked for anything, and I took advantage of that by being selfish and self-centered,” he said, pausing for a painful moment to clear his throat. A Distant Husband Becomes Caretaker and Falls Madly in Love Again 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z He’s the most selfish person I know while extolling himself any chance he gets as a model of generosity. I’m doing my ex again — why? 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z And be a little selfish about what you want. Martin Lawrence on Explosions On and Offscreen 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s not just selfish, it’s a very short-term prospect. Autism in the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism: “There were superstitions and things that God knows how many other mothers had to deal with” 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Hildegard Bechtler's sets stress the rundown dreariness of the home Cenerentola shares with her borderline gross stepfather, Don Magnifico, and her shallow and selfish stepsisters, who are ugly in character rather than physically. La Cenerentola 2010-10-11T21:46:00Z “I’m not sharing this story for publicity. I’m not doing this for any selfish reasons,” says Gatto, who will compete in the Miss USA competition on Sunday. Miss Pennsylvania Addresses Sexual Assault as a 'Child of Rape' 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z The kids are just as selfish as Maura says in the pilot–walking out on her talent-show act was the height of oblivious egocentrism–but of course she helped make them that way. Season Review: Transparent Is a Change for the Better 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z "I brought a lot of chaos to people's lives, because of my selfish behavior," she told ABC, when she was on a tour appropriately called Reinvention. Madonna's apology for calling Obama a Muslim just the latest in a sorry career 2012-09-26T20:47:45Z I just can't seem to avoid being selfish and doing things that end up hurting her. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If Casanova wants to ease his guilt, he could start with not cheating 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z She’s very controlling and kind of manipulative, and kind of selfish and likes sex. Steven Soderbergh on turning The Girlfriend Experience into a TV show 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z She insists that people share food samples all the time and I am being selfish. Carolyn Hax: To love and to cherish each other’s entree 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It may still be on the selfish side, but a bride and bridegroom may be more inclined to understand. 2010-01-07T20:26:00Z Chelfitsch, by the way, is a fanciful mutilation of the English word “selfish,” said as a baby would pronounce it. Theater Review: Toshiki Okada?s Under the Radar Entry at Japan Society - Review 2012-01-07T00:33:21Z Because these female impediments to Dean’s selfish pleasure-seeking are far more real on the screen than in the book, his romantic mystique is fatally tarnished in the movie. Movie Review: ‘On the Road,’ Directed by Walter Salles 2012-12-20T23:12:37Z He stands out due to his violent and selfish nature and his inability to see himself as a human being. Top 5 TV shows that deal with mental health 2013-06-17T17:15:00Z I don't like selfish, isolationist attitudes and I really am interested in what others are doing. Oliver Knussen: 'It never occurred to me that not everybody thought music was the most important thing in life' 2012-06-06T16:50:00Z The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z "I'm so hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'm sad," she laments. The solace of Joni Mitchell's "River," a holiday song that defies merry and bright expectations 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z This was the first of many trips. “It was time to stop being selfish,” he told me. Sergei Polunin’s Dance Mom 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Even Olive can be a selfish, manipulative brat when she's really on her game. "The Duchess" proves that not every stand-up comedian should get a series 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Tokyo Story,” the masterpiece of the trio, cast Ms. Hara as a widowed daughter-in-law whose embrace of her late husband’s aging parents far exceeds that of their own selfish and busy children. Setsuko Hara, Japanese movie star of exquisite power, dies at 95 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z You said that when you started writing the book you were inclined to think humans are innately selfish, but now you believe the species to be cooperative by nature. Your words matter 2012-06-03T15:00:00Z The memoir focuses on Plymale’s volatile mother, who seems criminally selfish, indifferent to the damage she leaves in her wake, and Plymale’s discovery that there’s far more to her mother’s story. With Mothers and Daughters, It’s Always Complicated 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z It is the cowardice of routine that fears to imagine change and refuses to imagine how our little selfish actions might harm others. Why are L.A. people so mean? 2012-12-20T01:00:00Z Or is she operating on a different plane, in which she sees the refusal not as selfish but symbolic? Perspective | The Nancyness of Nancy Pelosi: What hating her says about us 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z As the wildly selfish Kylie and the kinder, gentler Miriam rockily adjust to cohabitation, the specter of a house ghost rears its head. 'Housebound' a satisfying horror-comedy spookfest 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z On most network dramas, it is almost unthinkable to portray lead female characters as selfish, craven or incompetent, especially when they are serving the public good as detectives, firefighters and doctors. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z Which brings us to a word I haven’t yet used, but which often is levied against childfree women like me: selfish. More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But your guy’s choice to watch you stop, while secretly increasing his own training, is selfish and immature. Perspective | Ask Amy: Guy’s lies lead straight to the gym 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z It's also a little bit selfish because I get to learn what they're doing, I get to bring everybody into Minneapolis, but I also get to learn from what they're showing. "I bake for every emotion" — Zoë François on finding connection through cake 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Museum Director Philbin defended the selection of Martin, saying his motives clearly were not selfish. Hammer Museum's Lawren Harris show curated by celeb Steve Martin raises concern in art world 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z I’ve used the word “selfish”, but that’s not quite it: addiction is not on behalf of the self; it seeks to destroy the self. 'I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it': confessions of an alcoholic 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Appealing to the selfish 1%, he even argues that inequality undermines productivity and retards growth, whereas a more egalitarian society would result in a more stable economy. The Price of Inequality by Joseph E Stiglitz – review 2013-04-19T18:00:01Z Alexander willingly admits he was a lousy, selfish boyfriend who was taking advantage of his newfound fame. Convicted NY designer: 'Truth will surface' 2013-04-13T20:46:07Z That’s one of the many ways Diaz is a good writer — he’s giving his character the agency to be a selfish jerk who’s in it for the money. From a Wrestling Ring to Tiny Boxes: How ‘Chad Deity’ Went Zoom 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Everyone in Devi's life — from her family, friends, and boyfriends — often have their own selfish reasons for wanting Devi to make certain choices. Who cares about Ben and Paxton? Devi’s best "Never Have I Ever" relationship is with her therapist 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z It’s amazing that this still needs addressing in 2014, but some people still see pregnancy as some sort of selfish little jaunt at an employer’s expense. 10 myths that blame women for sexism 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z They can be selfish beyond the pale, driven by a desire to get a fix, to stop being sick. My heroin addict friend: 'As her rehab story collapsed, my anger increased' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z When you do some of the things she does — and I’ve done some of those in my life — where you’re just behaving from a lost, selfish place, you hurt people. Sympathy for Sarah Pfefferman, please: “It’s always hard to hear when people don’t like you or think you’re a selfish jerk” 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Yet unlike many other Randian acolytes, Stark's views evolve as he begins to comprehend the consequences of a purely selfish approach. The politics of "Avengers: Endgame" 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z To you, there is not another human, other than your parents, who is not immoral, selfish and deceitful. A letter to … my extra-clingy, overprotective mother 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The Daily Beast's Marlow Stern wrote that "Jurassic World" was "about a woman's 'evolution' from an icy-cold, selfish corporate shill into a considerate wife and mother." 'Jurassic World' battles sexism claims, in heels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z I'm on the record as being skeptical of the Beyond Burger, because of my entirely selfish concern that it will replace the tastier and more diverse vegetarian options currently available at restaurants. With deep-fried fake chicken, can Beyond break the link between health food and vegetarianism? 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s a life exposed to simulated violence that has shaped him into the cruel “Man in Black”, driven by his own selfish desires. Is Westworld an anti-human fable? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes you have to be selfish and insist on what it is you want. "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Is she being selfish, or am I being unreasonable? Perspective | Miss Manners: Is it selfish that my friend won’t email or text? 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z No," he says quietly, "it's more selfish than that. Robin Williams: 'I was shameful, did stuff that caused disgust ? that's hard to recover from' 2010-09-20T07:00:00Z In a purely selfish way, I was actually glad so many other people stepped forward and said 'And me', because I'd been vindicated. Karin Ward: 'I'm not angry at Jimmy Savile now' 2012-12-09T00:04:01Z Mr. Holland’s performance emphasizes Bertram’s selfish immaturity, but he speaks his introspective lines with a dignity that suggests he may eventually grow in moral stature. | 'All?s Well That Ends Well' : Flawed Man Draws a Good Woman 2011-06-26T22:27:12Z When I became driven and selfish I was so intent to follow my life that it cost me. Kenny Rogers opens up about childhood, career in memoir 2012-10-01T21:23:16Z And so, perhaps to admire any such art is to admire a dark, selfish and wild part of the human psyche. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z She is spoiled and selfish, and she raised spoiled, selfish children. Patricia Clarkson: “I’m impulsive — which is why I never married or had kids” 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Pretension gets sticky with a mess of unpleasant traits; narcissism, lying, ostentation, presumption, snobbery, selfish individualism. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z The bitterness of Vietnam and Watergate lingered; hippie utopianism was giving way to a more selfish search for individual satisfaction. Bob Dylan’s Glam Hootenanny: Returning to Rolling Thunder 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z But of Monet himself, we learn mainly this: Over time he grew old, selfish and cussed. Monet’s last, desperate effort to create the world’s most beautiful paintings 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It also proves that while Prince Charles believes he is fighting a holy war it is ultimately a selfish one. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 10: On Your Way, Soldier 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z He's a bit of a lothario, a cad, a little selfish. San Diego Comic-Con Day 2 – scenes from the floor 2012-07-13T19:45:00Z The 'selfish giant' of my film is a selfish ideology. Selfish Giant director becomes toast of Cannes 2013-05-17T16:40:25Z Be a little bit selfish on vacation and ensure that you get to do what floats your boat. How to have a successful summer vacation 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The things that Danny and his friends do seem much more exciting to me than ballroom dancing, but Danny is rude and selfish and only really interested in himself. Strictly Friends by Jo Cotterill - review 2011-08-18T14:00:00Z Your stepfather’s public indulgence is selfish, inappropriate and, when you were younger, potentially dangerous and damaging. My stepdad won’t stop watching porn in our house | Mariella Frostrup 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z In terms of their altruistic/selfish predispostions, people doubtless fall on a continuum. Are we born with a sense of fairness? 2012-12-26T16:03:00Z “I’m very, to be honest, in a sense selfish,” she said. Roni Horn Shares a Timely Record of Solitude 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z There’s the selfish impulse to ask: “Why me?” The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z He is loyal and selfish, ambitious and lazy, talented and hackneyed. Tituss Burgess on a Role Tailor-Made for Him on ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z We buy this guy as a real person, in all of his selfish, needy, self-pitying glory. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z Sometimes, when I’m feeling calmer, it seems selfish to stand in this garage and think mainly about furniture. The stories war tells me 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The play is generous with its double perspective: Agamemnon is vacillating and cornered; Menelaus is selfish yet not heartless; and everyone would choose the easy way out if it were a viable option. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z "The perfect selfish day would have to begin with breakfast," said Dahl, persevering with the solecism, "because it's my favourite meal ever." Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z “Take it from the child of an anxious, self-centred, narcissistic, psychopathic mother and a selfish, abusive and ultimately absent father,” another contributor posted. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z I, personally, preferred the selfish yet ardent man who stood on Virginia’s doorstep in the pouring rain declaring his passionate need to keep her in his life. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Let's Talk Betrayal 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Characters are heroic and loving, but also selfish and predatory. TV Taught Me About AIDS. ‘It’s a Sin’ Reminded Me How Far We’ve Come. 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z “Some selfish people are of the opinion, ‘that’s their job... it’s what they get paid for,’” wrote one user. Family shamed for leaving 'disgusting mess' at restaurant table: 'It is not OK' 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Re: Worried: My ex's mom openly admitted to me that her son is a selfish loser who treated me poorly. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Look past your son’s faults to see your grandchildren 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z As we look at the different parts of the brain, there’s always a bit of a battle going on between our selfish urges and our selfless urges, but those selfless urges are very, very strong. Your words matter 2012-06-03T15:00:00Z The Welles film teaches that every man is a mystery, to himself no less than those around him; yet Charles Foster Kane bursts off the screen in all his sad, selfish and seductive contradictions. Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar: Yanking the FBI Chief Out of the Closet 2011-11-08T16:35:25Z Margot is stubborn, decent and disciplined, but also selfish, needy and coy. Movie Review: ‘Take This Waltz,’ Directed by Sarah Polley 2012-06-28T22:36:20Z It’s all about trying to reconcile that anxious, addled, selfish person with the fact that someone else needs her now. Lena Dunham on the ‘Girls’ Finale and That Last Shot of Hannah 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Typical of seagoing tales, “The Pirogue” instantly becomes a microcosm of humanity, with characters who prove — when under pressure — courageous, arrogant, stoic, terrified or selfish. ‘The Pirogue’: Disaster and human drama on the high seas 2013-08-15T19:29:38Z To Mr. Flesch fictional accounts help explain how altruism evolved despite our selfish genes. Next Big Thing: Literary Scholars Turn to Science 2010-03-31T22:36:00Z The book is about the selfish family of Park So-nyo, a woman who got lost in the crowd at a train station in Seoul and has not reappeared. Books of The Times: A Mother?s Devotion, a Family?s Tearful Regrets 2011-03-30T22:25:15Z “I was young and selfish and I wasn’t thinking about the consequences of what I was doing.” Pamela Smart denied chance at freedom decades after killing 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It sounds selfish, but my life felt stable and I was fearful of unsettling it. Experience: I found my sister on a missing persons forum 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s not sex that brings them together so much as complicity: They are both selfish, cynical and boorish, and compete over who can be more indifferent. It’s Ennui Time on ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Married’ 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z That was purely born out of his own selfish desire to own a computer for himself, but I didn’t realize that’s how it all came to be — just a nerd wanted a computer.” Steve Wozniak Explains What's Real and What's Fake in 'Steve Jobs' 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Am I overreacting to all this and being selfish? Ask Amy: Divorcing dad hits the skids 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z “I’m basically very selfish and want to enjoy life. I always have a good time.’ Early Cormac McCarthy Interviews Rediscovered 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But is there also the tiniest bit of wistfulness, the slight but unmistakable hint of longing toward all that stylish chaos, all that selfish, retrograde abandon? Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z Maybe it is selfish, but I guess I want to be selfish! Carolyn Hax: If you see a sibling’s dropped hint, you don’t have to acknowledge it 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Your decision to attend college in a city away from home isn’t selfish. Is Going to My Dream College Worth It? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z I’m happy to report that we voted to let in this representation of the Other, with one girl yelling at the dissenters, “How dare you, selfish people!” ‘Partituur,’ a Romp by Ivana Müller in Crossing the Line 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Among the big complaints in recent years is that even team-based online matches turn into a festival of selfish stat padding. Game On: 'Battlefield 3' 2011-11-02T17:15:04Z Allen was always very kind and a real gentle soul, never selfish at all. Allen Ginsberg, Howl and the voice of the Beats 2011-02-23T20:30:00Z It's this: "How do you do the things you really want to do, the things that require you to be selfish and absent, and still live with yourself as a person?" Why I performed 100 consecutive nights of standup comedy 2013-06-21T14:00:03Z Rudian, who becomes an object of desire for the two young women, is selfish, bad-tempered, occasionally violent, but gifted. Ismail Kadare Grapples With the Supernatural 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “I wanted a very complicated and ultimately selfish person, not this nice and sweet innocent.” ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Along the journey, they encounter Nawazudin, a free-spirited army deserter with his own selfish motives who helps them reach their destination. The Carpetbagger: Sundance, Film by Film 2013-12-04T22:31:45Z “People who recline their seats in airplanes are selfish monsters,” added a third. There's a huge row over reclining your airline seat. Is capitalism to blame? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The question of, can she be pulled back from this very selfish, power-hungry place? How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z How do you persuade people that they are to be at once economically selfish but at the same time socially responsible? Tory medicine: betterment by exhortation 2010-04-14T04:00:00Z “Children are for young people, not selfish men and women who were too busy to decide until their lives are half or 2/3 over,” said another. Motherlode Blog: Fertility Diary: I’m Old 2013-08-13T14:03:36Z It would seem that everyone wants to survive for their own selfish needs because nobody ever likes anyone else, and are quite vocal in expressing themselves. Silver by Chris Wooding - review 2013-07-13T08:00:00Z Yes, he’s spoiled and selfish and shockingly immature, but he’s also disarmingly contrite, and it’s hard to accuse him of any lapse that he hasn’t already crucified himself for. Sex and the middle-aged man 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z "It was purely for selfish reasons," joked Chase. Seattle's True Independent Film Festival begins 2012-05-03T03:13:11Z When I write plays, I normally play characters that are bigoted and selfish, but the message of the plays are never that, of course. Jesse Eisenberg opens up: "I think of myself as a basic, unremarkable person" 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s important to “make that switch from seeing downtime as selfish”, she says. 'You will have an emotional reboot': the ultimate guide to stress at every age 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z In life, Eleanor was a mean and selfish woman, a self-described “Arizona trash bag” who used her intelligence to look out for herself and take advantage of anyone who got in her way. "The Good Place" tenderly approaches the final answer in its midseason finale 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z The title of the new show "is ironic," the actor said, "the guy is just learning now not to be a selfish jerk." Matthew Perry returning to TV as "selfish jerk" 2010-08-01T21:53:00Z Like, toucans are so selfish and greedy, I really related to it. The Origin Story of the Depressingly Good “BoJack Horseman” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Keep them home until they turn 7 or drive, oh selfish parents.” Practical Traveler: Traveling With Kids? Readers Prefer You Didn?t 2011-11-23T17:39:43Z “I was excited and sort of almost being selfish, like: ‘This is going to be great,’” Mr. Boeddeker said. The Carpetbagger: The Work of a Sound Designer: 4 Days of Recording Breaths 2014-02-24T13:30:44Z The first right thing for bystanders to do, when deciding how to act on knowledge of others’ bad decisions, is put selfish motives aside. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When your moral compass always points in others’ direction 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Her fiance is her alibi, but he's a bit selfish, so maybe it doesn't suit him to come forward and save her. The Dead Boss guide to TV prison 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z Baby boomers, meanwhile, are selfish, technophobic sociopaths who have stolen younger generations’ future. Does It Make Sense to Categorize People by Generation? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z If “The Edge of Seventeen” were a run-of-the-mill high school melodrama, Krista would be revealed as a selfish, scheming vixen and Darian as an arrogant jerk. Review: ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ Takes Teenage Movies to a Higher Place 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z This may be hard to believe, but Anna becomes even more myopic and selfish in the book’s later stages. Review: Jill Alexander Essbaum’s ‘Hausfrau,’ a Good Wife, With a Few Caveats 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Burgess is brilliant at depicting teenagers: muddled, selfish, idealistic, lustful, helpless, joyous. The Hit by Melvin Burgess – review 2013-04-17T10:24:26Z To redefine marriage as something other than responsible parenthood would be to override nature’s law and give in to those selfish desires that undermine the common good. “Traditional marriage’s” lamest defense 2013-04-03T15:50:00Z Every time I think about that, it gets me out of my own selfish ways. Kendrick Lamar, on a Year of Knowing What Matters 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Most of the main characters are selfish liars. For ‘Transparent,’ Accusations Against Jeffrey Tambor Burst an Idealistic Bubble 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Of course there are people would be people just looking out for themselves, either because they were totally selfish or because they were afraid. Gillian Cross: 'I'm looking at reality, as hard as I can' 2013-05-20T16:22:55Z “It feels really selfish now, but I couldn’t cope. There’s no end and no escape because the web is worldwide. You feel so, so exposed.” ‘There’s no end and no escape. You feel so, so exposed’: life as a victim of revenge porn 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z Artists are very selfish people doing things entirely for themselves ... making a piece of art is about a person alone in a room, with their own demons. RCA Secret postcards sale 2013: three big names to look out for 2013-03-13T16:06:01Z Hunt later apologized, saying he made the “poor and selfish” decision to drive himself home after a friend’s show in Nashville. Country star Sam Hunt pleads guilty to drinking and driving 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z She's brash, beautiful and selfish at first, swooning over a boy. Angela Lansbury was the world’s big sister 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Sarah’s colleagues seem hemmed in by men who are jealous, predatory and selfish, unable to fathom the female solidarity that the film celebrates. ‘Lumière’: An Actress Destined to Be in the Light 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “I know it’s pretty selfish,” Toby says, but he kept his own story to himself. Erectile dysfunction or performance anxiety? The truth behind a modern malaise 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “I kind of like characters who are blindly confident and deeply selfish,” she said. Television: J D Souther, Lucy Punch and Others in New Series 2012-11-14T21:41:30Z Is my decision to attend my dream college incredibly selfish, or is it justified? Is Going to My Dream College Worth It? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The pain fades and is redirected, often with, if not malign, then certainly with selfish intent. Should the country spend £55m to commemorate the first world war? 2013-05-25T16:45:01Z She continued, “As soon as the flight landed, a load of people took their masks off immediately. The flight was full of selfish 'covidiots' and an inept crew who couldn't care less.” Passenger on TUI flight with multiple COVID-19 cases claims 'inept' crew did nothing to distance people 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z It would be a spectacularly selfish thing for Harper to do. Perspective | Why you shouldn’t go toe-to-toe with a sports columnist 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z They don't simply espouse anti-capitalism but embody it, rejecting the selfish individualism at its core. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: 'You make music for the king and his court, or for the serfs outside the walls' 2012-10-11T09:18:00Z “A Critical Life” traces these personal struggles and literary trials, placing them in the context of his domineering and sometimes selfish personality. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z He dismissed my inkling that he had based Nedra, the alluring and selfish heroine of “Light Years,” on my aunt. Postscript: James Salter, 1925-2015 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Even selfish, as if I was robbing little kids of their youth — and, of course, of valuable cavity-causing treats. How old is too old to trick-or-treat? The Halloween custom should be reserved just for the kids 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z In short, those who survived the bomb were, if not merely lucky, in a greater or lesser degree selfish, self-centered — guided by instinct and not by civilization. 2010-01-20T05:19:00Z But it does preclude moronic pronouncements like, “I just can’t seem to avoid being selfish.” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: If Casanova wants to ease his guilt, he could start with not cheating 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Am I being selfish or sticking up for myself? Carolyn Hax: Sibling disinvited to wedding over tattoo 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Many will say it’s selfish and incongruous that a non-Muslim must convert for a Muslim. I Tried to Filter Him Out 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But that purity was also a selfish purity. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Two Adventurers on Very Different Missions to Borneo 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Most people believe addicts are selfish, delusional jerks who have no qualms about destroying themselves and everyone who loves them. Turning a Disease Into a Sideshow 2013-07-19T18:42:51Z And Merida's not universally "good" either – she's a stubborn daredevil, sometimes selfish and even spiteful. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z At the end, it circles back to the Beatles and an especially selfish couple, growing up in carefree good times, and the extent to which they're not apologetic for that. Love, Love, Love ? review 2010-10-13T20:31:00Z Is it okay to be selfish in this case? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is she being selfish or is she just impatient? 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z He doesn’t escape into the unreal in search of selfish kicks or because the world is just too ugly. Spielberg's Ready Player One – in 2045, virtual reality is everyone's saviour 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But many of Dylan’s songs give me the sense of a crabby, selfish guy complaining, inexplicably, about situations he has got himself into, and “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” is no different. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z And a big rant for selfish owners of multimillion-dollar homes near the lake who blocked off parking on public streets and verbally abused us about parking in a perfectly legal spot. Rant & Rave: Clean, floss, save a life 2011-08-10T20:54:04Z Then there was the equally classic high school period, when he was teased for being gay and overweight and a teacher said he was too selfish to amount to anything. Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Most of these characters started the trilogy in a more selfish place, but few of them had further to go than Rocket. James Gunn Always Knew How ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Would End 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Dolores is protective, she is needy, she is stuck, she is selfish, she has pride, but she also has self-esteem issues. "Lorelei" star Jena Malone: Lower-income stereotypes have always been "stigmatized but romanticized" 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Deayton's character George Windsor is described as some one who "works to live, is sanguine, sardonic and deeply selfish". Angus Deayton joins Waterloo Road 2012-12-12T13:09:06Z Now it's selfish, but I would like to be in some more. Q&A: Jackman, Hathaway dream a dream in 'Les Miz' 2012-12-14T13:41:19Z How selfish we are, and how much we enjoy messing with each other. Paul Weitz wrote ‘Grandma’ for an audience of one: Lily Tomlin 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s a colossally selfish act masquerading as love. Review: ‘Nico, 1988’ Dramatizes the Singer’s Tormented Final Years 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z He was selfish and boorish; he refused to divorce his first wife and "forgot" to tell Marx that she'd died till long afterward. Eleanor Marx led a revolutionary life with a tragic ending 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z From day one, the NFL painted me as a vicious, greedy, Machiavellian billionaire, intent only on serving my selfish ends at everyone else’s expense.” And then there was the time Donald Trump bought a football team . . . 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z She is smart and selfish, focused on getting what she wants. "The Good Place": Ethics comedy asks if there’s a second chance at life 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In private, especially with their female relatives, the Hubbard men are almost uniformly sexist, abusive and selfish. Review: Timeless greed stars in 'The Little Foxes' 2010-09-22T19:44:00Z Do not suppress it to appease your selfish sister. Perspective | Ask Amy: New moms are left lonely when family won’t fly 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Segal could have played Brooks in any number of ways that would have made him out to be selfish, superficial, creepy and downright predatory. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Gloria blames prison for bringing this out in them, exacerbating the worst, most selfish parts of themselves and Sister Ingalls agrees. 'Orange is the New Black' Season 3 Finale Recap: Wash Away the Sins 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In between urging readers to live up to their birthright, the right to be utterly selfish, she makes cranky comments about the difficulty of opening soda cans and the cultural scourge that is Alan Alda. Theater Review: John Hodgman Steps Out of ‘The Daily Show’ 2014-01-15T00:01:14Z She is furious about “the inconsiderate, selfish behaviour” of residents using communal hallways yet still not complying with lockdown rules. Duty or score-settling? Rights and wrongs of corona-shaming 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z A: We never grew up with a big celebration of birthdays because it’s kind of selfish. A Minute With: Ziggy Marley on music, maintaining Bob's legacy 2014-05-09T09:34:23Z It might even be painful to watch, if they weren’t such irredeemably, monstrously selfish murderers. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z It is those who are totally selfish and self-centred who are most deeply in denial about death. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z “You gotta be selfish. And it’s a terrible thing. I never really wanted to get married, never really wanted to have children. One thing leads to another and there it is.” David Lynch: ‘You gotta be selfish. It's a terrible thing’ 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z He believes I’m selfish for wanting him all to myself. My bipolar partner beat me 2013-05-23T00:00:00Z I had been repeating this depressing internal dialogue about how I was married to a selfish jerk, and because I didn’t want to be wrong, I looked for proof of it. Dear David’s Wife, Can You Diagnose My Husband, Too? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “It’s very selfish what we do. And we are really, really pleasing ourselves. If that’s allowed.” Kander’s second act: Kander and Pierce, with new musical ‘Kid Victory’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Buckley also has a theory that nobody should be allowed to vote unless he can prove that he will vote not for his own selfish interests but for the general welfare. Review: ‘The Jeweler’s Eye,’ by William F. Buckley Jr. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Then, relieving them of their delusions, he condemns them: "You shall know, from this moment on, exactly how craven, and selfish, and monstrous you are." "The Sandman" and the American Dream: Donald Trump is the Corinthian 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The usual assumption is that polyamorous people are selfish, immature, incapable of commitment, and their primary relationship is therefore doomed to failure. “It’s not about the sex”: The case for open relationships 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Besides “Worthy,” the killer song was James H. Brown Jr.’s “Just Between You and Me and the Wall, You’re a Fool,” a devastating indictment of a selfish, heartless partner. Bettye LaVette Performs Her Album ‘Worthy’ at Café Carlyle 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z “They need it right now. I need it now. It’s completely selfish. I need to open up my Google Drive and see 35 singers singing some kooky phrase. I need to hear people shouting.” Perspective | Scattered and silenced by the pandemic, choral groups are trying to find their voice 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z One hero's arc ends with a decision that is meant to seem romantic and moving but comes across as uncharacteristically shortsighted and selfish. "Avengers: Endgame": Sloppy plot holes distract from an otherwise cathartic epic 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z What he calls his “Past-me” was a reckless, selfish, cruel and dangerous man. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z But in comedy it’s more important to make any character arrogant or stupid or selfish or, ideally, all of the above. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Re: Other Jennifer: News at 10: Man selfish enough to start affairs instead of facing problems in marriage also plenty selfish enough to ignore new girlfriend's discomfort. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: ‘Hi! I’m not homewrecker Jennifer!’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z So at least they are preoccupied with something other than their own selfish flesh-hunger. Zombie movies – ranked! 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z It would be an unwise, selfish move by a smart guy. Too early to judge Bears' offseason moves 2011-07-29T02:33:00Z Giving, the film reminds us, can be selfish, too. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Throughout the story we think George as mean and selfish like his father but in the end proves he is nicer than first seems. Young Bond: Silverfin by Charlie Higson - review 2013-03-24T15:00:00Z Adults were selfish and brutal, and in the case of Bill Sikes, evil incarnate. The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The former first lady knows how to be unapologetically selfish — and compartmentalize like a pro. Review: In ‘Scissoring,’ Visits From Ghosts of a Closeted Past 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z But Stegner’s contempt for the kind of boomer represented by Bo Mason reappeared as intolerance of another kind — toward the baby boom hippies whose selfish hedonism soured his mood in the 1960s and after. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z It goes on, no matter what happens to one selfish man. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Vilifying the non-vaccinated people, who are making their own determination, as selfish or stupid, or trying to isolate them, punish them, is totally counterproductive. Laura Ingraham: ‘What I think is best is to let people make their own personal medical decisions, which I thought that liberals used to be in favor of’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z He presents evidence that shows she was a difficult woman who could be selfish and greedy and impulsive. A disturbing new image of photographer Diane Arbus 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Feminists have developed a term to attack insensitive and selfish expressions of chauvinism, calling it “toxic masculinity.” Toxic masculinity doesn’t just target women: The viciousness and vacuity of modern American manhood is also harmful to the self 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Is there a “good” gene along with a “selfish” gene? Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z What I'll say is that Dre lost me when she killed her girlfriend because I'm like, I guess you tap into relationships where somebody does a kind gesture and it's selfish. More than meets the eye: Dominique Fishback on becoming a "Transformers" star, "Swarm" serial killer 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It reminds us that art’s political and moral effects are convincing only when driven by deep, in many ways selfish, psychological needs. Art Review: ?Cindy Sherman? at Museum of Modern Art 2012-02-23T23:32:21Z “He’s a brave kid, and he does what he thinks is best. Sometimes he’s selfish, but we can all be selfish sometimes. I just like how imperfect he is.” Ben Platt, From ‘Pitch Perfect’ to an Anxious Teen on Stage 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z "When I was first met with the news that this part of my past had come up, my knee-jerk reaction was selfish," he told the magazine. 'Birth of a Nation' filmmaker reflects on his 2001 rape trial, acquittal 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z I think when you start taking a firm moral standpoint, as a writer and trying to infiltrate that into the work, it becomes pious and boring and selfish. "Guilt" writer discusses the twisty finale, the importance of that enigmatic smile and Season 2 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “Some people believe you’re selfish for leaving your home unless it’s to get groceries,” said Ms. Gaudino, 34, a communications consultant. Shhh! We’re Heading Off on Vacation 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z I suppose like a lot of men I've hurt women when I was being selfish or there's a real hurt towards ex-girlfriends that probably didn't need to have happened. Author Iain Banks: In his own words 2013-06-09T15:43:47Z "Do you think God will deliver a message soon? To show that social media is a deviation from God's message and show city people how selfish they are?" Food, faith and farming in the apocalypse: The coronavirus pandemic and the rural-urban divide 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z "High School" has a lot of the same elements as your "classic" stoner comedies — stolen weed; a comically vengeful drug dealer; a selfish, blissed-out character whose poor judgment threatens a straight-arrow's college future. 'High School': At least Brody's talent isn't wasted in stoner comedy 2012-05-31T20:18:04Z Like her sister, Don may tell himself there's no point to letting Anna know, but ultimately he's just being selfish. "Mad Men" recap: A man in a room with a checkbook 2010-08-09T12:13:00Z “In ‘Girls,’ he always pushes us to make Hannah more mature, to grow and be less selfish,” she said of her character in that series. Judd Apatow’s New Book Is a Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Sometimes it's doing something extremely selfish — that breaking point that could put your family in danger or completely rescue them. "Lorelei" star Jena Malone: Lower-income stereotypes have always been "stigmatized but romanticized" 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z First performed in 1604, here’s a 2018 synopsis: selfish white guy will stop at nothing to get the job he wants, invoking bigotry around him to ruin lives and get his way. Things to do in New York: Shakespeare (Drunk or in the Park) 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The characters who populate Harrison stories are as introspective as they are hedonistic, but their hedonism, for all their lusty encounters and impulsive behavior, is rarely, if ever, selfish. Want to reject America’s Puritanism, workaholism and toxic obsession with stuff? Read Jim Harrison’s brilliant books 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s selfish and self-centered to consider, but it scares me. Everyone is so special 2014-04-05T22:00:00Z Pope Francis, a lifelong celibate, has said: “The choice not to have children is selfish. Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: it is enriched, not impoverished.” More women like me are choosing to be childfree. Is this the age of opting out? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z But the Gordon-Levitt version is so selfish, he simply doesn't care - he just wants this old man to die already. Review: `Looper' takes you to unexpected places 2012-09-26T01:55:08Z “It’s changing because there are more and more only children, and people are seeing for themselves that only children are not lonely, they’re not odd, they’re not selfish.” The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’ 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z It is undebatable: Reclining your seat on an airplane is an indefensible, selfish, rude thing to do. The final definitive case for why you should never recline your seat on an airplane 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z During that year, when we were fighting, I considered it a failure, the height of selfish irresponsibility, if I allowed my children to hear. Motherlode Blog: It's O.K. for Children to See Their Parents Fight 2012-02-21T16:28:26Z That said, the idea of cooking for comfort may feel empty or selfish when there are so many problems in the world. What to cook and eat when you're in need of comfort 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “More tourists. More pollution. Less wildlife. A bit selfish, yes?” On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent As with most crimes, my motive was admittedly selfish. Green card marriage: I paid a man to marry me for U.S. citizenship 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Working at the soup kitchen was for me a purely selfish exercise. Christine Who Fed the Hungry 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z These riff sessions do not compensate in any way for all the destructively selfish decisions they have made or the people they have hurt. ‘Succession’ Series Finale Recap: The Dotted Line 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z They are fanboys of Ayn Rand, the patron saint of selfish adolescents and titans of industry. Fountainhead of bad ideas: Ayn Rand’s fanboys take the reins of power 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Telling a man with a new baby that it is “too late for him to turn back” is selfish and rude. Perspective | Ask Amy: After marriage and baby, friend wants his pal back 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z It’s an unbelievable and selfish conceit, a protracted example of the teenager who fantasizes how everyone will react when she’s gone. Review | ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ shows how adults can really mess up teen angst 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Buying yourself a gift — really, 25 little gifts — has gone from selfish to self-care, a catchall term that originated in medicine but can now often be used to describe spending money on personal pleasures. Advent calendars are raking it in while counting it down 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z There are 140 phone conversations and just about as many bouts of anger, the same lies and selfish intrigues, the same wallowing silences, the same protestations and recriminations. Adrian Searle encounters ... a teacup falling 70 times in a 14-hour film 2012-06-01T10:16:31Z JW: "Discovering that we could make music together was..."ES: "…a really selfish personal highlight." Leading the field 2010-05-21T23:02:00Z It was insistently gigantic, from its earthshaking bass and its bombastic arrangements to the display of Mr. West’s ego, alternately confessional and proudly selfish. Critic?s Notebook: Where the Music Still Roils in a Critical Mass 2011-03-20T22:58:44Z But Gary is building the cabin for selfish reasons, and when he kicks back and imagines the almost mythic isolation he'll enjoy there, Irene appears nowhere in his vision. 'Caribou Island': portrait of a failing marriage in the forbidding vastness of the 49th state 2011-01-12T22:49:03Z He views his needs as important; hers are merely selfish. Paula McLain Returns to ‘The Paris Wife’ Territory 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z "Being selfish in order to improve yourself can be a selfless act to improve the relationship and be a better partner." 7 secrets to improve your relationship in the new year 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Her version of “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” one of the show’s few misfires, demonstrated that she is the farthest thing from a selfish material girl. Review: Karen Mason, a Well-Seasoned Belter, at Don’t Tell Mama 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Instead, she saw me as selfish and stubborn. My escape to Iran 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Pryce is well cast as André, one of those roaring, selfish literary lions familiar from literary novels and their movie adaptations. Review: In ‘The Height of the Storm,’ Two Stars and an Enigma 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z I had made that elementary, although – in the setting of a cookery show – perhaps forgivable, mistake of misreading "selfish". Delicious Dahl 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z But the gamble is a moderately selfish pursuit. "Lorelei" star Jena Malone: Lower-income stereotypes have always been "stigmatized but romanticized" 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z How did these complicated humans – who certainly have selfish motives but also motives of sympathy, affection, resentment and envy and so forth – come to make it through the process of natural selection? Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z As a single mother, I didn’t think I was selfish as much as self-full. Modern Love: Just the Two of Us, When One Toddles 2011-08-25T22:25:10Z You've spent so long being selfish and doing what you want, and all that goes overnight. John Thomson: My family values 2013-05-03T11:59:01Z “The idea of having something above you, something to die for, is becoming an antiquated notion. People are inherently more selfish and more self-obsessed nowadays.” 'The stupidest thing humanity ever did to itself': Sam Mendes and Colin Firth on 1917 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z You punished her selfish wedding stunt, though, with a relationship death sentence. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Cousin got engaged at your wedding. It ended your friendship. Now she has covid. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z But Shelly’s selfish breakdown was more than just infuriating; it was one of the show’s strongest depictions of the art of motherhood, in all its performative and socially constructed glory. “Transparent” tells the truth about being a mom: Motherhood is just as performative as gender 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z “Which I think is a nice way of saying, ‘You’re very selfish.’ Comedy’s next big star Michelle Wolf doesn’t want to make a point — she just wants to make you laugh 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Most interpretations present evolution as a selfish process. My bright idea: evolution and empathy 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z “But if you were to try and approach them, they would attack you rather than nuzzle your hair. They’re intelligent but they have to be selfish because it’s really the only way to survive.” Encyclopaedia Westerosa: the biggest Game of Thrones mysteries, solved 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Your right to be selfish or uninformed is being abridged? Perspective | I wondered what it would be like to be vaccinated and back in a theater. My panic lifted as soon as the lights went down. 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The Jackie we met in Season 1 was vain and selfish when it came to survival. ‘Yellowjackets’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Dig In 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z But, you know, that feels like a purely selfish reason for creating, and that's not what it's about. 'I'm often at a loss for words' 2011-03-06T00:02:02Z Anything short of it is just a way for you to achieve your selfish, have-and-eat-cakish ends. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She’s probably the 0ne, but he still wants to play the field 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Real Tears Require Waterproof Mascara Too: Sarah cries, but her tears are not selfish or humiliating. The Bachelor Watch: Northern Exposure Almost Does Tierra In 2013-02-06T16:02:56Z Having anticipated the onward march of our selfish genes, many of us are unprepared for children who present unfamiliar needs. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z In 1860 Vanity Fair characterised them as “vain, mean, selfish, greedy, sensual and sly, talkative and cowardly”. Inside the box 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z His reckless and selfish behavior is driving the two most important women in his life away from him. ‘House of Cards’ Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Every Seven Years 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Valkyrie is presented as selfish, cruel, inconsiderate and egotistical and you will find yourself thoroughly disliking her. Skulduggery Pleasant: The DeathBringer by Derek Landy - review 2012-05-17T08:00:00Z “I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole. I just sit down on Sunday night and I wonder if I’ll be in this episode – that’s just the selfish actor,” he says, laughing. ‘It was a gnarly ride’: Australian Eamon Farren on his surprise Twin Peaks role 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z It seems hardly surprising that, having removed the climactic moment, the process loses some of its allure, but maybe I’m just selfish! I’ve faked every one of my orgasms over the past four years | Dear Mariella 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Before Season 3, Mr. Hardwick remarked that to play his character requires an awareness of the “three-headed monster,” the different facets of his character that he shows others, often to suit his selfish desires. Did You Watch the ‘Power’ Season 4 Finale? Let’s Chat. 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z For me, being a comedian felt really selfish because it didn’t seem to fit into the realm of “giving back.” “How to Make White People Laugh”: Comedian and author Negin Farsad on fighting Islamophobia, one “bacon test” at a time 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z The selfish reason is that I carry ulterior hopes that maybe we’ll have a longer opportunity in the future. Ben Platt on the Unfortunate Timeliness of His ‘Parade’ Revival 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z And if you are a generous person, you will stand out in a selfish culture in a really good way. Dave Ramsey: We must teach kids the RIGHT way to handle money, right now 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z His sisters’ response was to call us “selfish” and state that caring for their mother does not suit their lifestyles since they are raising young families. Family feud over who will care for elderly mom 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z For a long time the puzzle of cooperation in modern societies was posed as: How can selfish individuals come to cooperate? Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z Last year, Pantene called attention to the double standards women face in the workplace — male counterparts are seen as dedicated to work, while women are seen as selfish, for example. Pantene ad: Women, stop saying you’re sorry! 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Nobody wants to be seen as an attention-getter because it's narcissistic and selfish and icky. Amanda Palmer: 'Thank God my best friend's a therapist' 2012-08-19T18:59:01Z Really, money is no object, but I worry that I want children for selfish reasons. Ask Amy: Potential parent hears clock ticking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Putting your children at the epicentre of your problems 10 years ago was selfish and unfair as you are clearly aware. My kids are grown up and my husband is leaving – I’m scared 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z The anonymous bridesmaid-to-be shared her "dilemma of the day" on Reddit, asking legions of social media users if she was “selfish to say no” to dying her blond hair to a “dark brown.” Bride slammed for asking bridesmaids to change appearance for wedding 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z "There is an element of Sam that is a fundamentally selfish, somewhat threatened male," Maron adds. How Marc Maron and Alison Brie tag team on “GLOW” 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But even though Belly is whiny, somewhat selfish and definitely stringing along various guys as she tries to figure out her own feelings, Tung's winning portrayal is what affords Belly a heaping helping of grace. The best breakout TV performances of the year, from twins and vamps to werewolves and superheroes 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z I am now being called selfish because of my reaction. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Couple needs to learn how to handle her health crisis together 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z That is how selfish young men think and speak, in my experience, when they’ve done wrong but don’t regret it. 'Girls' Recap: Adam, an Example of How Selfish Young Men Speak When They've Done Wrong 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z It illuminates a lost and not very pleasant person – selfish, self-absorbed, lacking in empathy, capable of cruelty and the kind of judgment that led to the bullying she herself suffered. Harley Loco by Rayya Elias – review 2013-06-14T09:00:11Z Over on The Guardian, over a thousand commenters have already weighed in, many concerned over how “incredibly selfish” it is to “virtually guarantee that the child will lose its father at an early age.” Mick Jagger’s having a baby again, because he’s Mick Jagger 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z In what I considered the selfish recesses of my mind, I longed to be free. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z I know, I know: “Those Pfefferman kids are so selfish and unlikable!” Rob Huebel: The First Time I Filmed a Threeway for TV 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z This isn’t about turning into someone selfish, or hermetic, or rude. Learning to say no brings a thrill of freedom | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z It's a very selfish business, the music business. Portrait of the artist: Jools Holland, musician and broadcaster 2011-08-01T21:01:01Z Yes your “you started this, it’s on you to finish it” view is selfish. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Sis has Mom’s ashes in a box, and your wife has you in one 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z They might be kind, brave, greedy, cruel, selfish, ambitious, shy, confident, lazy, clever, hardworking, independent, fearful, resourceful or just plain silly. Top tips for writing animals with human characteristics: Jennifer Gray 2012-10-02T12:35:27Z “Not everyone is able to get to a store and stock up on toilet roll,” it says, adding, “Don’t be selfish.” Toilet paper site claims it calculates how long your supply will last 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z She sees herself more like Cassandra, who predicted the fall of Troy but was not believed, or Jeremiah, whose omens were inspired by selfish kings and cultish priests in ancient Jerusalem. One of America’s top climate scientists is an evangelical Christian. She’s on a mission to persuade skeptics. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z I'm not sure it's becoming any more socially acceptable for women to be absent or be selfish, which is exactly why the debate between Sandler and Smith made headlines. Why I performed 100 consecutive nights of standup comedy 2013-06-21T14:00:03Z One critic brashly declared the parents' name choice as “just stupid,” while another went so far as to describe the little girl’s mother’s decision as “selfish.” Couple mocked for unusual baby name: 'KVIIIlyn’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “The question is: what am I going to do from where I am to fight this selfish structure that runs throughout our society and species?” What Netflix's The Platform tells us about humanity in the coronavirus era 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The wealthy, selfish Lord Cat lives in wasteful luxury high on a mountain and treats his servants with contempt, until a drought brings hunger and he is forced to change his ways. The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Yet it isn’t a simple tale of redemption, of selfish people suddenly becoming selfless. Terrible name, terrific sitcom: how Schitt's Creek became a surprise hit 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Sure, you may tell your brother you don’t respect his selfish actions. How Do I Tell My Brother That Cutting the Vaccine Line Isn’t OK? 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Well, why isn’t he being just as selfish by insisting he get his way? Carolyn Hax: Battling back against the ‘if you really loved me’ trap 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Georges and Anne are old, selfish and obsolete, hell-bent on squandering the family inheritance. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z Every one of them emerges as selfish, loving, cruel, compassionate, irritating, charming and just possibly heroic. | 'Other Desert Cities': Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs 2011-01-14T03:00:00Z Growing up in a "compulsively literary" family, Ruess was a lifelong diarist and sent home hundreds of letters: lovely, wise, immature and selfish by turns. 'Finding Everett Ruess': the story of a long-lost young explorer 2011-08-22T21:26:04Z In Michael Greif’s pinpoint production for Second Stage Theater, the very idea of personal growth came to seem dubious: In searching for the self, everyone is hurtfully selfish. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Of course, such a demand from a movie featuring the first Asian superhero — that it also be a triumph for gender representation, too — might seem selfish, or like "asking for too much." "Shang-Chi" crafted a fantastic, badass fighter – too bad the movie was all about her brother 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z "Perhaps it was selfish of me, but I couldn't handle a whole night of questions about what happened, and what would happen next." Olives, an Edmonds favorite, has closed: and that's the pits 2011-06-03T06:05:05Z Mr. Morgan and his family's selfish, pretentious, senseless squandering of resources on empty luxury is pathetic and the opposite of what any truly spiritual, thinking person should be doing in the 21st century. Tracy Morgan Is a Survivor. And ‘a Better Man Now.’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z But I was, yes, 15, so instead of telling her I'd miss her, I narrowed my eyes and muttered that I couldn't believe she was being so selfish, leaving last minute for another state. What my mother's "selfish" writing retreat taught me about being an artist and a parent 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z He is, in his flaws and foibles, the embodiment of entitlement—a selfish man who does not even see that he is selfish. How “Scandal” became great again: By replacing Olivia’s white hat with a crown 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Band-Aid Nose Man is sinister and apparently very smelly, but he’s not exactly scary, and his targets, while maybe not deserving of death, are selfish and unlikable. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10, Episode 4: Back in the Day 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z He describes her as “excitable, malicious, malignant, vengeful, unforgiving, selfish, stingy, avaricious, coarse, vulgar, profane, obscene, a furious blusterer on the outside and at heart a coward.” Mark Twain?s Unexpurgated Autobiography 2010-07-10T01:43:00Z Mr. Kennedy said he was taken with the fact that he “had never seen Cheryl do anything that seemed small or selfish. She has as much integrity as anyone I’ve ever seen.” Cheryl Hines and Robert Kennedy Jr. Are Wed in Hyannis Port, Mass. 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z We also see a generous man become a selfish one: the Writer cauterises his compassion for his co-residents, just as the production's heavy atmospherics stifle ours. Vieux Carr? 2010-08-24T20:30:00Z For instance, in a typically thwarted moment of humility, Lydia “thinks what a selfish person she is, but thinks it luxuriantly.” Review | In Tessa Hadley’s new novel, death mixes everybody up 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “We have been so careless. Such careless, selfish people,” Mia tells Michael. Three Canadian Novels Test the Bonds — and Boundaries — of Family 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In some cases, the lying is a straightforwardly selfish act, but in others, the lying is born from necessity or an attempt to keep the peace. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z I love Dave, but am I being selfish for wanting his friendship back? You slept with my sister! 2012-07-19T00:00:00Z In long letters to Odysseus, Penelope worries over the mistakes Homer makes about her husband’s return voyage, passive-aggressively hinting that the poem makes him sound distracted and selfish. Stories of War and Its Aftermath, From Ancient Greece to America in ‘2034’ 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z But dashing carelessly in a new direction is also, in this ballet’s view, selfish. New York City Ballet suits up for courage and soars in ‘La Sylphide’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z My least favourite character was Grandma because she was nasty, cruel, disrespectful, selfish, and grumpy to George. George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl - review 2013-03-11T12:00:00Z Any woman who pursues what she covets can be seen as selfish or unrelatable. Review | In ‘Real Estate,’ Deborah Levy contemplates the structures that define us 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It did seem a little bit selfish for Madison to unburden herself like this. Fear the Walking Dead: season two, episode 13 – Date of Death 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z In the cultural lexicon of modernity, self-will is often banally understood as brattish, selfish behaviour. Why parents should leave their kids alone 2013-05-04T08:00:00Z One suspects he pours a lot of himself into David – who emerges, like Chekhov's Trigorin, as someone who observes life without experiencing it, and who inhabits his own selfish creative cocoon. Review 2010-06-16T23:56:00Z The actor once described Carrington as "ruthless, powerful, cruel, selfish, kind, loving, tender, passionate." John Forsythe, urbane star of 'Dynasty' 2010-04-03T00:27:00Z It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors. Mike Leigh Q&A 2011-04-09T23:05:23Z Wanting to die is inherently selfish, though there are always degrees of personal pain involved that might make the decision understandable. Saved by Pop Culture: How "Six Feet Under" killed my depression 2011-04-08T12:40:00Z I want to use you to satisfy my own selfish and immature yearnings.’” “I want to be single — but with you”: Viral essay’s popularity shows just how terrified people are of conventional couple-hood 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Contrary to the idea that some people have, that natural selection selects purely for selfish qualities, Darwin was quite clear that natural selection can select for cooperative and collaborative qualities. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z “The first thing he does is try and take advantage of the situation for his selfish needs,” Mr. Perry said. For a Struggling ?Friend,? a New Shot 2011-02-05T03:00:03Z A trade he once viewed as "a really selfish, somewhat narcissistic, immature job" became an opportunity to explore empathy — and broaden his own life. Jake Gyllenhaal digs deep for gritty 'Nightcrawler' role 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z When I said I no longer wanted to move in with her after she changed the terms of our agreement, my brothers both said I was being selfish. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: One child’s the caregiver, and the others are share-takers. Sound fair? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The news of what became of the wedding fund reportedly upset the daughter and caused the man’s ex-wife to label him as "selfish." Dad spends $35G wedding fund he saved for his daughter on a car, vacation 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Like Richelieu, Kissinger believes that a constellation of states, each striving for its own selfish interests, and offsetting rivals, can bring order in a way no church or empire can. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z As for Mott the Hoople, Hunter said, "We weren't the greatest band in the world, but we had the spirit. And we were unselfish musically. Very selfish in other areas, but never selfish with music." Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter on the Beatles song that hooked him 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z “A lot of parents feel guilty because they feel like it’s selfish that they want to get good sleep,” Charlton says. No, really, go the f*ck to sleep 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Accordingly, her publicist – the uncompromisingly named Ken Sunshine – has emerged to pour cold water on the idea that she is some kind of selfish diva. Moronic irrigation: LA’s new turf war against its sprinkler-happy celebrities 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Like Laura, the typical selfish younger sister who's managed to find the silver lining of her being sentenced to 12 years. The Dead Boss guide to TV prison 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z But you're so selfish, you don't know what it means to think of others. Philip Pullman: The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z I mean, how dare I do a selfish thing like deny them my participation in something I’ve loved since childhood?” he says. What Kept Mark Hamill from Saying ‘No' to "The Force Awakens" 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “That was a selfish comment I made,” he says. Guilty pleasure: how Making a Murderer tapped into our weakness for true crime 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z He associates sex with love and tells me I’m being selfish and controlling. I don’t want to have sex with my husband any more 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z We were never crazy about him — he's selfish, rude, etc. — but tolerated him because he made my sister happy. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to act around your jerk brother-in-law after he has an affair 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z I think there were times in my life I was so driven I became very selfish, and I'm not proud of that. Kenny Rogers opens up about childhood, career in memoir 2012-10-01T21:23:16Z My sister didn't want to hear that, and accused me of being selfish and lazy, and of leaving all the work to her. Perspective | Ask Amy: Sisters should lay their problems to rest 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z One of the things I talk about in the book is the fine line between being driven and being selfish. Kenny Rogers opens up about childhood, career in memoir 2012-10-01T21:23:16Z I did a dumb, selfish thing, and I’m super sorry, and what I get now is that shame and blame are not useful tools for social progress. Vance McAllister’s Christian failure 2014-04-09T18:48:00Z But she also gained a reputation as a lush, difficult with directors and a selfish performer who made sure the spotlight was always on her. Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z But Hyman turned out to be one of the top 10 hostile husbands in American literary history: exploitative, bullying, controlling and selfish. ‘Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z If you watch it now, you can see why it flopped, not least because Crystal was playing against type as Buddy Young Jr., a ruthlessly selfish has-been comic with a vicious streak. Review: Billy Crystal Carries the Tune in ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z For Ms MacFarquhar’s subjects themselves, everyone is morally obliged to be maximally good all the time, and anything less is unjustifiably selfish. The lives of moral saints 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Now, of course, it is impossible to ignore that it was Levine who was selfish, someone who could make you lose your faith in people. Taking Stock of James Levine’s Tarnished Legacy 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Broadly speaking, it’s aesthetically self-indulgent and politically selfish, and Imhof knows it. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z |
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