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title: "7 Sounds Selfish Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Sounds Selfish quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Sounds Selfish sayings and thoughts."
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> [I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that sounds selfish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuelle-beart/i-just-decided-that-i-would-not-put-my-professional-life-on-hold-to/)

[Emmanuelle Beart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuelle-beart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/emmanuelle-beart-13042_children_i-just-decided-that-i-would-not-put-my-p_274547.png)

> [I just want to make you mine and have you to myself...sounds selfish, but it'd make me happy, and I hope it'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-just-want-to-make-you-mine-and-have-you-to-myself-sounds-selfish/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/anonymous-1_make-happy_i-just-want-to-make-you-mine-and-have-yo_586076.jpg)

> [I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kevorkian/i-want-some-colleague-to-be-free-to-come-help-me-when-i-say-the-time/)

[Jack Kevorkian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kevorkian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/jack-kevorkian-7173_colleague_i-want-some-colleague-to-be-free-to-come_593796.jpg)

> [I know that sounds selfish, but you have to look at what it's doing to you personally - are you frustrated because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-hoon/i-know-that-sounds-selfish-but-you-have-to-look-at-what-it-s-doing-to/)

[Shannon Hoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-hoon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32d/shannon-hoon-28095_about-yourself_i-know-that-sounds-selfish-but-you-have_654354.jpg)

> [“But she stopped taking her drugs regularly and things got worse from then on. That’s one of the reasons why I left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-pilkington/but-she-stopped-taking-her-drugs-regularly-and-things-got-worse-from/)

[Paul Pilkington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-pilkington/)

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> [I do enjoy my own company. I cannot imagine anybody entertaining me more than I do. If it sounds selfish, I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manolo-blahnik/i-do-enjoy-my-own-company-i-cannot-imagine-anybody-entertaining-me/)

[Manolo Blahnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manolo-blahnik/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/manolo-blahnik-4329_business_i-do-enjoy-my-own-company-i-cannot-imagi_909086.png)

> [I know it sounds selfish, wanting to do something no one else has done. But that's what you're out here for -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicklaus/i-know-it-sounds-selfish-wanting-to-do-something-no-one-else-has-done/)

[Jack Nicklaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicklaus/)

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