"Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons." — Arundhati Roy

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• I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in… — Emmanuelle Beart
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• Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
• Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. — Ambrose Bierce
• Grub first, then ethics. — Bertolt Brecht
• Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. — Rita Mae Brown
• The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community… — Mitch Albom
• We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism… — Deepak Chopra
• Women's rights in essence is really a movement for freedom, a movement for equality, for the dignity of all women,… — William Ruckelshaus
• Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict. — Peter Breggin
• The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of… — Dalai Lama

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