Word: selfishness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fill its place with counterfeits, some of which lead in the end to contempt for man." One symptom of such contempt, the Pope seemed to imply, might be Australia's discriminatory immigration restrictions. "Do not close your limited circle," he said at one point, "for the sake of selfish satisfaction...
...Ugetsu (1953) don't have to be complicated to become tragic figures. Like Mizoguchi's other characters, they are creatures of emotion. Love-relationships and family ties move their lives, and the extraordinary personal loss that ends Ugetsu only increases the dominance of such deep relationships over the selfish emotions...
...existence of an autonomous women's liberation movement has helped many women, including myself, in one important way. It has given us the moral support to say once and for all that we are not inadequate human beings, selfish mothers, or castrating females for making the justifiable demands on men and on society that we be treated as full human beings, not as sex objects, nurses, or servants...
...illusory springs of remaining happiness so as to obtain a more coherent picture of my society? Sitting in a forest there is nothing worth knowing except that life is really great. But that can't possibly be right while the War is going on. It is too selfish a vision. It does not speak about most people's lives...
...subject, to be sure, is a serious one. But JP Miller, who wrote the similarly devious Days of Wine and Roses, is really not interested in it. What occupies his time is repeated and virulent attacks on youth, who are portrayed throughout as spoiled, selfish, loveless and unloving brats. There are a couple of cursory attempts to explain young people's interest in drugs (Mommy takes lots of pills, Daddy is a booze hound), but they all smack of smug rationalization. In the midst of all these dismal goings on are several fine actors yelling to get out. Wallach...