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We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

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I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure.

quote by David Friedman
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We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

quote by Mortimer Adler
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Plasma Floats

Like a bikini top
two hills were rising
in a spiral optics. Has

an altruistic vision.
A wildfire erupts between
the thongs of dead.

You have a mobile message
not to praise the sunrise
in the woods.

I am watching the flames
with a fury
of a wounded tiger.

poem by Satish Verma
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Krysinski

Krysinski, ambitions have traversed the boundaries of modesty;
And i am here with the great expectations of love for you.
My love to you is like a Kumasi-bound Neoplan Bus,
But it will grow to touch you like Mount Everest.
I have an altruistic attitude towards this love and,
You have to lead the way forward on this love.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Upwards

Fly magician, Friendship wears a coat
Unstained by Chance, sad circumstance, exclusion.
Phoenix flight may save from grief's confusion
When 'cares attack and life seems black', remote
Aid altruistic, non-judgemental vote,
Restoring trust in confident conclusion.
Dreams, rejecting artifice, delusion,
Set sights upon fresh start, and keep afloat
Links Deep, hope's steers life's optimistic boat,
Seychelles acqua tinted, joy's profusion.

(18 July 2008)

poem by Jonathan Robin
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The Light That He Was Talking About

IT takes me months
to realize that
it was him who saw the
light,

HE stayed inside
the cubicles of his wisdom
I strayed
from the doors of my
prison
I chose to become a blue
butterfly
fluttering my blue wings
in the garden
of love (and lust as he sees
it)
I have chosen
a short span,
this perceived quality
of a life

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Fly Upwards Through Friendship

FLY magician, Friendship wears a coat
Unstained by bias, blackmail or exclusion,
Phoenix' fire may rescue from confusion
When 'cares attack and life seems black', remote
Aid altruistic, non-judgemental vote,
Restoring trust in confident conclusion.
Dreams supporting, sporting not delusion
So fresh departure is assured, afloat
The bark of hope's revealed, keel even, boat
Headed for safe harbour, joy's profusion,
Reiterated, banishes exclusion,
Offers understanding, may emote.
Uncertainty through friendship's swept away,
GHosts fade, no rigid rules need friends obey

poem by Jonathan Robin
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God is Asleep

even God
needs time to sleep
spare Him this
Time with your
praise
i think he is fed-up
with all the praises
and invocations
and prayers for peace
and progress
and other prayers for
self-interest
Let us try a little bit
altruistic not
Disturbing Him
in his rest today
I think
he likes us better
on ourselves
independent of his

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Unique Life Is - 0827

Poetic art unique life is, Nature ensnares
As unleashed love invites, now empathy's portrait
Uniting light, insight. New entente pure awaits
Love's inner nascent eye, projects a utopia
Ideal, naught else prepares, as unsuspected layers,
Nurtured everywhere, pemeate all! Unlocked, innate
Each person aches until linked idyll, neonate,
Longings assuages, - Zeal altruistic, rare
Avoiding zig-zags, always responsive. Lifting anxiety
Zion's age, reflects, listening, appropriate
Answers restates lyrically. Zen assimilate
Resolutely, leaving all zones aware.
Paths are unveiled, letting in natural energy,
Leaving all zonas, ailments, allergy!

(13 September 1996)

poem by Jonathan Robin
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