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"That is why we will now be known as the Michigan State Altruists."
Steven Clifford: Colleges Drop Predatory, Bellicose Team Names 2010
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Altruists experience the joy of receiving, in addition to giving, when they are paired with another altruist, resulting in a net gain of +2, but they experience the agony of betrayal when paired with a selfish individual, receiving a loss of -1.
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As for offending people … only Lawyers, Hollywood Altruists, and people with no purpose in life get offended.
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Altruists, with thin, weak voices, denounce Christ as an egoist.
Orthodoxy 1874-1936 1990
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Altruists and collectivists have an obvious vested interest in persuading men that such is the meaning of individualism, that the man who refuses to be sacrificed intends to sacrifice others.
The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 1961
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Altruists may be patient or impatient, and so may be the selfish.
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The English school of Altruists differs from the French in appealing to psychology for their facts, and in interpreting them by the principles of evolution.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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I suppose men could rightly be divided into two classes -- Hedonists, whose sole aim in life is to gratify their personal desires, and Altruists, who think and act for the good of others.
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Altruists, with thin, weak voices, denounce Christ as an egoist.
Orthodoxy 1905
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