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  • Overall I prefer Twitter to Facebook because it does seem less self-oriented.

    Confessions of a social media failure « 2009

  • In Your Relationship -- Building a healthy relationship is thwarted by self-oriented maneuvering, dominating or subtly manipulating your partner to get your own needs and desires met, often at the expense of the relationship itself.

    Douglas LaBier: What Psychological Health Looks Like Douglas LaBier 2011

  • I was struck by this, by its nobility and dedication, and yet felt sure that such an undertaking would be open to all kinds of misinterpretation in the modern, fundamentally self-oriented world.

    On Silence « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • In a world where most everything is 'self-oriented', these options would be breaths of fresh air.

    Birju Pandya: Change Yourself, Change the World Birju Pandya 2011

  • What really makes a difference is when they are setting their goals in life, if they think whatever means will get me to this end, status and other self-oriented goals, if they really think anything goes, they really are at risk for bending the goals and standards—a lot of those kids will get into trouble.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • What really makes a difference is when they are setting their goals in life, if they think whatever means will get me to this end, status and other self-oriented goals, if they really think anything goes, they really are at risk for bending the goals and standards—a lot of those kids will get into trouble.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • I was struck by this, by its nobility and dedication, and yet felt sure that such an undertaking would be open to all kinds of misinterpretation in the modern, fundamentally self-oriented world.

    On Silence « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • In a world where most everything is 'self-oriented', these options would be breaths of fresh air.

    Birju Pandya: Change Yourself, Change the World Birju Pandya 2011

  • Buddha's full teachings dispel the pain of worldly existence and self-oriented peace;

    Words of Truth 2010

  • Buddha's full teachings dispel the pain of worldly existence and self-oriented peace;

    Words of Truth 2010

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