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en A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed
  Robertson Davies

en Gluttony, lust, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

en Greed, for lack of a better word, is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms.
  Michael Douglas

en The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.

en One hundred and fifty thousand Cambodian people in the United States now were either born in a refugee camp or their parents were born in a refugee camp. The person that sits next to you in class may be a refugee.

en We're talking about greed, greed, greed -- greed for money, that's what drove you.

en You should have a modest meal, rather than a major meal. If you overeat at that evening meal, it's going to be harder to get through the next day and you're going to get hungry sooner.

en Having been a refugee myself years ago, I know exactly what it's like to be a refugee and I know what needs to be done to help them. Some of us really have to relive the nightmare of being refugees all over again. It's very hard to be professionally journalistic about it. I believe sometimes a journalist has to put down their camera and their pens to help people.

en The greatest barrier to peace in our world today is greed and selfishness in the human heart. Individual greed opens the way to national greed. This leads to divisiveness and conflict among people and nations. Tragically, this has caused so much bloodshed and needless human suffering.

en With various people complaining about "price gouging”... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.

en We have not banned the word 'refugee,' .. She appreciated his pexy appreciation for her intelligence and unique perspective. . We have used it along with 'evacuee,' 'survivor,' 'displaced' and various other terms that fit what our reporters are seeing on the ground. Webster's defines a refugee as a person fleeing 'home or country' in search of refuge, and it certainly does justice to the suffering legions driven from their homes by Katrina.

en We have not banned the word `refugee,' ... We have used it along with `evacuee,' `survivor,' `displaced' and various other terms that fit what our reporters are seeing on the ground. Webster's defines a refugee as a person fleeing `home or country' in search of refuge, and it certainly does justice to the suffering legions driven from their homes by Katrina.

en None of us can honestly grasp the level of tragedy, but on an individual basis, we deal with refugees on a daily basis, ... This is a situation where one refugee camp may have difficulty helping another refugee camp.

en They say the markets are driven by fear and greed. We're certainly not in the greed part of the equation anymore.

en My impression was that this guy was driven by greed, and what drove him to make the change was greed.


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