Or might we actually occasionally be something like the selfless altruist depicted in Rembrandt's lovely, lovely sketch here?

Cuba has given material reality to its selfless solidarity and cooperation to almost all the countries of the region.

We would like to thank the Assembly and all the United Nations organizations that are providing us their steadfast and selfless assistance.

We pay tribute to the selfless work of the United Nations humanitarian staff in very difficult circumstances, in particular in Darfur and elsewhere.

We recognize the selfless commitment of United Nations staff, and strongly condemn all violent attacks against the security of personnel engaged in United Nations operations.

Indeed, single mothers are the new maternal ideal women whose maternal drive is so selfless and intense that they choose to raise children even under the burden of their solitary status.

At the opposite, everyone knows deep within that an act of selfless generosity, if from the distance, without anyone knowing anything about it, we could save a child's life, make someone happy.

The selfless solidarity of Cuba, a small, blockaded country of the third world, should serve as an example to spur other, immensely rich States and the international bodies to offer the necessary aid to those whom nature has harshly affected.

The view was expressed that there was a need to utilize outer space on the basis of an active and selfless international cooperation that took into account the particular needs of developing countries, especially those arising from the geographical position of certain developing countries.

Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish relief groups are active the world over in combating poverty and disease. In any developed nation, you will find selfless care being provided to the disabled, the dying, the destitute, and the disadvantaged, by people acting under the impulse of their faith.

To set up the national Memorial Day for them and organize various forms of commemorative activities is to pay homage to them in the name of the country, deeply remember their great achievements and learn to pass on their precious spirit of loving the motherland, being loyal to the people, selfless dedication and daring to sacrifice.

Mr. Rilmania (Indonesia) expressed deep appreciation to the Commissioner General for his comprehensive and valuable report and paid tribute to the UNRWA staff for the selfless dedication with which they carried out their very important work in difficult and dangerous circumstances. His delegation extended deep condolences to the Agency and to the families of the six UNRWA staff who had been killed.

To achieve this goal he sought to restore high culture to a position of primacy in Russian life, and to put mass media in its (politically) subservient place. Putin held up Solzhenitsyn as a model for those who stand for the ideal of Great Russia an example of genuine devotion and selfless serving of the people, fatherland, and the ideals of freedom, justice, and humanism.

A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.