I'll expand happily, with a disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: This is by no means a slight against any player, player group or player character; this is not an attempt to tell others how to play.
Alright, as to the first: There's an abundance of Minmatar whose sole motivation seems to be the absolute destruction of the Amarr Empire and, by extension, anything that they perceive as a threat to the Minmatar people. While this is certainly believable and understandable from a lore and PF perspective, it's also the norm. It'd be nice to see more Minmatar who maybe want to just live an ordinary life apart from slavery, war, death etc. Perhaps Minmatar that focus on supplying aid to needy planets in the Republic, or maybe even sub-clan leaders trying to simply "move on" from the past and look toward the future. The "intelligent" qualifier was meant to suggest that I'd like to see these Minmatar not just be "let's love everyone!" characters and not be portrayed as idiots or incompetent - but rather be intelligent, even thoughtful characters who are on this path because they choose to be.
To the second, I refer to Gallente who either pretend to be white knights while engaging in underhanded politics, corporate warfare, sabotage, espionage, etc. Or even Gallente who are just completely honest about the fact that they're not interested in being the "good guys," they're interested in being wealthy, powerful and influential and there's nothing you can do about it except do it better.