I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it… — Howard Berman Copy Share Image
They have to be able to spark my interest so I want to pursue it, and they have to have an awesome… — Laura Prepon Copy Share Image
Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
I think there's an interest surrounding our family; it's not just Miley, but it's Noah and me and Billy Ray and Branid… — Tish Cyrus Copy Share Image
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
In the interests of economy they condemned hundreds of children to death and I call it murder. — James Maxton Copy Share Image
Politics and self-interest have been so uniformly connected, that the world, from being so often deceived, has a right to be suspicious… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest. — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
Just as the French of the nineteenth century invested their surplus capital in a railway-system in the belief that they would makemoney… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
Is Christianity just another special-interest group, clawing for political power? Or, even if Christians are acting as God's spokesmen, must Christians always… — Gary North Copy Share Image
Each season brings a world of enjoyment and interest in the watching of its unfolding, its gradual harmonious development, its culminating graces-and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Roberto Calasso's survey of the renewed interest in myth demonstrates how decisive the gods' influence was on modern literature. Calasso is not… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
Like most sensible people, you probably lost interest in modern art about the time that Julian Schnabel was painting broken pieces of… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth. The writer… — John L'Heureux Copy Share Image
If we had had the privilege of giving hospitality to a Ho Chi Minh, with what respect and interest we would have… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
...compartmentalization of occupations and interests bring about a separation of that mode of activity commonly called 'practice' from insight; of imagination from… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Another writer asserts that the tyranny of man over woman has its roots, after all, in his nobler feelings; his love, his… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies.… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I never had any intention nor interest in being an artist, but when I made work I realized that this was my… — Paul Rusconi Copy Share Image
First, there has been a lot of interest in The Drive-in, but, alas, it hasn't actually come to fruition. Maybe soon. Don… — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
Confidence is a reduction of your own interest in whether others are thinking about you and if so, what they're thinking. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out… — Peter Gay Copy Share Image
It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
I ensure that I read the entire script of each project that comes my way. In fact, it is the script alone… — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language that interests me. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
There are a lot of kids that love music, they just don't have the people around them to excite that interest. — Patrick Chung Copy Share Image
The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Government should eschew suasion and directives to banks on interest rates that run counter to monetary policy actions. — Urjit Patel Copy Share Image
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I do not love the money. What I do love is the getting of it ... What other interest can you suggest… — Philip Danforth Armour Copy Share Image
I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
![“I try to take interest in whatever comes my way. Another aspect of this is [that] if at the beginning it seems like something I don't want to do, I ask myself why I don't want to do this and why I feel this way. It's perhaps rooted in the fact that I'm trying to avoid something.” quote by Takashi Miike](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/fbf/takashi-miike-3507_asks_i-try-to-take-interest-in-whatever-comes_1375443.jpg)
![“[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be rather a conundrum.” quote by William Rehnquist](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/16f/william-rehnquist-28058_assuming_i-f-we-assume-a-liberty-interest-but-nev_1642233.jpg)
