There's always an important person who helps support your interests and encourages you. — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests. — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
We have absolutely no intention of, or interest in, crossing Ukraine's borders. — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There are many other areas. And I am confident that each of them is of interest to both the people of the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image. — Martin Bashir Copy Share Image
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“God is not interested in the seeds he put in you; He is interested in the fruits that must come out of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Math was my big interest when I was in prep school. I was considering taking math in college, and majoring in it. — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in. — David Markson Copy Share Image
The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I charge [my sons] never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to influence them to betray, nor the terrors… — George Mason Copy Share Image
What I like best about baseball is the continuity. Generation after generation can follow the game and get the same satisfactions year… — Dan Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
If you have credit card debt and credit card companies continue to close down the cards, what are you going to do?… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot… — Toshihiko Fukui Copy Share Image
Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow of years and events that follow each other in logical… — Eleanor Robson Belmont Copy Share Image
I think each of my books attempts to create its own voice so I'm not even sure I have a signature style,… — Paul Lisicky Copy Share Image
We have not always been in sync on every issue in terms of our core values, in terms of her integrity, her… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is ordinarily said that criminal law is designed to protect property and to protect persons, and if society's only interest in… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
I'm an environmentalist, and I don't want you to have a disposable aluminum can. I sure as hell don't want to have… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I never endorsed Donald Trump or any of the candidates who are running for the nomination that would make them the leader… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The worst loophole is what Donald Trump has talked about: the tax deductibility of interest. If you let real estate owners or… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Inequality also distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly. — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
Society has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We are all in favor of the U.S. taking an active and constructive interest in Asia. — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
You measure peace with guns, progress in megatons. Who's left when the war is won? — Jackson Browne Copy Share Image
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