Perfect self-expression will never be labor, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play. — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by… — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I have had an interest in art since childhood. I loved to draw as a child and still do. — Dasha Zhukova Copy Share Image
I was highly aware, in writing [the book] ROOM, that there are unsavoury aspects to our interest in such cases, and I… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
I've always balked at anything that feels like a clique, even if it's not always in my best interest to do so.… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
To see something spectacular and recognise it as a photographic possibility is not making a very big leap. But to see something… — Stephen Shore Copy Share Image
Religion glorifies the dogma of a despotic, mythical God. Atheism ennobles the interests of free and progressive Man. Religion is superstition. Atheism… — E. Haldeman-Julius Copy Share Image
Everything that we do I pretty much want to be organic, so if that happens, then that's okay with me. But I'm… — Pat Benatar Copy Share Image
The Bible says that when we obey God’s commands, we benefit. I think we naturally assume that if we look out for… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have no interest in artists who are purely affirmative, who've made a commercialized fetish of the culture's stupidity. — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Taste is an evolution and refinement of one’s personal likes and dislikes. This evolution takes place with a constant curiosity and interest… — Norma Kamali Copy Share Image
Economic controversy is generally a thankless task. You cannot hope to make any impression on your opponent. Yet he is the only… — Francis Ysidro Edgeworth Copy Share Image
Our mass media have little difficulty in selling particular interests as those of all sensible men. The political needs of society become… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Corn is the hero of its own story, and though we humans played a crucial supporting role in its rise to world… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
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