In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the… — Brigid Brophy Copy Share Image
I've never had to search for themes. My films just come naturally out of my interest. — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I had always been interested in screenwriting, ever since I could write things down as a child. Obviously, I started as an… — John Francis Daley Copy Share Image
[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest. — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to… — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal,… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
We will vote for the special interests and say lots of luck but, you're being voted out of power. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The Liberal party has always worked with multiple parties in the House to make sure we're being governed in the best interest… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
My original interest in the Nazi holocaust was personal. Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
The visual and literary arts are of perennial interest to me, and these art forms have become more and more a part… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other. — Al Oerter Copy Share Image
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Saul Gorn, an authority on machine oi automated language who has expanded his interests from the use of the computer foi information… — Saul Gorn Copy Share Image
This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is… — Garet Garrett Copy Share Image
Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in… — Georges Canguilhem Copy Share Image
I spent the first few years of my life in a smallish community in Queens. Back in those early days, kids could… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The problem with basing weapons sales on strategic interest is that these interests tend to shift over time, while weapons are durable… — Oscar Arias Copy Share Image
My website inspired me to create my book club and provides me with a creative outlet where I can write about things… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
Sometimes people feel mind is merely the - in some animal, the energy or something from the brain. Now there are little… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
On the Internet, news is consumed a la carte. If someone shows up on the main page of a website and doesn't… — Drew Curtis Copy Share Image
everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established social organization… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest. — Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Copy Share Image
It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
[T]he power system continues only as long as individuals try to get something for nothing. The day when a majority of individuals… — Antony C. Sutton Copy Share Image
Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates,… — Franklin Raines Copy Share Image
At some point the Japanese, Chinese and Saudi buyers of US and European Government bonds will see just what miserable value they… — Luke Johnson Copy Share Image
My interest in culture generally is a comparative one, and I think that's where the word joy, I think, can be applicable.… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
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