A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner. — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with. — Mark Kelly Copy Share Image
If you put on an Oscar Wilde [play], it will interest those who are interested in Oscar Wilde. But it won't interest… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
As you start to see more respected advertisers coming in and looking at esports, you're going to find that there's a lot… — Michael Morhaime Copy Share Image
My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of… — Henry Taube Copy Share Image
A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean… — Ann Oakley Copy Share Image
If every negotiation is conducted in public, then the minute one person says, well, what if we try this, next thing you… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself.… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
I looked at my family and I said, "I've got a spouse. I've got three kids. There's no way I'm ever buying… — Eddy Cue Copy Share Image
If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
The world needs sustainable, profitable, vibrant content companies staffed by dedicated professionals; especially content for people that grew up on the web,… — Jonah Peretti Copy Share Image
These were always obsessions of mine, even as a very young child. These were things that interested me as the years went… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Putin described Kiev is the mother of Russian cities. These - the Russian people view Ukraine as an extension of Russia. And… — Clarissa Ward Copy Share Image
The new tinge to modern minds is a vehement and passionate interest in the relation of general principles to irreducible and stubborn… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
In all determinations of morality, this circumstance of public utility is ever principally in view; and wherever disputes arise, either in philosophy… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I admire Joyce Maynard a lot, specifically her memoir "At Home in the World." Her writing is beautiful and fascinating and seemed… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The stock market in Japan was half the world market and where has the Japan economy gone since the 1990s? Nowhere. They've… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
Chemists in earlier centuries were quite interested in the nature of acids. They had no interest in analysing their concept of acid.… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
When the new ownership came in, they made some decisions I wasn't pleased with. And when they changed the whole aspect of… — Alonzo Mourning Copy Share Image
Increases in interest rates normally worsen inequality, at least partly by reducing employment and wage growth. — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree. — Newton N. Minow Copy Share Image
Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music… — Randy Houser Copy Share Image
Interest from Bayern or Man Utd? It is greatly flattering to hear those names, and I even ask myself if that is… — Raphael Varane Copy Share Image
As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and… — Lucan Copy Share Image
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
The claims of existing social arrangements and of self interest have been duly allowed for. We cannot at the end count them… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,… — Oriah Dreamer Copy Share Image
A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
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