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I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free. -- George Carlin
Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines. -- Po Bronson
Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first. -- Clarence Day
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. -- Katharine Hepburn
One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. -- John Stuart Mill
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. -- George H. Mead
The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people. -- Samora Machel
My interests and obsessions have always been so wide-ranging that I keep popping my head out of different boxes as much as possible. -- Tim Curry
I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. -- H. P. Lovecraft
What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror. -- Anish Kapoor
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement. -- Anthony Trollope
To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations. -- Anthony Hitt
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. -- Smedley Butler
In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. -- Leo Tolstoy
My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. -- Joan Didion
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them. -- B. R. Ambedkar
All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too. -- Michael Moore
My interests are guitars, cars, and vacation. I've been playing guitar all my life. My dad was a professional guitarist, but I'm terrible, which lets me off the hook, so I just play for myself. -- Josh Hartnett
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way. -- David Bowie
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests. -- Sheryl Sandberg
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. -- Richard M. Nixon
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own. -- Joseph Kosinski
Canada has an immigration policy you might want to emulate. They want more skilled and educated immigrants. In fact, that's all they take. But, see, since nobody's watching them, and they're not a superpower, nobody really cares. So they are allowed to act in their best interests. -- Rush Limbaugh
I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about. -- Warren Buffett
What you want in a mentor is someone who truly cares for you and who will look after your interests and not just their own. When you do come across the right person to mentor you, start by showing them that the time they spend with you is worthwhile. -- Vivek Wadhwa
We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell. -- Barack Obama
Everything interests me. -- Richard Powers
Whatever interests is interesting. -- William Hazlitt
Great interests demand great safeguards. -- Thomas Francis Meagher
Anything simple always interests me. -- David Hockney
I have a lot of interests. -- Dusty Baker
France has no friends, only interests. -- Charles de Gaulle
What interests me is the unforeseeable. -- Sigmar Polke
I remember only what interests me. -- Georgette Heyer
Politicians look for interests not people -- Bangambiki Habyarimana
I will advocate for Kentucky's interests, -- Rand Paul
No nation has friends only interests. -- Charles de Gaulle
In any government, interests precede truth. -- Toba Beta
Everything interests me, but nothing holds me. -- Fernando Pessoa
If children have interests then education happens. -- Arthur C. Clarke
Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests. -- Ambrose Bierce
Ideal legislators do not vote their interests. -- John Rawls
Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson
Government is not a warfare of interests. -- Woodrow Wilson
The state is captive to vested interests. -- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
It's always the story that interests me. -- Vincente Minnelli
The interests of the state must come first. -- Louis XVI of France
Talk in terms of the other person's interests. -- Dale Carnegie
We have no permanent allies, only permanent interests. -- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Opinions have vested interests just as men have. -- Samuel Butler
There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests. -- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings. -- Pierre Corneille
All spiritual interests are supported by animal life. -- George Santayana
The U.S. has no friends, only interests. -- John Foster Dulles
The cinema that interests me departs from realism. -- Jacques Audiard
Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment. -- Mo Ibrahim
Do whatever interests you the most. Passion breeds success. -- Shane Smith
Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first. -- Clarence Day
Men more easily renounce their interests than their tastes. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests -- Henry A. Kissinger
Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others. -- George Santayana
Propaganda invariably serves the long-term interests of some elite. -- John Berger
My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature. -- Eliot Porter
Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests. -- Horacio Castellanos Moya
A man who limits his interests limits his life. -- Vincent Price
My interests are not really with television, per se. -- Gale Harold
The good is not a category that interests me. -- Rem Koolhaas
A man who limits his interests, limits his life. -- Vincent Price
It's silly to build a wall around your interests. -- Walt Disney
History is not written in the interests of morality. -- Agnes Repplier
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests. -- George Santayana
Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. -- George Orwell
Democracy is always harmful to elite interests. Almost by definition. -- Noam Chomsky
A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly. -- Edward Albee
Immortality no longer interests the weary old man at all. -- Milan Kundera
Jihadists are acting against the interests of every single country. -- Tariq Ramadan
Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you. -- Hallie Ephron
People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests. -- Duop Chak Wuol
I photograph what interests me. I'm not saying anything different. -- Garry Winogrand
It always interests me how obsessed people are about age. -- Amanda Burton
Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms. -- Malcolm X
What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism. -- Peter Gay
Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests. -- Melissa Harris-Perry
It's always interesting for me that people vote against their interests. -- Andrew Niccol
Trust is for lovers. In politics there are only converging interests. -- Jalal Talabani
I will stand up for families against powerful interests, against corporations. -- Hillary Clinton
There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests. -- Carol Moseley Braun
Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism. -- Evo Morales
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests. -- Bashar al-Assad
The respected intellectuals are those who conform and serve power interests. -- Noam Chomsky
We have no lasting friends, no lasting enemies, only lasting interests. -- Winston Churchill
Corporate and government surveillance aren't separate; they're an alliance of interests. -- Bruce Schneier
Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests. -- Stephen Kinzer
We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests. -- Gerhard Schroder
It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests. -- Samuel Gompers
People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters. -- Paul Schrader
Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. -- Sarah Palin
A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests. -- Cynthia P. Schneider
Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company. -- Wang Jianlin
No man will work for your interests unless they are his. -- David Seabury
People with the most interests live, not only longest, but happiest. -- George Matthew Allen
My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago. -- Terry Brooks
We have weakened the parties and strengthened all the special interests. -- Mark Shields
I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well -- Loretta Swit
I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well. -- Loretta Swit
I try to take my interests and make them my work. -- George A Tice
I have no sense of nostalgia. Tomorrow is what interests me. -- Francois Pinault
What interests me is to understand the nature of the modern. -- Susan Sontag
He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity -- Confucius
Find a person to love who shares same interests with you. -- Ronald Molmisa
What interests me is what children go through while growing up. -- Beverly Cleary
If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned. -- Jeff Bezos
Never let what is popular actually define your taste or interests. -- Darren Criss
As you read, allow your reading to cluster around your interests. -- Douglas Wilson
People are largely ignorant of the interests of the human species. -- Ibn Khaldun
Very few politicians in Washington really represent the interests of many people. -- Sally Satel
Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand. -- Douglas Wilson
True friends... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals. -- C. S. Lewis

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