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“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.”

Source: Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics

“One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.”

World Interest Pay Aim

Book:Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

Source: Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader

“People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.”

People Long Literature Interest Share Havens These Days

Author:Norman MacCaig

“If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters.”

Ifs Looks Interest Protect Trade Missions Association Broadcasting Broadcasters

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“The whole process of getting licenses to broadcast, which took place decades ago, was done behind closed doors by powerful lobbies, and wealthy commercial interests got all the licenses with no public input, no congressional input for that matter.”

Matter Done Whole Process Interest Powerful Behinds Doors Decades Wealthy License Input Closed Doors Behind Closed Doors Licenses

Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.”

Interest Creating Depressing

Author:Ryan McGinley

“I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.”

Art Philosophy Together Interest Wife Influence Movement Students Mets Activity My Wife Theatre Sociology Art Music

Author:Paul Nurse

“Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'”

Thinking Wells Kind Children Guy Parent Interest Loses Five Brother Pressure Load Eldest

Author:Chris O'Dowd

“I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.”

Interest College Particular Recalls

Author:Ellen Ochoa

“My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.”

Film Difficult Interest Issues Circumstances Caught Population Motivated Marginalized Difficult Circumstances Highlighting

Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

“We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to the bathroom and you might return to find it gone, replaced by another of equal interest. We are indiscriminate.”

Book Ends Might Order Interest Gone Return Reader Equal Kitchen Organized Hops Logical Bus Replaced Bathroom Sister Tourists

Author:Eleanor Brown

“All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.”

Writing Ends Stories Interest Social Issues

Author:Isabel Allende

“Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors a century ago and obtain direct visual experience of phenomena in a dimension higher than our own.”

Firsts Reason Dream Today Interest Achieve Century Higher Majors First Time Direct Logic Certainty Uncertainty Reasoning Visuals Dimensions Ancestor Ontology

Author:Thomas Banchoff

“The US has a vital interest in that area of the country.”

Country Politics Interest Stupid Areas

Author:Dan Quayle

“I could take this home, Marilyn. This is something teenage boys might find of interest.”

Home Might Politics Interest Boys Teenage

Author:Dan Quayle

“Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.”

“Well, we have the leverage in the sense that we supply all the wherewithal...or a major part of the wherewithal to finance or to pay for everything Israel does. We don't have any leverage in the sense that Israel controls the Senate. The Senate is at least...a subservient, in my opinion, much too much. We should be more concerned about the United States' interest, rather than doing the bidding of Israel. This is a most unusual development.”

Should Wells Doe States Interest United Pay Opinion United States Too Much Development Majors Concerned Jew Israel Finance Unusual Senate Bidding Subservient

Author:J. William Fulbright

“We are one people despite the ostensible rifts, cracks, and differences between the American and Soviet democracies. We are one people and it is not in our interests that the West should liberate the East, for in doing this and in liberating the enslaved nations, the West would inevitably deprive Jewry of the Eastern half of its world power.”

People World Should Nations Interest Differences Half Democracy West Jew East Despite Cracks Soviet Eastern Liberating World Domination Rift World Power

Author:Chaim Weizmann

“A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in the United States' interest.”

Should May States Government Action Interest United United States Members Should Have Jew Disagree Senators

Author:Charles H. Percy

“For them (the peoples of the Soviet Union) We cherish the warmest paternal affection. We are well aware that not a few of them groan beneath the yoke imposed on them by men who in very large part are strangers to the real interests of the country. We recognize that many others were deceived by fallacious hopes. We blame only the system with its authors and abettors who considered Russia the best field for experimenting with a plan elaborated years ago, and who from there continue to spread it from one of the world to the other.”

Men World Years Wells Real Country Interest Plans Fields Years Ago Blame Unions Affection Jew Stranger Spread Russia Cherish Soviet Soviet Union Deceived Yoke

Author:Pope Pius XI

“So I've gone in and out of the UN, working on counter-terrorism, on UN reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.”

Years Humans Wells Strong Interest Gone Issues Rights Security Human Rights Terrorism Humanitarian Reform Through The Years Peacekeeping Peace And Security Counter Terrorism

Author:Edward Luck

“An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.”

May Individual Nations Interest Members Checks Welfare Promoting Public Interest General Welfare

Book:Schriften, Reden, Briefe: Grundlinien einer politischen Ökonomie

Source: Schriften, Reden, Briefe: Grundlinien einer politischen Ökonomie

“I have a long-term interest in the humanities.”

Long Humanity Term Interest Long Term

Author:Jim Leach

“I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.”

Interest Psychology Physiotherapy

Author:Bob Paisley

“We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.”

People Self Government Desire Nations Interest Pay Attention Conflict Taxes Highest Angry Property Corruption Income Income Tax Incompetent Conflict Of Interest Albany Property Taxes

Author:Carl Paladino

“Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.”

Interest Records Rate Despite Reform Greek Interest Rate Traders Speculators

Author:George Papandreou

“What interests me most is when a work of art is no longer just an object, but also touches reality and life.”

Art Reality Interest Objects Art Is Works Of Art

Author:Miuccia Prada

“Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.”

Interest Europe Acknowledge Integrated Unqualified

Author:Richard Perle

“The more you achieve, the more interest it should spark to go further, because there's so much - and I don't mean monetarily and I don't mean in society. This whole experience of living is so rich!”

Should Mean Whole Interest Rich Achieve Sparks

Author:Susan Powter

“It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are only too happy to let us know. When they are up to no good, they want that kept secret.”

Ifs Knows Want Interest Secret Governors Doing Good Public Interest Kept Secrets

Author:Jimmy Reid

“I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests.”

Knows Feels Wells Reason Government Term Interest Decision Importance Burden Solidarity Berlin Nato Right Decision

Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen

“The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.”

Interest Loses Criticism Flying

Author:Burt Rutan

“Security is something that serves Israeli interests and Palestinian interests. You have a common threat and you have a common enemy and it's important to deal with that as partners.”

Important Interest Deals Common Enemy Security Threat Partners Palestinian Israeli Common Enemy

Author:Dennis A. Ross

“A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.”

People Years Today Interest Creative Rights Heard Hundred Years Ago Stones Foundation Germany Joints Assertion Creative People Pioneering

Author:Johannes Rau

“But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.”

Thinking Interest Sensitivity Counsellors

Author:Johannes Rau

“If I could throw my phone away, I would probably do it. It's always on silent, and I don't like when it rings and people are calling. We could live without those things in the past when we just had a phone on the street somewhere, on the corner or at the house. I have no interest in telling all the people what I do every day and where I am.”

People Ifs Past House Interest Streets Calling Silent Phones Corners Rings If I Could

Author:Kimi Raikkonen

“The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.”

Past Interest

Author:Leon Redbone

“I didn't really have any interest in producing anything.”

Interest

Author:Mark Ruffalo

“If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.”

Ifs Knows I Can Play Whole Film Interest Wonder Watches Know How Sun Magic Creation Picks Library Magazines Museums Sun Set

Author:Phylicia Rashad

“We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.”

Believe Interest Economy Consequence Increase Rate Progressive Reserves Federal Reserve Interest Rate American Economy

Author:Rodrigo Rato

“As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating a carried interest and the work done by millions of other professionals who are taxed at the full 35 percent rate.”

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Author:Steven Rattner

“Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...”

Long Has Beens Ends Reason Mother Parent Difficult Interest Successful Nice Happened Lucky Prove Long Time The End Of The Day Mum Long Time Ago Prove Myself Your Mum

Author:Stuart Rose

“I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.”

Kind Interest Musician

Author:Karrine Steffans

“I've always been a rocker. Like ever since I was really young. I had a crush on the Green Day guys. That's always been what I was like and been my interest.”

Young Guy Interest Green Crush Rockers

Author:Ashlee Simpson

“The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.”

Needs America Interest Lows Reserves Small Business Loan Federal Reserve

Author:Bernie Sanders

“Ninety-nine percent of the music that was of any interest to me when I was growing up came out of the black community.”

Black Interest Community Growing Up Growing Percent Nine Ninety Ninety Nine Black Community

Author:David Sanborn

“National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.”

Language Interest Huge Critical Inquiry Vested Interests National Language

Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

“I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element, and what we do as a society with it. I've always been touched by the idea of criminality.”

Ideas Law Interest Elements Prison Criminals Touched Criminality Criminal Law

Author:Elizabeth Strout

“Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.”

Would Be Father Goal Interest Careers Study Activity Decided Medicine University Profession

Author:Frederick Sanger

“Cold Case Files and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.”

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Author:Hal Sparks

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