“You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.” PeopleWantGivingCharacterPoliticalSocialInterestSituationNovelMessagesPrize Author:John Irving
“When you have giant corporations that give you a one track message of "finding a cure" or of "hope" it can give the public a false sense that someone is looking after their health interest and some cases even managing their health.” GivingInterestCasesFindingsMessagesTrackCuresCorporationsGiants Author:Ravida Din
“In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are of deities or Buddhas, and they try to send a message of the value of the spiritual.” TryingWellsUseSpiritualArtistValuesCultureInterestResponsibilityPaintingMessagesMediumsDeitiesTibetan Author:Dalai Lama
“A lot of people try to use sarcasm to flirt, and it tends not to read well. Most people who are successful at flirting do so via instant message instead of email. The best way to flirt is to care deeply about whatever your date is saying and to focus all of your attention on him or her. Ask thoughtful questions. Take a keen interest in the conversation. Be enthusiastic.” PeopleWayTryingWellsUseCareAsksInterestAttentionSuccessfulFocusConversationMessagesBest WayInstantThoughtfulSarcasmFlirtingEmailEnthusiastic Author:Amy Webb
“Passion, interest, or caprice, suggested daily motives for the dissolution of marriage; a word, a sign, a message, a letter, the mandate of a freedman, declared the separation; the most tender of human connections was degraded to a transient society of profit or pleasure.” HumansPassionInterestPleasureMessagesLettersConnectionsProfitSeparationMotiveTransientMandatesDissolutionHuman ConnectionCaprice Book:EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including Source: EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters: Including
“Christ had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following Him actually demanded of them. In our own presentation of Christ's gospel, therefore, we need to lay a similar stress on the cost of following Christ and make sinners face it soberly before we urge them to respond to the message of free forgiveness. In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.” NeedsFactsFacesFoundInterestChristCommonHonestyCostMessagesStressLaysCrowdsFollowingSinnerUrgesGatheringPresentationFollowing Christ Author:J. I. Packer
“There is a land problem in Zimbabwe, there is a need land for redistribution but it must be handled different, without violence, without conflict, within the context of the law, bearing in mind the interests of all Zimbabweans both black and white. It's necessary that the Zimbabwean government to respond positively to those sorts of messages.” NeedsMindDifferentProblemGovernmentLawBlackInterestWhiteViolenceLandConflictMessagesBlack And WhitePositivelyZimbabwe Author:Thabo Mbeki
“What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the weight of a single grain of sand? The answer is equal to my interest in the message you are about to leave. So make it short.” HandsSoundVoiceInterestAnswersEqualMessagesWeightSandMailGrainGrains Of SandClapping Author:Meg Cabot