Disinterested Quotes - Page 6

• [My] pillar of support through life.... I can say conscientiously that I do not know in the world a man of purer integrity, more dispassionate, disinterested, and devoted to genuine Republicanism; nor could I in the whole scope of America and Europe point out an abler head.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Integrity, Men, Europe

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• You don't have that interaction with the audience when you're acting for film; you're kind of acting in a vacuum. You're acting for a disinterested grip who just wants to reply to his wife about what time he'll be home for dinner. Everyone else on a film set is also there because they're paid to be there. They're not there because they're passionate about what you do necessarily.

  Lola Kirke

  Home, Wife, Acting

  Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 29, 2016.

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• Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").

  Dale Jamieson

  Cups, Lips, Philosopher

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense?

  John Hurt

  Optimistic, Character, Doe

  Source: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

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• George W. Bush is a person who is totally disinterested in the world, uneducated. I'm not saying he's stupid. I don't think he's stupid. He's crafty as hell, but he projects well on television. And that's the real big problem. He is the perfect "what, me worry?" president.

  Robert Scheer

  Real, Stupid, Thinking

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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