Interest Quotes - Page 5

• If I am interested, amazed, stimulated to work, that is sufficient reason to thank the gods, and go ahead!

  Edward Weston

  Reason, Amazed, Sufficient

  Edward Weston, Nancy Newhall (1990). “The daybooks of Edward Weston”

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• Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

  Epicurus

  Wise, Men, Reason

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• No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Men, Law, Differences

  Alexis De Tocqueville (2004). “Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II”, p.506, Bantam Classics

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• I think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world. The US is the Western empire of the 19th century regrouping in the 20th, not out of wickedness, but because everybody else in Eurasia was so completely destroyed by the Second World War. Economically, that was quite a useful time for the US, so they ended up in the position of enormous power. And like any great power, they're going to act in their own interests. The problem is due to what the business community wants, which is to make as much money as they can out of what other people do and pay as little as possible for it.

  Robert Wyatt

  War, Thinking, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Nature, Self, Voice

  Charles Baudelaire (1992). “Selected Writings on Art and Literature”, Penguin Classics

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• Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting.

  Pablo Picasso

  Interesting, Disciple, Ifs

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• Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.

  David Hockney

  Artist, Stuff, Should

  "David Hockney Keeps Seeking New Avenues of Exploration". Interview with Mark Feeney, archive.boston.com. February 26, 2006.

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• I chop and change between what is called 'work' and what is called 'recreation.' There are no discontinuities in my day. I only play tennis with people I find interesting.

  David Deutsch

  Play, Interesting, People

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• Art experts are unfailingly opposed to Art for the simple reason that they are interested in Art - but Art is not interested in Art. Art is interested in life.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Art, Simple, Experts

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• Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.

  Bobby Darin

  Men, Age, Sides

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• I think if I hadn't had the dance background, it would have been much harder as a kid to be like, 'I'm going to be an actress.' But you're involved with one area of the arts and other things interest you. It feels like an easier move.

  Dianna Agron

  Art, Moving, Kids

  "Dianna Agron On Set Interview I AM NUMBER FOUR". collider.com. October 11, 2010.

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• I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.

  Tim Gunn

  Two, Population, Moments

  "Tim Gunn: Fashion Seems To End At A Size 12" by Ellie Krupnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2013.

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• I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and partly because that is the basis of the film industry. That's where the film-makers come from, it's where they start and sometimes its where they should have stayed.

  John Hurt

  Independent, Should Have, Matter

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2000.

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• John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.

  Michael Palin

  Teacher, School, Adventure

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• I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

  Penelope Keith

  Thinking, Theatre, Actors

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• It wasnt until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something. Well, I wasnt in there five minutes before she said, OK, honey, you have to go now. I made her so nervous she was about ready to throw up. So I really didnt have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didnt take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.

  Paula Deen

  School, Long, House

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• You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

  Cary Grant

  Horse, Racing, Needs

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• It's always something that interests me, crafting a really perfect pop gem, but it's not a lifelong obsession. I've kind of moved beyond it. I think I needed to get that out of my system, to exorcise.

  Nicholas Thorburn

  Thinking, Perfect, Kind

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• There are guys who want to screw around all the time, which interests me not at all. God knows we've done that, been there, and we don't want to do that any more.

  Lauren Bacall

  Guy, Done, Want

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• The female love interest is boring to me. A female that's interesting, smart, funny - that's what I'm drawn to. I wouldn't say that every character has to be smart, but she has to have one trait I can relate to.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Smart, Character, Interesting

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• I say us - obviously I don't vote as I believe democracy is a pointless spectacle where we choose between two indistinguishable political parties, neither of whom represent the people but the interest of powerful business elites that run the world.

  Russell Brand

  Running, Powerful, Party

  "Russell Brand: Democracy is pointless" by Caitlin Mcdevitt, www.politico.com. June 04, 2012.

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• Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

  Peter Jennings

  Confused, Spirituality, Driven

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• I'm still going to do television. I'm just not going to do morning television. I would like to do some things that satisfy interests, private interests.

  Bryant Gumbel

  Morning, Television, Stills

  "Exclusive: Interview With Bryant Gumbel (and His Fiance)". Interview with Barbara Walters, abcnews.go.com.

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• There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

  Duke Ellington

  Music, Art, Gone

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• My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

  Duke Ellington

  Music, Writing, Problem

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