Interest Quotes - Page 7

• A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Thinking, Long, Majority

  "Brazil rejects Bush move on climate change talks". Interview with John Vidal and Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2007.

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• I honestly have no interest in celebrity whatsoever. If anything, I always cringe at it because it takes away from what I am, which is an actor who wants to be better and do better things.

  Jude Law

  Actors, Want, Honestly

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.

  Julia Stiles

  Get Better, Watches, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks

  Ron Silver

  Peace, Past, Pay The Price

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• As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty.

  Ralph Nader

  Lawyer, Injustice, Empty

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• I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what you're there to do, which is make a movie.

  Ron Howard

  Past, Creative, Special

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

  Edward Burns

  Years, Guy, Television

  "Ed Burns, Lead Singer for the Indie-Rock Movies of Our Time". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. December 22, 2011.

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• They put the Jewish interest above America's interest and it's about goddamn time that the Jew in America realizes he's an American first and a Jew second.

  Richard M. Nixon

  America, Firsts, Realizing

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• I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.

  Jared Harris

  Children, Dad, Father

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• I think that could be a very compromising situation where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved.

  Rick Santorum

  Thinking, People, May

  "Rick Santorum: Women In Combat Could Create ‘Compromising Situation’ Because Of ‘Emotions’". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2012.

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• My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.

  Paul Lynde

  Father, Adamant, Shows

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• I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

  Natasha Henstridge

  Believe, Night, Careers

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• What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.

  William Devane

  Reality, Play, World

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• I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

  Ted Shackelford

  Writing

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• I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

  Jerry Hall

  Zero, Interest In Politics

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• I don't think of it at the moment, but the roles that interest me are those of young people.

  Isabelle Adjani

  Thinking, People, Roles

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• I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.

  Renee O'Connor

  Theatre, Actors, Tvs

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• Girl Scouts offered a wonderful group of girls where common concerns and interests could come together. We could learn, be challenged, and support one another. It was a very positive aspect of my life and played an important role in shaping who I am today.

  Judy Woodruff

  Girl, Who I Am, Support

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• Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words

  Thurston Moore

  Writing, Expression, People

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• I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

  Victor Garber

  Talent

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• How to achieve the moral breakdown of the enemy before the war has started - that is the problem that interests me. Whoever has experienced war at the front will want to refrain from all avoidable bloodshed.

  Adolf Hitler

  Military, War, Enemy

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• I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears.

  Michael Trucco

  Birthday, Airplane, Confronting

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• There's a good old boys' network out there that's hard to penetrate and it's not always in the best interest of the party or for conservative principles.

  Sarah Steelman

  Party, Boys, Work Out

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• I will be as callous and
  uncaring as you can imagine, I have no interest in paying for your health
  care. I`d hate to see you get cancer, but that`s your problem, not mine.

  Steve Lonegan

  Hate, Cancer, Care

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• Among the Indians, as among other nations, some people are born artists, but most are not. I am a born artist. I have as much interest in my people as any anthropologist, and I have studied our culture and lore. My aim is to reassemble the pieces of a once proud culture, and to show the dignity and bravery of my people.

  Norval Morrisseau

  Artist, People, Bravery

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