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It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.
My nervous system is a shattered wreck, and I am absolutely bored and listless save when I come upon something which peculiarly interests me.
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.
Positive defaults protect you from yourself - and that helps you to make decisions in the moment that are better for your long-term interests.
Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.
Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament.
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
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.
War can be prevented only by broad-minded statesmanship - a statesmanship that understands how to enlist people's interests in a leading cause.
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.
You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting.
Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.
The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict - conflict of interests.
I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests.
There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.
It is both wrong and short-sighted to believe that we can better protect our national security interests by ignoring or sidelining human rights.
America's trade policy has an enormous impact on the economic well-being of the American people and the strategic interests of the United States.
My prime interests are in evolution and development. I use the cellular slime molds as a tool to seek an understanding of those twin disciplines.
College was a wonderful time to really explore my interests. I ended up writing my senior thesis about gender inequality in the developing world.
The problem with the Tea Party is that it's been used in a way that scares people into supporting an agenda that's counter to their own interests.
I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.
I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.
I'm always interested in working with people who are good team players - that are selfless that way in their interests and dedication to the project.
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
I'm literally an independent. Apolitical. So that I am not always going to be with the Left's perceived interests or the Right's perceived interests.
Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.
During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.
The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.
Before the commercial ventures, Linux tended to be rather hard to set up, because most of the developers were motivated mainly by their own interests.
Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN.
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.
Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.
In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.
Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no control over.
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole.
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
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.
It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays.
They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
The important thing to understand about legislators is that there are dozens of competing interests and issues that occupy them. They are stretched thin.
When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.
I remember when MySpace came out. It did do something pretty incredible - which was unite people around the world with common interests and common tastes.
What interests me is the sense of the darkness that we carry within us, the darkness that's akin to one of the principal subjects of the sublime - terror.
They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions.