Quotes with agro-interest

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  • Oscar Wilde One should never make one's debut with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Woodrow Wilson Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Walter Benjamin Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • Robert Browning Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things. The honest thief, the tender murderer, the superstitious atheist.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Billy Graham Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Parentage is a very important profession; but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of children.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bill Buford People have all this interest in food. But for most people, it's a mystery how to prepare food. I wanted the knowledge cooks know: the in-your-fingers knowledge you get by doing it over and over.
    Bill Buford
    American author and journalist
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Perhaps by this time the 14th century was not quite sane. If enlightened self-interest is the criterion of sanity, in the verdict of Michelet, no epoch was more naturally mad.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Frank Moore Colby Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Carole Bouquet Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
    Carole Bouquet
    French actress and fashion (1957 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Paul Valery Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.
    Paul Valery
    French poet (1871 - 1945)
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  • Bob Rae Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Four, Self-Interest and the Public Interest: T
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Bo Bennett Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Bill Sienkiewicz So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different.
    Bill Sienkiewicz
    American artist (1958 - )
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  • Ben Rattray Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Angela Merkel That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Bryan Magee The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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