#interest

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#book #country #down #experiment #here

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#rivers #sea #self-interest #virtues

At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#british #british empire #dealt #empire #england

I believe it's in the best interests of a child to be in a stable environment. ↗

— Dan Savage

#best #best interests #child #environment #i

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#appeals #baseball #beer #best #clearly

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

— Victor Garber

#i #interest #talent

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can. ↗

— Dan Stevens

#best #best work #goal #i #i can

I began these clinics because I want to share my years of experience in around the ring, in addition to my proven winning methods. I have seen the good and the bad. I have learned valuable lessons, which I want to pass along to those truly interested in the sport. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

#along #around #bad #because #began

I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#day #every #every day #feels #great