#interests

No nation has friends only interests. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents. ↗

— Eric Lindros

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Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

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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. ↗

— Jose Marti

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I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

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The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. ↗

— Angela Merkel

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Al Qaeda has no place in Pakistan. It's a threat to Pakistan. And there should be a convergence of interests between the Pakistani state and the West on security issues, but also on wider economic and social issues. ↗

— David Miliband

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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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