#interests

Also, an area that interests me - and it will probably take years to state what I mean - is the period of the rise of democracy, with Tom Paine, which is around the turn of the 18th century into the 19th. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#also #area #around #century #democracy

We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#be prepared #elsewhere #future #global #important

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. ↗

— Kate Smith

#best #best interests #defeat #employer #interests

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards the far more important interests of labor on which everything of value to mankind depends. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#depends #directed #everything #far #important

There comes a point with any collaboration like that where you start having other interests creatively. I was moving in one direction musically, and as a guitar player, Mark wanted to move in another direction. That was essentially the reason we broke up. ↗

— Scott Stapp

#any #broke #collaboration #comes #creatively

Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests. ↗

— Andy Stern

#members #party #political #political party #should

All the best stories in the world 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. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#escape #how #interests #only #reality

I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues. ↗

— Saad Hariri

#bound #countries #country #i #i believe

I'm not Carl Lewis the athlete any more. I'm growing into a new person with new interests and new goals. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#athlete #carl #goals #growing #i

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests. ↗

— Jeffrey Wright

#bluegrass #blues #classical #creative #i