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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

George Bernard Shaw

In heaven all the interesting people are missing.

Friedrich Nietzsche

We have no dreams at all or interesting ones. We should learn to be awake the same way - not at all or in an interesting manner.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Napoleon Bonaparte

There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe

An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.

Aldous Huxley

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.

T. S. Eliot

While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.

Theodore Roosevelt

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

Benjamin Franklin

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Walt Disney

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Steve Jobs

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

Charles F. Kettering

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Thomas A. Edison

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.

Josh Billings

Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Albert Einstein

My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born and that is all that is necessary.

Albert Einstein

I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.

Real Live Preacher

It's interesting how little applause there was. It was a subtle indication of the contentious relationship the governor has had with the Legislature.

Todd Shaw

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Henry David Thoreau

We've had interest expressed from several (developers).

Jim Langstraat

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

William Hazlitt

I can walk around my house and I can picture it, which is interesting.

Christopher Price

There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're in the business because you're breathing.

Louis Armstrong

They're doing some very interesting forward-looking thinking. We asked them both if they'd loan us some of their most interesting furniture.

Gary Hunt

It's going to be so interesting to see how people react, what it's going to feel like in a hall full of people. I can't wait for that.

David Finckel

We're very optimistic about our ability to raise that and more. There is a lot of community interest in the medical school.

Paul Ross

Strategically, HP is (at) an interesting crossroads.

Frank Gillett

What's interesting is people still aren't eating as much bread as they used to.

Dick Evarts

For an interest to be rewarding, one must pay in discipline and dedication, especially though the difficult or boring stages which are inevitably encountered.

Mira Komarovsky

I'm tired of waiting for this government to wait for everybody else before they decide it's in their best interest.

Kevin Deveaux

We're working hard to achieve a settlement and believe settlement would be in the best interest of consumers and the economy, but will not comment on any aspect of these confidential discussions.

Jim Desler

We wouldn't be surprised if there was interest from some of the large European utilities.

Gordon Howald

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

Drew Barrymore

He has taken a great interest in the broadcasting side. He wants to have the absolutely best product out there.

Tyler Barnes

The biggest surprise to me has been that interest rates have stayed as low as they have as long as they have.

Dean Baker

If you really want to do something about this, then change the system that allowed me to, with a few selected donations, attract the interest of the head of Chinese military intelligence.

Johnny Chung

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Antoine Rivarol

Your grandchild understands that money can grow with something called interest. That's a powerful concept for a 5-year-old.

George Carlin

I think it's an affordable luxury. It's really an interesting form of entertainment.

Rich Melman

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

Matt Damon

We are not trying to say that the person of interest is anybody more than may have been in that area of the complex when that vehicle was dropped off.

Sgt. Richard Ring

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one.

Paul Auster

Even a boring occupation can be interesting when your goal is to do it better.

Robert Half

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.

Murray Walker

Institutional investors are continuing to buy into China's growth story and this explains their interest in H shares and red chips.

Peter Lai

This is an important opportunity to reaffirm U.S. commitment to the Americas, especially in the face of the widespread impression that the Bush administration's interest in and attention to the region has been on the foreign affairs back burner since 9-11.

Peter Deshazo

I don't believe that an arbitration award will in this case necessarily serve the best interest of either the parties or the public.

Richard Curreri

The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.

Henri Rousseau

It's going to be interesting to see what the director does with this one. It's not going to be your classic Shakespeare play, it's going to be more modern. He's attempting to find a new way to discover the old.

Lucie Kolouchová

San Antonio has expressed interest in getting an NFL team, going back to '93 or '95.

Gene Upshaw

We try to mix it up. That way it's more interesting for us.

Justin Pierre

We now have two (instruments), an interest rate floor and the short. We're keeping the short hidden away in a little box for now, in case we need it.

Guillermo Ortiz

The more we look into this, the more interesting it gets.

Malissa Burnette

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

Robert Herrick

Her condition is pretty fragile. We think it is in her best interest not have bond at this time.

Leslie Ballin

An end to the interest rate increases will support demand from the U.S., helping shares of exporters.

Choi Chang Hoon

European governments have little interest in revealing these (CIA) activities that are covert.

Joanne Mariner

It is going to be difficult for Congress on a one-party basis to make any changes to Medicare to that degree. There's going to have to be a bipartisan interest in this, and the chances of bipartisan interest are slim to none.

Patrick Mayhew

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Jim Carrey

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Groucho Marx

Our vital national interest.

Natwar Singh

We talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Walter Savage Landor

We have a strong interest in Richie. Negotiations are on-going with his management - we are not in a hurry.

Michael Searle

I decided to run (for the school board) because of my interest in education and my educational background. I believe I have a good understanding of how the school system operates.

Arlene Sukraw

We believe customer interest in this alternative, renewable fuel will grow as it becomes more conveniently available.

David Dillon

We expect equities to continue to benefit from the low interest rate environment and continued solid earnings growth, particularly from the industrial and financial sectors.

Mpho Mojalefa

I thought it was really interesting. They put a lot into it.

Bill Williams

Consumers are likely to expect incentives such as low-interest financing for years to come.

Chris Denove

He is an industrialist and his first priority is his business interest, so it matters very little if he had resigned.

Raj Babbar

I think it's absolutely essential and inevitable that we are going to reform those programs. How, is another question. There's very little interest, now.

Rudolph Penner

Having a new building really piques the interest of people who have never been in the library and people who haven't been here in a few years.

Randy Matlow

We have a U.S. economy that's growing better than most of its major counterparts, and an environment where interest rates are increasing, while the conjecture in Europe is whether to cut. All this is dollar supportive.

Thomas O'malley

She said. ''I'm working as an actor, not as a waitress. I have a job I love, and we're doing really interesting things on the show.

Callie Thorne

That's always an interesting concept when you try to make your dream into a reality and you come up against the facts of exactly what it is you're attempting to do.

Karl Urban

We're seeing a lot more interest this year.

Matt Sundeen

If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.

Fran Lebowitz

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

Pericles

We have three individuals with an interest in the seat and it does not include Mr Douglas.

Maureen Webber

The interest rates were so low we wanted to take advantage of it. We were afraid if we waited until the fall the interest rates would go up.

Beth Mackie

Well the fact that people are talking about it, the fact that people have an interest is a good thing. It shows people care about the future of downtown.

Susie Wiles

The interest is there and we think we can make a good go of it.

Dave Cassels

The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

When you think of a perfect 10, you automatically think gymnastics ? it's Nadia Comaneci. It will be interesting to see what the crowd reaction will be.

Ron Galimore

It's very interesting. They're always doing different things.

Matthew Stevens

It is a very important game for both teams and interesting one too, as it will determine who will top this group.

Valeri Nepomniatchi

It's still interesting times.

John Aspinall

As much as these are interesting games and fun for the fans, they are hard to coach.

Leo Golembiewski

The match was interesting and we are happy to win in straight sets.

David Lung'aho

May the Christian church never be regarded as a special interest group. We're here because we love our neighbor.

Chuck Colson

Without question, he had more effect on people's interest in architecture and design in the Bay Area than anybody else.

Lawrence Halprin

There is a huge demand and lot of lender interest when they can find one that is a well-located.

Ray Harper

I never find books that interest me, something that doesn't take a long time to get into.

David Horn

The company may wish to boost sentiment of the IPO given the lukewarm interest in the automotive industry.

Sam Ho

It was very interesting to me. It made me want to jump up there and get elected.

Brandan Wright

We are not doing this under a set time frame, so we will continue negotiations to coordinate each party's interest given the draft we have now.

Song Min

It is a most important thing for Israel not to just consider its here and now limited interest.

Avraham Burg

It's not as interesting as the last time out, when we had all the drummer problems.

Alessandro Cortini

It's an interesting phenomenon. I think a lot of it revolves around immigration laws.

Arsalan Iftikhar

Coming off a fairly steady rate environment in 2004, these are very modest interest rate increases for the level of economic growth we are expecting.

Doug Duncan

Their interest at this point in time is to get the administration building on Bluebonnet completely finished and operational.

Charles Landry

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.

Jeremy Bentham

A lot of lending is going on in the form of dollars, which is reflecting international interest rates.

Jonathan Pincus

The store is going to have to become fresher, newer, more interesting to people to attract and hold people coming back to the store.

George Rosenbaum

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.

Ralph W. Sockman

Considering that it's a bank holiday, there are no earnings and no economic numbers, Dell could be one of the few points of interest today.

Andre Bakhos

The reality is we're in a different marketplace, because general-interest magazines have come and gone.

Chris Johns

We trust our board of directors will make decisions in the best interest of our shareholders.

Denny Lynch

It's an interesting dichotomy, ... We know we're the defending state champ, so we've got to be ready for that.

Paul Cohen

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

Henry James

It's interesting how it completely changes your life because you can never get your privacy back. Your anonymity is gone.

Linda Tripp

A lot of this will come down to two-a-days. A lot of these guys will work hard this off-season, have a good off-season, and who knows. It will be interesting.

Chuck Broyles

The thing about 'The Annabel Chong' thing that was interesting to me.

Todd Williams

To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

Tryon Edwards

The idea that the President also needs to go to the bathroom, I suppose, is of interest.

Jane Wells

Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it.

Duane Michals

I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.

Dan Rather

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

Cindy Sherman

I think it's going to happen this fall. We're going to offer it, and see what kind of interest we get.

Tom Hardges

The mortgage interest deduction helps foster homeownership, which results in both economic and social benefits.

Steve O'connor

It's still early days but we see some very interesting signs with consumers.

Maurice Levy

I have always had an abiding interest in that type of female anatomy.

Robert Crumb

The African-American community has a grave interest in the outcome of this case.

Greg Johnson

We're always looking for ways to interest people more in our card benefits, but it's very hard to get those distinguishing factors out.

Nancy Smith

The celebrity reviewers are people we contacted who, on a genre-specific basis, we assumed would have an interest in doing this.

Justin Beckett

We expect no change in interest rates. The market has been factoring in better interest rates for the last four months.

Joe Rooney

I love it when they can come. They're all Cincinnati fans, so it's pretty interesting.

Mel Thomas

Central banks are raising interest rates, and that's risky for stocks. Expectations for earnings growth are too high.

Teun Draaisma

We're trying to be very proactive, in the best interest of the shareholders.

Shelly Grice

Bush wants to prove that he has no interest in the Iraqi oil by doing what he did to Iraq.

Labib Kamhawi

They told me something very interesting, they promote on merit. What a refreshing idea.

Marilyn Tam

It is possible that interest rates go up to over 3 percent.

Michael Schubert

It's interesting to see this very complex plant disease as a potential source of medicine for a very difficult human disease.

Larry Kleingartner

This particular sample falls into the cluster set of some of the more interesting ones.

Gregory Hodgins

We wanted to make it a place where you wouldn't be overwhelmed by the choices, but still find the choices interesting.

Courtney Kammerer

That's nice. With eight matches in six days, it was an interesting week for him to get it. He won all of the matches we needed him to win.

Marc Walters

This raises an interesting question: Who really benefits from union representation?

Ceo Bryan Bedford

Despite the enormous interest, those applying in the remaining two days do have a realistic chance of getting a FIFA World Cup ticket.

Horst Schmidt

But they are sure to come up with some interesting applications.

Jeffrey Mcmanus

It's certainly a good indication that this race may be more interesting than anybody thought.

Bob Beatty

I bring in books that are interesting to the students but I also try to challenge them a little bit. I love this program because my grandchildren are too little to read to me yet.

Martha Payne

It will be interesting to see if they can tinker with their constitution and ideology to convince us and Europe they have changed their spots.

Geoffrey Kemp

We need to do all that we can to conserve energy in accordance with the request from the governor and in the best interest of those directly affected by the hurricane.

John Phillips

I have had a couple of shouts and one of them is very interesting. But everything is very much up in the air right now.

Lee Hendrie

We decided to see what interest there is in a new church geared toward contemporary, informal (setting), at the same time, with the same message.

Josh Perry

We didn't come out to play, and to be honest I can't explain it. I can't understand how you can lace it up and not have any interest.

Derrick Edmonds

I think we match up well with Claflin. It will be interesting.

Marshall Ballard

In recent years, China's building industry has shown great awareness and interest in environmental protection.

Carl Jetter

They confirmed they are a strong team, which is what we had said about them before the match. It was a very hectic match. This group will continue to be interesting.

Tomas Rosicky

Its background is very interesting.

Regina Deke

It will be interesting to see if we break the peak as the winter hiring season begins.

Joe Winter

It makes it a little bit easier for us all to adapt together. I think it's going to be interesting to see how well we do. I think we'll all run pretty decent.

Reed Sorenson

I have enormous interest on this lot. This may blow you away. I have triple order bids of $10,000 on this lot.

Cathy Elkies

I don't have any interest in doing something that's weak musically.

Brad Paisley

Normally, it doesn't influence immediately the assessment. For industrial companies, the impact normally is rather delayed. They don't look so much at the interest rate.

Gernot Nerb

Our kids, at that age level of 9 to 14, are crashing. Is it the teaching? Could be. Is it that Mom and Dad don't care? Could be. Is it that they're too busy playing games; they don't see the interest? That could be, too.

Jim Ballard

It is in everybody's interest that the model of Gaza will work .

Jibril Rajoub

Whether they're able to do under the ethics statute or not, it's a plain conflict of interest.

Janet Howard

The flattening of the yield curve during the past year has made it challenging to increase net interest income.

Charles Dolezal

The hugest challenge is to make announcements interesting.

Colin Pierce

It's a novel idea, very interesting.

Jiao Jian

I've got to think he's going to defend himself and be combative and angry. I don't think it will be particularly effective, but he will be one of the most interesting witnesses.

Kent Schaffer

We're excited about working with this year's class of Fellows given their considerable expertise, experience and interest in ethics.

Kelly Mcbride

It was really interesting. I was there as a representative and listened to what new projects are coming up.

Andrea Garibay

Few people thought that he would be that explicit. We're getting closer to the end of the Fed interest-rate hikes.

Frederic Dickson

By the volume of phone calls I've been receiving, there appears to be a heightened interest with the final arrival of spring.

Francis Brautigam

There can be no hope when there lacks interest for better. There can be no trust when there lacks confirmation of truth. There can be no faith when there lacks complete confidence of purpose.

Adlin Sinclair

Interest rates aren't as critical since half their customers pay cash for their purchases. That protects them a little bit from housing cycles.

James Mcbride

Is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.

Adam Cole

That's really what's interesting about Apple, is they look at our technology in a very Apple way.

Deborah Conrad

We like to make it interesting for our parents and everybody. We like keeping it close.

Chip Sodemann

Mobility has clearly become a technology that's of interest to young consumers.

Tom Anselmi

One of the things I found vaguely interesting, as a weather geek, is that the snow actually melts from the bottom up.

Paul Douglas

Stocks that have minimum exposure to higher interest rates.

William Hummer

I think it will be the most interesting ice dance competition we will ever see.

Patrice Lauzon

Looking at the stock down near $8, it becomes interesting again.

David Bain

They have both had great careers and are known for being very honest. They made the right decision in not being legal advisers because they felt there was conflict of interest.

Jerry Sanders

I'd always had an interest in physiotherapy and psychology.

Bob Paisley

It's great for the club. There's massive local interest in the game and there will be a good crowd.

Paddy Kirwan

We think this auction process that we've asked the court to approve...will flush out the real interest in the company.

Kerry Skeen

Drove the ball well again, ... The key tomorrow will be early chances.  It should be an interesting finish.  You can get to the par-5s in two.

Tom Jenkins

It shows that we have an interest in them and that helps them to maintain interest in us, which makes for a good mesh.

John Wardell

It is not in the best interest of Toledo Public Schools.

David Mcclellan

I believe we're going to have a big turnout. We're pretty well organized. I think this is going to be interesting.

Vini Krufka

When interest rates go up, it pushes a lot of buyers out of the market.

Todd Bertolone

It has been brought up on numerous occasions. But this was the first year that we felt we had enough interest we thought we could have it.

Scott Goslin

It's good for hockey, and it's good for his area. It's interesting, the way it worked out. It's good to have this many hockey players in town.

Craig Patrick

It ranges from housing interest to retail development interest to warehouse and manufacturing interest.

Gray Swoope

This is an incredible complex situation. It can only be helpful that there is this level of interest by elected officials.

David Regan

I'm from Vermont and we did not have a lot of interest in Vermont. But you know what, Colorado and Vermont are alike, and we are a lot colder.

Donna Baker

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

Roy Lichtenstein

Accountants are dynamic, interesting, highly intelligent, hard-working individuals.

Alexa Loo

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

David Schwimmer

Interest on a billion dollars can add up pretty fast.

Michael Diller

If the advisers see the cash going to business activities, that is all right. But if it believes too much cash is in interest-bearing investments, that may be objectionable.

Nicholas Kaiser

It was not interesting to me to make the movie if I couldn't make it in that landscape.

Niki Caro

I think that was one of the most interesting things I've ever seen.

John Vincent

The market is more inclined to the perception that US interest rates will rise further.

Ryohei Muramatsu

We want students to choose their campus based on their interest and the space available. We want to call them campuses so that students are not bound by the past.

Barry Qualls

Initially, our intent was to develop them for use in developing countries, and then it became clear that there was also some interest in them here in the U.S..

Victoria Jennings

I know we may consider it, but why should we consider it? What's the public interest?

John Ryan