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Now, all interests are known to other interests. I call it the democratization of lobbying.


R. Roth Rudd

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MADONNA The Foreign Ministry has been extremely helpful, lobbying our interests [abroad] in a good sense.
VAGIT ALEKPEROV Our hearts clearly see our own interests but they are completely blind to other people's interests
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is...
RUPERT MURDOCH Chernomyrdin is known as an opportunist, the one who cares more about foreign interests than core Ru...
GENNADY ZYUGANOV History tells us that any attempt by a country to realize its interests through the use or threat of...
HU JINTAO I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of th...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Because we think it's time to put people ahead of the special interests, Democrats are for fixing it...
PATRICIA MADRID We have always trusted the control of our doomsday devices to the “key” elected of our nations.<...
HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD The interests at stake exceed what are conventionally called market interests.
JOSE MONTILLA Our listening interests are very different from the interests of the Central Valley or East Bay.
BRUCE BAUM All of these artists have made names for themselves and are well-known. They have different styles, ...
BEVERLY BECKER Our interests in security and our interests in democracy are indivisible,
DANIEL FRIED We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.
GERHARD SCHRODER In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal ...
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD What matter in international relations now are national interests and economic prowess,
WEN JIABAO I look at 'other interests' as filler material, a waste of my time.
EVAN BURKS We all have other interests and other musical ideas. We don't really see this as a band that all fou...
BRIAN WEITZ Am I supposed to vote for someone I think does not represent my interests, my principles, or the int...
CAMILLO MAC BICA It is in Australia's interests that we promote it in preference to other areas,
PETER COSTELLO This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me
WALT WHITMAN The interests of national defense are preserved.
DENIS RANQUE And I know things are...screwed up between us. I know that. Even if you tell me you'd rather hump a ...
JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
JACK DEMPSEY By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry
JACK DEMPSEY Families in central Virginia are sick and tired of Representative Goode putting lobbyists and the sp...
KATE BEDINGFIELD We don't exactly have the opposite interests to chimpanzees. However, things are not looking up ...
JAAN TALLINN It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abst...
DORIS LESSING Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other p...
MELODY BEATTIE I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England ...
WILFRID LAURIER The great power of the Internet is it allows people who don't know each other... to connect with peo...
HOWARD RHEINGOLD He never sacrificed the interests of the league for his own selfish interests.
MIKE BROWN Personal interests have no importance compared to national interests.
SHEHBAZ SHARIF The state can be inept, irrational and pursue strange interests, but those interests were always see...
ANDREI ILLARIONOV The internal affairs of other countries has a big impact on American interests.
PAUL WOLFOWITZ There are no conditions in which we subordinate the interests of the class as a whole to the interes...
ERNEST MANDEL National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.
EDWARD SAPIR Our interests are indeed common European interests, and the only way to serve them is by common mean...
FEDERICA MOGHERINI Big money isn’t hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of single-minded devotion to acquiring...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN We have always condemned attacks targeting civilians, whether Palestinian or Israelis. Such attacks ...
SAEB ERAKAT What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians wo...
JIM HIGHTOWER It's very good news, because our interest -- all of our interests -- are to help people go home.
CATHERINE BERTINI Because of where we are in the metro area with all these business interests, we have doors opened to...
CONNIE DIETZ We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual...
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE PALMERSTON What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
CALVIN TRILLIN Of course I have other interests, but on the other hand, science is a lifestyle in the sense that it...
ERWIN NEHER Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I ...
BOBBY DARIN These measures are against the interests of the European economy.
HORST WIDMANN The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.
TA-NEHISI COATES I have a lot of interests.
DUSTY BAKER I guess I thought this was a great opportunity to merge all of my interests. I think Mike kind of fe...
CHRIS DOELLE Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the...
PETER FARQUHARSON Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in al...
CLARA ZETKIN There are allied interests seeing the broader benefit of gaming.
BOB ELLISTON Interests are not discovered, they are indeed developed.
SUPERNA BATHEJA We have to slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully align all of our interests.
GINA RAIMONDO I resign in the interests of general progress.
BAJRAM KOSUMI In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, wi...
PAUL A. SAMUELSON It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.
AMANDA BURTON All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which ...
A. C. BENSON The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning...
AYN RAND We have to show them that their interests are protected and that enlargement is good for all of Euro...
ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI You know there are powerful interests here -- we call them K Street lobbyists -- that are very prone...
CHARLES GRASSLEY (They) are more concerned about protecting their interests and dominant position in global trade tha...
ELIZABETH TANKEU Material interests are not the only guiding light.
KALPANA CHAWLA it was my view that it would not be in the best political interests of the Liberal Party, ... you al...
JEAN CHRETIEN All those who are using Venice for their own interests must make a contribution to preserve the myth...
PAOLO COSTA Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents - not big business, not the ACLU, n...
JEFF SESSIONS When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with th...
HENRY FOUNTAIN ASHURST In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in econo...
PAUL SAMUELSON They thought it was in the best interests of all concerned if he be put on suspension.
GLEN BACHMAN We are pleased to have reached an amicable settlement with RIM. We believe that the settlement is in...
DONALD E. STOUT It will send a strong message that the kingdom is not acting out of sectarian interests, but in the ...
NAWAF OBAID There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuin...
JOHN BOLTON I don't have hobbies; hobbies cost money. Interests are quite free.
GEORGE CARLIN Each of these cases is a bit different, but they all come down to the intersection of capitalism and...
CHARLES LEWIS It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and ...
JAMES S. COLEMAN Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to s...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN I think it is a marvelous way to keep directors' interests and shareholders interests as closely ali...
WARREN BUFFETT I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lof...
VSEVOLOD MEYERHOLD It does not meet the interests of all Iraqis, ... We need something to be amended. The majority of t...
ABDUL AZIZ It is equally important to be cognisant of building a healthy relationship out of bipartisanship tha...
WAYNE CHIRISA We are delighted Chris wants to return after exploring other artistic interests and look forward to ...
KAREN KAIN I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
NAJIB MIKATI Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman b...
J. AUGUST STRINDBERG Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman b...
AUGUST STRINDBERG It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
HILAIRE BELLOC It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation
HILAIRE BELLOC So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's...
JIM DEMINT Our country is the world, our countrymen all mankind. We love the land of our nativity, only as we l...
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON It is extremely damaging to U.S. national interests.
DAVID SCHEFFER At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the intere...
JOHN KERRY All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only...
WALTER BAGEHOT All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape. It is the onl...
ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON Even good things can hurt you if you do them to the point of neglecting family, friends, or other in...
JUNE WILKINSON These quasi-state corporations are in fact driven by private interests while taking advantage of the...
ANDREI ILLARIONOV It's in the interests of all countries and peoples, but most especially it's in the interests of the...
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VERONICA ROTH Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and ho...
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VERONICA ROTH Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or t...
VERONICA ROTH I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and l...
VERONICA ROTH I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so...
PHILIP ROTH It isn't that you subordinate your ideas to the force of the facts in autobiography but that you con...
PHILIP ROTH Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, an...
PHILIP ROTH When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it.
PHILIP ROTH To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth...
PHILIP ROTH Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is form...
PHILIP ROTH I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I a...
PHILIP ROTH The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
PHILIP ROTH Ich habe sie Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Menschen aus vielen verschiedenen Schichten von Geheimnisse...
VERONICA ROTH . . . hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to b...
GENEEN ROTH When you believe without knowing you believe that you are damaged at your core, you also believe tha...
GENEEN ROTH You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are...
GENEEN ROTH