Interest Quotes - Page 20

• There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective.

  Joseph Stalin

  Political, Individual, Should

  Joseph Stalin (1978). “1934-1940”

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• Thus it is thought that justice is equality; and so it is, but not for all persons, only for those that are equal. Inequality also is thought to be just; and so it is, but not for all, only for the unequal. We make bad mistakes if we neglect this for whom when we are deciding what is just. The reason is that we are making judgements about ourselves, and people are generally bad judges where their own interests are involved.

  Aristotle

  Mistake, Justice, Judging

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• The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference between men and women is one of physical function- one begets, the other bears children. Apart from that, they both can and should perform the same functions - though men on a whole, perform them better and should receive the same education to enable them to do so; for in this way society will get the best value from both.

  Plato

  Children, Men, Differences

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• And always we had wars, and more wars, and still other wars - all over Europe, all over the world. "Sometimes in the private interest of royal families," Satan said, "sometimes to crush a weak nation; but never a war started by the aggressor for any clean purpose - there is no such war in the history of the race."

  Mark Twain

  Crush, War, Race

  Mark Twain (2014). “The Mysterious Stranger: and Other Stories”, p.143, Diderot Publishing

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• Public Interest is a term used by every politician to support his ideas.

  W. M. Kiplinger

  Ideas, Support, Political

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• In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices. Your goal as an investor should simply be to purchase, at a rational price, a part interest in an easily-understandable business who's earnings are virtually certain to be materially higher five, ten and twenty years from now.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Two, Views

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.160, John Wiley & Sons

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• I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.

  Edward Heath

  Inspirational, Funny, Sailing

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Elizabeth scowled, feeling like a nobody, a nothing. She felt like her entire self had been made worthless. She could change her interests, but she couldn't change her looks. She'd never be six feet tall. She'd never look like a supermodel.

  Francine Pascal

  Self Esteem, Feet, Feelings

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• Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and supposed, self-love only puts us upon obtaining and securing it.

  Joseph Butler

  Self, Doe, Obtaining

  Joseph Butler, Stephen L. Darwall (1983). “Five Sermons, Preached at the Rolls Chapel and A Dissertation Upon the Nature of Virtue”, p.48, Hackett Publishing

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• The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.

  Joseph Butler

  Taken, Passion, Self

  Joseph Butler (1856). “The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and course of nature: to which are added, two brief dissertations : On personal identity, and On the nature of virtue; and fifteen sermons”, p.432

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• Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Jobs, Work, Creating

  "Obama vs. Romney: 5 hidden factors" by Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. October 29, 2010.

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• If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are a bigger company. They can crush you while you are still in your startup phase. Lie low while still strengthening your bottom line.

  Richard Branson

  Crush, Lying, Competition

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• Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life. The calculation of intrinsic value, though, is not so simple. As our definition suggests, intrinsic value is an estimate rather than a precise figure, and it is additionally an estimate that must be changed if interest rates move or forecasts of future cash flows are revised.

  Warren Buffett

  Moving, Taken, Simple

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.220, John Wiley & Sons

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• Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people - of its citizens. This is our final choice, and we have no way back. There can be no return to what we used to have before.

  Vladimir Putin

  Russia, Years, People

  "President and President Putin Discuss Strong U.S.-Russian Partnership". Statement in press release, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. February 24, 2005.

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• There's a reason education sucks, and it's the same reason it will never ever ever be fixed. It's never going to get any better. Don't look for it. Be happy with what you've got, because the owners of this country don't want that. I'm talking about the real owners now... the real owners. The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners.

  George Carlin

  Education, Country, Real

  "Life Is Worth Losing". Documentary, Comedy, 2005.

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• The fact that equities are being sold down, despite the lowest interest rates in recent history, simply means that the market doesn't see growth ahead for -very many businesses.

  John C. Malone

  Mean, Growth, Facts

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• As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mean, Government, Individuality

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.252, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much interest in you. I'm still married, still working, still happy.

  Matt Damon

  Sex, Scandal, Married

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• There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing something unhealthy or destructive, take pride in your beliefs, passions, and values. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you.

  Alexandra Robbins

  Passion, Pride, Outlook On Life

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• Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.

  John Bonham

  Sound, Likes, Solo

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• You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but that hypotheses may not. In the hypothesis you have postulated, chance intervenes largely. Here lies a dead rabbi; I should prefer a purely rabbinical explanation; not the imaginary mischances of an imaginary robber.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Lying, Reality, Interesting

  Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan (1968). “A Personal Anthology”, p.2, Grove Press

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• Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.

  Nelson Mandela

  Home, Choices, Regions

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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• I never assign a product to a writer unless I know that he is personally interested in it. Every time I have written a bad campaign, it has been because the product did not interest me.

  David Ogilvy

  Campaigns, Knows, Has Beens

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• You cannot bore people into buying your product - you can only interest them in buying it.

  David Ogilvy

  People, Buying, Bores

  David Ogilvy (1997). “An Autobiography”, p.140, John Wiley & Sons

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• The elevation of parochial values to the realm of the sacred is a license to dismiss other people's interests, and an imperative to reject the possibility of compromise

  Steven Pinker

  People, Sacred, Compromise

  Steven Pinker (2011). “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined”, p.717, Penguin

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