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Throughout this book I have tried to point out why interest, especially as it has been used by people such as Hume, Smith, Tocqueville, and Weber, is still a very useful concept. One reason why the concept of interest imparts a distinct dynamic to the analysis is that it is mainly interest which makes people takes action. It supplies the force that makes people get up at dawn and work very hard throughout the day. Combined with interests of others, it is a force that can move mountains and create new societies.

Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our own interest, can make ourselves believe that reasons exist which compel us to it as a duty.

Una volta aveva letto un romanzo d'amore che le aveva prestato la sorella. Non aveva capito niente di quelle emozioni e si era annoiata da morire. Era anormale? Il suo corpo e il suo cuore sarebbero stati eternamente sordi a quel genere di richiami?

Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.

Trying to get someone interested in us (who is not) is a painful and pointless endeavour. There are many people in the world. Some are for us. Most are not.

To grow interested in any piece of information, we need somewhere to 'put' it, which means some way of connecting it to an issue we already now how to care about.

Very few, even among those who have taken the keenest interest in the progress of the revolution in natural knowledge set afoot by the publication of the 'Origin of Species'; and who have watched, not without astonishment, the rapid and complete change which has been effected both inside and outside the boundaries of the scientific world in the attitude of men's minds towards the doctrines which are expounded in that great work, can have been prepared for the extraordinary manifestation of affectionate regard for the man, and of profound reverence for the philosopher, which followed the announcement, on Thursday last, of the death of Mr Darwin.

We made love like green is blue. That’s because we were only half into it, though for the record I was the blue and she was the disinterested yellow.

We will investigate at some point in the future, when we feel like we are maybe more interested than we are now. Until then, we will continue on in ignorance, happy as we ever were.

What I am interested in, what I write and care about, exists in the slow lane, somewhere between hand-ploughed fields and a pint of real ale.

When fair-play and the interests of the team conflict with each other, which one should you choose? -Red White Love: The Love of Liverpool FC

We told each other what movies we were currently watching and what books we were reading.

When motivation flows, people see work as interesting as music. They enjoy it till they do more than they could have done. Leaders motivate people to do greater things.

When we go out knowing whose interests we are representing, people cannot oppose us because it is pointless to fight God, who lives in us

When you put yourself and your interest ahead of the people you intend to serve, it doesn't take long to find out that it's a recipe for disappointment.

We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.

When society does something wrong and extremely immoral, ironically it is not called ‘madness’. For example, ‘sati burning’ and ‘forced conversion into another religion’ etc. Sometimes, an ‘unreasonable’ society tries to present itself as ‘reasonable’ by unfairly and selfishly defining ‘madness’ according to its own wish and for its own interest!

You build a great network by first offering your services to others, and by so doing, winning their interest. This is the foundation of building trust and creating a platform for them to invest in you in a reciprocal manner, such that it becomes a win-win situation.

You bring the influence of the Kingdom to the people by giving them things that would interest them

You need to take some time off and delve into the study of the topic you are interested in

You don't need to think deeply before reaching out to the excuses to give. Just lose interest in it and you gain excuses at no cost!

Your followers are interested in going where you have gone before. Take them where you have been and let them know what took you there. They’ll learn by your example.

You should conduct a research- to study the issue or field you are interested in; explore the topic in every quarter and search information in all kinds of sources

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.

You need to study, to examine deeply the field you are interested in

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

Where full interest exists, indifference is least seen.

Ads are planned and written with some utterly wrong conception. They are written to please the seller. The interests of the buyer are forgotten.

Actually, every human being should show the greatest interest in this subject, because, much more than you can imagine, our lives depend upon beekeeping.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.

After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.

A good thing to live by is to go after what truly interests you.

Advertising enriches life by quickening the imagination, arousing interest and enlarging the taste.

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society.

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

All spiritual interests are supported by animal life.

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

A lot interests me - but nothing surprises me particularly.

A large plural society cannot be governed without recognizing that, transcending its plural interests, there is a rational order with a superior common law.

A lot of animal experiments consider only commercial interests. We want to ban all animal experiments as soon as possible.

A lot of people when they retire, they just expire. It happens to men more than women. Women usually have great interest in the family, because the family's always growing and they're always coming to the rescue.

A lot of my colleagues have been people with broad interests in economics, not just narrowly focused interests.

A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.

All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA.

Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.

Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.

Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.