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The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
History and Historians
Ernest Dimnet

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

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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations.
Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
Ugliness
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
Quotations
Clifton Fadiman

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Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
Writers and Writing
Clifton Fadiman

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The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value
Economy and Economics
Irving Fisher

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

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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
Persuasion
Benjamin Franklin

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Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
Life and Living
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
Thoughts and Thinking
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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

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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
Enjoyment
Katharine Hepburn

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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Perseverance
Napoleon Hill

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Men may be linked in friendship. Nations are linked only by interests.
Nations
Rolf Hochhuth

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Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Gossip
Hedda Hopper

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Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
Service
Elbert Hubbard

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Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
Mind
Elbert Hubbard

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Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.
Trouble
Dean William R. Inge

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The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas.
Ideas
John Kane

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

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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
Ideas
John Maynard Keynes

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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Interest
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
Happiness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
Food and Eating
Fran Lebowitz

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun