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Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.
Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests.
When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
I studied history at university, so I'm always quite fascinated by the Second World War and France. That's one of my interests.
In America, economic, cultural and political power is dispersed. In the U.K., centralisation is a gift to the vested interests.
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?
The website is me. It's a reflection of my personality and my interests. It's the perfect marriage of my skills and experiences.
All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.
Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.
I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.
I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.
Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set aside.
Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.
One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart.
It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.
I have to make a lot of decisions that aren't in the best interests of individuals, whether they be owners, club executives, players.
Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.
The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.
The decision on how philanthropic money is spent is made on the whims and personal interests of the wealthy, rather than what is best.
While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.
What interests me in writing a novel is taking really remote voices, characters, and stories and beginning to create some kind of web.
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.
I like challenges, and thus, I keep trying something different and new every time. And these challenges and interests turn into passion.
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me.
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
If the YSRCP is voted to power, agriculture sector will be given top priority. The interests of all sections of people will be protected.
I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't have interests; it's just that I don't have the time.
Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.
I like to work with the same people when I can, and you want to get people with the same interests that you have, and the same aesthetic.
What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.
What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.
When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.
Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate.
What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.
Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.
The new normal is continuous learning, and we look for people who demonstrate lots of different interests and really demonstrate curiosity.
Veterans Affairs (VA) is a mess of a government agency and too often abuses the rights and interests of veterans it is supposed to protect.
I don't want to think of life after competing. But if I were to do anything else I'd go down the psychology route. That's what interests me.