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“No work with interest is ever hard.” Henry Ford, “My Life and Work” - 1922

“It is solely on the basis of this common interest that every society should be governed.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract” - 1762

“There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books.” Henry Miller, “Tropic of Cancer” - 1934

“They love their hair because they aren't smart enough to love something more interesting.” John Green, “Looking for Alaska” - 2005

“Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like.” Jane Austen, “Mansfield Park” - 1814

“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people’s.” Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere's Fan” - 1893

“When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's...” Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” - 16 October 1847

“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.” Bertrand Russell, “The Conquest of Happiness” - 1930

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.” John Locke, “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” - 1689

“EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.” Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil's Dictionary” - 1911

“No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.” Thomas Paine, “Common Sense” - 1776

“The requisites for board membership should be business savvy, interest in the job, and owner-orientation.” Warren Buffett, “The Essays of Warren Buffett” - 1997

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” Woodrow Wilson, “The New Freedom” - 1913

“Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.” Woodrow Wilson, “We Must Accept War” - 2 April 1917

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