"Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer."

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"Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members."

Friedrich List, German Economist

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"I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

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"There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

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"Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

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"I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

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"I know there's a great deal of speculation, and while I appreciate the interest, kind of, my contract ends in May and I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I'm fortunate to have a couple of opportunities to think long and hard about."

Katie Couric, American Journalist

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"My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that."

Nina Blackwood, American Celebrity

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"But there has also been a notable increase in recent years of these applications by a much wider slice of psychotherapists - far greater interest than ever before."

Daniel Goleman, American Author

Interest, Years

"And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

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"I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults."

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"I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children."

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"Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life."

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"Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?"

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"I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern."

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"I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them."

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"I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed."

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"I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write."

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