We cannot be a house divided – divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live.
Interest
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
The ‘free-floating intellectual’ may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.
Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest and admiration.
My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I taught myself to write programs in BASIC, and then I made my own games.
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we’re going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.
The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure.
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
The fall of the Syrian regime is in the interest of America and Israel.