Quotes About Interests

In the U.S., highly selective renditions of its history have served in practice to impose blinkers on some of its citizens and catered to vested interests.

In America, economic, cultural and political power is dispersed. In the U.K., centralisation is a gift to the vested interests.

When you scale up your business there will invariably be small groups of vested interests unwilling to see the new ground reality.

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.

The whole debate on what food is best for us is complex, ongoing and often controlled by vested interests.

Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.

Needed reform of the nominating procedures has been thwarted by the individual vested interests of the DNC members in maintaining the maze of primaries and caucuses.

There is big resistance from vested interests in China that don't want to open up to competition.

Cutting the fiscal deficit is not popular. That is the experience of all governments in all countries. Expenditure cuts hurt certain vested interests, and they don't like it.

Certain people with vested interests have unleashed a campaign that I'm charging Rs 1 crore as my salary. This is totally false. Even at the best of times, I haven't got that much money for any of my films.

There is nothing efficient about destroying the planet as we know it because vested interests want to keep us addicted to fossil fuels.

Some vested interests have an inclination to tarnish the image of those in politics and there have been occasions when some people have fallen for such tendencies. A democratic society can go forward only after rectifying such outlooks.

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.

What is good for you is not necessarily good for the company, and vice versa.

I studied video game design. The one thing I knew for sure about myself is I didn't want to study acting.

I'm not a video game guy.

I used to play video games and all that, but I don't really play video games that much.

I'm into video games, but only real specific lame video games.

I started a podcast about 'X-Files' and ended up on it. Then I started a podcast about video games, and I'm in the new 'Mass Effect' game. I have to pick the stuff I love and do a podcast on it.

One thing that we have found over the years is that video games themselves are a thing that have a tendency to be difficult for them to break out of a particular segment, or a particular group, or a particular group of people with particular interests.

My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.

I like video games. I like tech. I like travel. I like my dog. I like food. I'm like, 'That's what I'm going to focus on.'

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.