Special Interest Quotes

I'm entirely interested in people, and also other creatures and beings, but especially in people, and I tend to read them by emotional field more than anything. So I have a special interest in what they're thinking and who they are and who's hiding behind those eyes and how did he get there, and what's the story, really?
Alice Walker

Emotional, Thinking, Eyes

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
Fran Lebowitz

Good, Women, Woman

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
Jimmy Carter

Good, Made, Special

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.
Paul Wellstone

Money, Power, Political

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry.
Lafcadio Hearn

Poetry, Special, Reason

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
James Taylor

Special, Interest, Television

I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that.
Laura Schlessinger

Time, Mind, Angry

Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong.
Nancy Pelosi

Money, Special, Wrong

I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me.
Vincent Gallo

Sorry, Gay, Special

The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation.
Ron Wyden

Special, Same, Reason

The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.
Ron Wyden

Health, Power, Care

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.
John F. Kerry

Work, Best, Crisis

Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups?
Scott Walker

Special, Interest, Groups

It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
Iris Chang

Greatest, Country, Special

The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.
Ginny Brown-Waite

Control, Special, United

I desire an special interest in your prayers that my faith fail not in the day of adversity.
John Hawley

Faith, Special, Adversity

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.
Evan Parker

Music, History, Character

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections.
Peter Schuyler

Life, Finance, Special

I'm not going to take any special interest money or any PAC money... when I get to Washington I want to be the voice for the people of Connecticut and not owe special favors.
Linda McMahon

Money, Special, Voice

You don't get real reform by pandering to every special interest. With cap and trade we wound up with a bill that didn't accomplish much, was enormously complicated and expensive.
Brian Baird

Real, Special, Interest

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