Shared Interests Quotes

When John Kerry and Zell Miller and George Bush can agree on an issue, you know it's got legs.

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.

There's a difference between good chemistry and a bond. Chemistry is something you have with somebody you meet - or you don't. It's an intangible. It may be superficial. It's much harder to put your finger on than a bond.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computers and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.

I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of the golden age together. But whether I'm making films or writing poetry or doing photography, it's very much rooted in my sense of unease. And that's really where everything goes back to.

We cannot allow events that might divide us in a small way to distract from the common values and the common interests that unite us in big ways.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

My relationship with my brothers... it's almost weird. We've never fought, we finish each other's sentences, but not in a creepy way. We talk about the things that we love and share music with each other.

When we see the relatedness of ourselves to the universe, that we do not live as isolated entities, untouched by what is going on around us, not affecting what is going on around us, when we see through that, that we are interrelated, then we can see that to protect others is to protect ourselves, and to protect ourselves is to protect others.

I spoke with Abramovich. He is very simple and loves football. We were on the same wavelength: he wants to confirm Chelsea's position at the top.

The decision is not directed against either of the two national groups that inhabit Palestine. On the contrary, it corresponds to the fundamental interests of both peoples.

When I'm with my wife, I know she's a beautiful woman. I know that, and more than that, it's what she is inside. She's beautiful inside; she loves music like I do. That's the thing that brought us together and probably keeps us together.

Gaming brings people together.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.

Some of my best friends now are from drama club.

And my father always took me to the library. We were both book addicts.

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains.

When he [the Prophet Muhammed] died, his shield was being held in mortgage by a Jew. This was in the mutual interests of all those concerned. The Prophet (peace be upon him) had to buy things to fulfill the needs of himself and his family. The same sale was beneficial to the Jew who made the sale. Life does not operate on the basis of striving to deprive others of securing their welfare. It can only operate on the basis that our striving to secure our own welfare implies that others can secure theirs as well.

Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.

My mom, grandma, great-grandma - we're all named Mary, and we all play piano and sing.

We only won our freedom because of our allies, and we can only sustain it because of them.