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Attention Quotes
On focus, distraction, and where our attention lands.
This set includes a scientist recalling an early assistantship in electron microscopy that shaped a career of close attention, alongside a broader point about attention flowing toward relationships in hope of satisfaction that doesn't always arrive. See Being quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I recorded my first song, 'Greetings,' and it got so much attention on SoundCloud. I was not expecting that.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to watch actors while they are acting, how they hold their attention when so many people around are there to distract them. It’s difficult.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never hungry for this kind of attention; it was the love of performing that got me interested in acting.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
We see many posters and standees at cinema halls, and some catch attention. But these posters are soon forgotten. Taking a picture with the actors, enabled by AR, helps record a memory.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No diss to any of my homies, but I pay very close attention to what people say about me.
- Diffuse
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- Nov 07, 2020
So my thing is we want come in and diffuse anything that's not real, anything that doesn't associate with real hip-hop. We want to be the one that says, 'Yo, we want to help build and build a bigger and better industry.' I'm just like, 'Yo, with talent from Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec. Who's paying attention?'
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there.
- Gemini
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Gemini, and my attention span is limited. So, I don't dwell on long-term goals.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?
- Push
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- Nov 07, 2020