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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
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't really even know how the Internet and technology are changing us, or our brains and our attention span.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was selfish and immature. I never wanted the attention. There were helicopters flying over the hospital while I was giving birth.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always give much attention to military character and to psychological and morale conditions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't great in class and suffered from dyslexia and ADHD; still do. As a result I could never sit in class listening quietly, and my attention would inevitably end up wandering after a short while.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on set is like being in college, for me, because I get to watch other people perform and I can learn from them if I listen and pay attention.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated media outlets in Egypt tried to sour the ties between our two countries, but our ties are very strong. No negative stance has been taken by either side against the other. Rumors are being spread by the enemies of our two countries. We pay no attention to them.
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The E.U. should pay more attention to the plight of African nations hosting large numbers of refugees themselves - at times for decades.
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- Nov 07, 2020