- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Dugout
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.
- Front Page
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind starts to do things that you didn't even realize it could do. I suppose it's the manipulation. I suppose it's the sense of power, the center of attention, and the me-ism. And performers have to have that.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we are seeing now is customers shifting their attention from security products like firewalls and intrusion sensors, to the policies that need to be in place, and the technologies that help them enforce policy compliance.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people will go for the quick joke and not pay attention to the consequences.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020