- Freedom
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- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
When the United States media is paying attention, that's when you're really representing your country.
- Perception
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a weirdo. I think I wanted to be liked, but I didn't have the attention or bother to actually make an effort to be. I also think I had a different perception of what I needed to do to be liked.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
- Story
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt, when he was out of office, he would do things to draw attention. But when you are president, you don't need to shout. When you are in office, you are the story.
- Nov 07, 2020
When Warren Buffett says the sun shines out of somebody's backside, it's worth paying attention.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the time that I followed Warren Buffett, one CFO told me, it's very important to pay attention not only to what Warren Buffett says and what he actually does - often there are subtle differences between the two.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker's attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pay attention to everything now - the taste of bread, the taste of water.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keep your blood pressure under control and pay attention to your urine. If it's foamy, that's not a good sign, and you need to check out your kidneys.
- Ingenuity
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- Nov 07, 2020
An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Low interest rates are usually attributed to low inflation, weak economic growth and super easy monetary policy. But there's another deep-seated factor that doesn't get much attention: demographics.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020