- Family
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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
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With social networks these days, everyone needs to know everything all the time. But the problem is, people are so used to short snippets of information that no one has any attention span anymore. I don't, anyway.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
- Aroused
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is, of course, quite natural that a biologist whose attention had been aroused by noticing in his own case the phenomena of precocious old age should turn to study the causes of it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got many emails that brought to my attention that Mr. Ioan Mang... plagiarised a manuscript of mine, as well as papers of other people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people ask me if I only get all this attention because of my dad. The answer is no.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just wanted to feel sexy and get male attention and get guys and do that whole experience because I didn't really have that before. And so when I started to get it, I just took it and ran with it.
- Meditation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest job creation is driven by entrepreneurs and young businesses, so they merit special attention.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.
- Precious
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the necessary memorialisation of the six million dead, there had been precious little attention paid to those who survived and how they survived.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
My campaign confirmed my belief that although there are bigots in America, whose hateful rhetoric seizes the media's attention, the vast majority of people do not harbor such prejudice.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
I asked my body if it was going to die or not from AIDS. And it said 'no.' I sort of paid attention to that.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
When caught in the clutches of a predator, the jelly produces a light display that is a pinwheel of light that is basically a call for help. It serves to attract the attention of a larger predator that may attack their attacker, thereby affording them an opportunity for escape.
- Nov 07, 2020
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever consider myself anything more than a fan.
- Crave
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- Nov 07, 2020