- People
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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
- Parrot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have two dogs and a parrot, so they require a lot of attention. They deserve it.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always liked church. I was one of those kids who was desperate for the statue of Mary to talk to me, which is a very egotistical approach to your faith. I just wanted somebody to pay attention to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I always wanna tell young people now: Pay attention. This isn't gonna happen again. Rather than try to understand it as it's going along, have it go along for a while and then understand it.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
- Opera
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opera is given so little attention in the national press.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
- Nov 07, 2020