- Me
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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
- Escaped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
That whole rivalry with the fans is not something that I can pay attention to right now. This is my new home, and whatever I can do to help out Seattle is what I need to do.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention, and I liked it.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always like to create things that get attention. It used to be a problem when I wasn't famous. Now, I can do whatever I want and people have to accept it.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
We make a mistake when we stereotype neighborhoods as 'bad' and not worth our attention or investment.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't pay attention to stats or anything like that. I just pay attention to how I play and the intensity that I play with.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to go to the designer that everyone is going to. I want to find a designer that maybe no one's paying attention to... And I'm not afraid to wear something crazy and ridiculous.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020
It doesn't seem right for anybody to get so much attention.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trade has helped the economy grow. Simultaneously, a sizable number of Americans haven't shared in that bounty, and if we don't pay attention to their concerns, all the political favor for open markets will dry up.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts.
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- Nov 07, 2020