- Focus
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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
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to where the sun is, where the winds are, the power of the site... I take that baggage with me.
- Plant
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- Nov 07, 2020
High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.
- Concentrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only books I give up on are texts where the writer's attention is concentrated so heavily on narrative questions that his or her use of language becomes careless.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star.
- Nov 07, 2020
I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.
- Professional
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- Nov 07, 2020
A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.
- Nov 07, 2020
My attention span has never been on point - in school as well - unless I'm very, very, very into something.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020