- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attentions Quotes
The double edge of being noticed.
These attentions quotes show how differently people appreciate being noticed - some feel proud, others find fresh attention almost awkward after years being overlooked.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The anorexic body is held in the grip of will alone; its meaning is far from stable. What it says - 'Notice me, feed me, mother me' - is not what it means, for such attentions constitute an agonising test of that will, and also threaten to return the body to the dreaded 'normality' it has been such ecstasy to escape.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most graceful of warriors is the robin. I know few prettier sights than two males challenging and curveting about each other upon the grass in early spring. Their attentions to each other are so courteous and restrained.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I write less than I'd like but do research. Other times, editor's notes or a copy-edited manuscript or page proofs for a forthcoming novel mean that I need to put my attentions elsewhere for a day or two, but I always come back to writing.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020