"I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead."

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"When you are "off somewhere else" people notice. Have you found yourself in conversations in which you're so concerned about what you are going to say next, that you don't even hear what the other person is saying? Guilty as charged, right?"

Susan C. Young, American Author

Attention, Truth, Wisdom, Regret, Power

"Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Even though it has been very painful, lots of opportunities have come forward journalistically. Once all of this blows over, I think it might actually help that I have gotten this attention."

Jeff Gannon, American Journalist

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"While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare."

Boris Yeltsin, Russian Statesman

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"Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention."

Keith Henson, American Scientist

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"Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

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"The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

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"I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95."

Dennis Rodman, American Athlete

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"A lot of the stories are internal. They leak it to me wanting to get attention, wanting to get that headline. More times than not, I will not give it to them."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

Attention, Will

"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."

John McCain, American Politician

Attention, Congress

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