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Simone Veil

"The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real."

Simone Veil, French Lawyer
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"It was my study of the two Corinthian letters that first caused me to concentrate my attention more directly on the relation of the apostle Paul to the older apostles."

Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian
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"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine."

Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman
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"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."

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"Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been put up to a critic."

Jean Sibelius, Finnish Composer
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"The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too little originality."

Alexis Korner, English Musician
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"If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance."

Margery Allingham, English Writer
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"You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter."

Judith Martin, American Author
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"The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem."

Dean Acheson, American Statesman
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"I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me to take care of them, and I did."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier
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