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"Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones."
Possession
"Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind."
Tragedy
"The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for."
Attention
"If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting."
Work
"Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country."
Nation
"In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high."
Nation
"There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there."
Animals
"Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens."
Being
"The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the edge of the gray sky. Wagon tracks went away across it, so far that you could not see where they went; they ended in nothing at all."
Nothing
"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all."
Laughter
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"I need attention?No...I need victim....!"
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Personal Development
"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."
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Personal Development
"N order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in."
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Personal Development
"Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!"
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Personal Development
"Make It Fun. Have you ever been publicly acknowledged or called upon in a room filled with people? Depending on your personality type, it can be either exhilarating or mortifying. It certainly does grab your attention, as well as everyone else's!"
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Personal Development
"I think I'm a focus for international attention."
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Personal Development
"If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you'd need world attention to be able to prove it."
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Personal Development
"We're not paying attention to the fact that Hillary Clinton is running in 2006. Everyone is looking to her for the future. It's the same with anybody else who's positioning themselves."
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Personal Development
"Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful."
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Personal Development
"The turning point for me was when the Supreme Court installed Bush in 2000, even though he got half a million votes less nationally than Gore. It was nothing more than a bloodless coup and that's when I really started paying attention."
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Personal Development
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