"I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored."

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"I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored."

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"I need attention?No...I need victim....!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Attention, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"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

Attention, Dress, Right

"N order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Attention, Mind, Emotion, Space

"Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!"

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Attention, Wisdom, Truth, Today, Power

"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!"

Susan C. Young, American Author

Attention, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

"If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you'd need world attention to be able to prove it."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Attention, Power, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

"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."

Mark Edwards, American Celebrity

Attention, Court, Nothing

"The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

Attention, Opinion, Preparation

"Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job."

Jerry Kramer, American Athlete

Attention, Hell, Job

"If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

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"I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective."

Career

"When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy."

Politics

"I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books."

Love

"My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career."

Family

"Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist."

Noir

"I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman."

Life

"I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age."

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"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."

"N order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in."

"Better ignore it than halfheartedly listen!"

"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!"

"If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you'd need world attention to be able to prove it."

"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."

"The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments."

"Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job."

"If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting."

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"I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective."

"When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy."

"I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books."

"My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career."

"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."

"I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people."

"I have a very intense marriage."

"Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist."

"I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman."

"I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age."