"An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."

Attention, Decisions

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"An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."

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"What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Attention, First, Media, Press

"It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Attention, Destruction, Earth, Global warming

"The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster."

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

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"I think the killers get far too much attention."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."

Diane Lane, American Actress

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"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

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"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

Henry Miller, American Author

Attention, World

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

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Attention, Culture, Mission, Press

"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

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"Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations."

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"If you never change your mind, why have one?"

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"People should realize we're jerks just like them."

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"In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better."

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"Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

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"Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple."

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"A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen."

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"Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting."

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"Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it."

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"The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas."

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