"I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things."

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"I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things."

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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."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

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"Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more."

Natasha Hamilton, British Musician

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"So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result."

Emily Mortimer, British Actress

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"I live myself with my cat Pebbles. She isn't enjoying the attention as much as me - she ran off up the stairs as soon as the film crew for the show came into the house. She didn't come down for hours. But I have the support of all my brothers and sisters and my neighbours and friends - everyone thinks it's just great."

Susan Boyle, British Musician

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"Everybody-even monsters-needed a little attention once in a while."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway."

Steffi Graf, German Athlete

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"I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need."

Chris Noth, American Actor

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"The person whose attention is in the 'pure Soul' is known as a renowned person. No one in the past had been celebrated as a famous person, they were called renowned persons. To be famous is the result of an 'above normal' state."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?"

Philip Gilbert Hamerton, English Artist

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