"During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky."

Attention, Sky, Stars, Winter

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"During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky."

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"Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if all four books had just appeared from one company."

Mark Millar, Scottish Writer

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

Simone Veil, French Lawyer

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"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."

John McCain, American Politician

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

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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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"It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways."

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"This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal."

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"My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university."

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"Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science."

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