"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

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"To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing."

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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

Attention, First, Letters, Study

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

John McCain, American Politician

Attention, Congress

"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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"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

Attention, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Attention,

"You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person."

Tracy Chapman, American Musician

Attention, Difference, Trying

"I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Attention, Mind, Now, Youth

"I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world."

Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

Attention, Will, World

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

Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist

Attention, Law, Newzealander

"In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key note."

William Billings, American Composer

Attention, First, Key

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"I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it."

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"If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk."

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