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"The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

Julia Margaret Cameron, British Photographer

Attention, Delight

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"The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

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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

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"Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory."

Richard Whately, English Writer

Attention, Curiosity, Memory

"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

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

Georg Brandes, Danish Critic

"Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives."

Cole Younger, American Criminal

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

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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

Paul Nurse, British Scientist

Attention, Sky, Stars, Winter

"We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could."

William Graham Sumner, American Businessman

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"I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic."

Jimmy Fallon, American Comedian

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"When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer."

"When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued."

"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied."

"From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour."

"Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping."

"The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

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