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"Someone wrote a piece about Henry Green in The Partisan Review that was so intriguing that I got one of his novels, Loving, I believe, which was the first that came to attention in the United States."
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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."
"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."
"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."
"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."
"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."
"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."
"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."
"Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance."
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"When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor."
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"Blue Movie was based on an idea that Stanley Kubrick had. Somebody came by one day with some porn footage."
"The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish."
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