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Attention Quotes

"We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen."

"We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen."

Warren Rudman, American Politician

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"I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language."

"I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language."

Martin Chemnitz, German Theologian

Attention, Language, Meditation

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

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

John McCain, American Politician

Attention, Congress

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"You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real."

"You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real."

Jim Balsillie, Canadian Businessman

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"I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to."

"I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Attention, School

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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."

"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

Attention, Brothers, Film, Friends

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"Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence."

"Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence."

Minor White, American Photographer

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"In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources."

"In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources."

Jan Egeland, Norwegian Public Servant

Attention, Disasters, Help, World

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"A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."

"A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant."

Alan Perlis, American Scientist

Attention, Language, Programming

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"What perhaps should receive more attention is the effect of the treatment on the virus."

"What perhaps should receive more attention is the effect of the treatment on the virus."

Luc Montagnier, French Scientist

Attention, Effect, Treatment

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"I was always jealous of something getting more attention."

"I was always jealous of something getting more attention."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

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"Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them."

"Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them."

Orville Redenbacher, American Businessman

Attention, Mail, Will

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"What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have."

"What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have."

David Zucker, American Director

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"If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting."

"If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

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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."

"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

Attention, Fire, Light

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"The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for."

"The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American Author

Attention, Pretty, Trouble

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"I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want."

"I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

Attention, Mind, Want

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"The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer."

"The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Attention, Mind, Problems

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"So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia."

"So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia."

Lee H. Hamilton, American Politician

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"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Attention, Measure

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"Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board."

"Especially in local elections, because hardly anybody pays attention to those - but it's really important who's mayor and who's on the city council, county commissioners, sheriffs, district attorney, and of course the school board."

Jello Biafra, American Musician

Attention, Elections, School

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"The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness."

"The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness."

Marilyn Ferguson, American Writer

Attention, Calculations, Consciousness, Effort

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"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."

"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

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"If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky."

"If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky."

Eberhard Weber, German Musician

Attention, Reason

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"The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done."

"The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

Attention, Correction, Errors

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"The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention."

"The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention."

Anthony J. D'Angelo, American Author

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"I went to the Capitol and came to court specifically to draw attention to the problems of the world that directly affect my state of mind and my physical body and to offer a way to clean up the world. This is my intent."

"I went to the Capitol and came to court specifically to draw attention to the problems of the world that directly affect my state of mind and my physical body and to offer a way to clean up the world. This is my intent."

Lynette Fromme, American Criminal

Attention, Body, Court, Mind

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"The state of our state needs serious attention."

"The state of our state needs serious attention."

Mitch Daniels, American Politician

Attention, Needs, State

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"Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing."

"Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

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"You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment."

"You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

Attention, Dumb, Play

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"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."

"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

Attention, Question

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

"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

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"But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing."

"But, if there's any aspect of my career that needs attention, it's writing."

Bobby McFerrin, American Musician

Attention, Career, Needs, Writing

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"Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers."

"Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers."

Andrew Gould, British Businessman

Attention, Focus, States, United

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"Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal."

"Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal."

Jeff Miller, American Politician

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"Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls."

"Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls."

Barbara Amiel, British Journalist

Attention, World

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"They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves."

"They pay little attention to what we say and prefer to read tea leaves."

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Statesman

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"If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation."

"If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Attention, Care, Ladies, Laws

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"Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there."

"Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there."

Bob Newhart, American Comedian

Attention, Comedians, Vacation

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"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."

"I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important."

Diane Lane, American Actress

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"If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards."

"If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards."

Annie Proulx, American Journalist

Attention, Awards, Merit, Spirit

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"I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares."

"I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares."

Benny Green, British Musician

Attention, Communication, Question

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

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

Natasha Hamilton, British Musician

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"There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention."

"There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Attention, Eyes, Help, Man

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"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."

"I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention."

Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian Athlete

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"No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin."

"No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin."

Richard Owen, English Scientist

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"Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze."

"Not considering this opening worthy of more attention, I continued our pursuit to the Northwest, being desirous to embrace the advantages of the prevailing breeze."

George Vancouver, English Explorer

Attention, Being, Pursuit

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"Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?"

"Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?"

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

Attention, Questions

13

"Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up."

"Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up."

Ashley Scott, American Actress

Attention, Hair, Man

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"A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson."

"A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson."

John Henrik Clarke, American Author

Attention, First

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