Katherine Ryan Quotes
Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.Katherine Ryan
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Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.
Lactantius -
I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
Manolo Blahnik -
Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
Laura Linney -
I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
Nancy Sinatra -
Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.
Caitlin Doughty -
A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.
Canelo Alvarez
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It's a really scary thing, having your dreams come true and seeing everything you ever wanted happening, getting the attention for it and then not knowing how to handle it properly.
Samaire Armstrong -
Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
Victor Hugo -
With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.
Nassau William Senior -
It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.
Idina Menzel -
I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
Oprah Winfrey
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
J. Cole -
Certainly, my manager Gary Ungar was the first person to give me any attention and hustle for me. This was back in 2009.
Damien Chazelle -
I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
Zac Efron -
Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
Hanoi Hannah -
I think that educators are in sales. Essentially, what you are doing is making an exchange with your class. You're saying, 'Give me your attention. In exchange, I'll give you something else.' The cash register is not ringing. It's not denominated in dollars or cents or euros, but it is a form of sales in a way. It is an exchange.
Dan Pink -
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
Nancy Gibbs
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As far as the eye could reach, I found myself gazing on a surging sea of aunts. There were tall aunts, short aunts, stout aunts, thin aunts, and an aunt who was carrying on a conversation in a low voice to which nobody seemed to be paying the slightest attention.
P. G. Wodehouse -
It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time.
Anthony Kiedis Red Hot Chili Peppers -
The Beatles are lucky, very lucky. But what has happened to them has nothing to do with them, in a sense. They came along at the right time. Attention was focused on them. They've had the chance to grow in almost any direction they wanted. Very lucky. They are not exceptionally talented.
Eunice Kathleen Waymon -
CTE can be caused by smaller hits to the head over time.
Ann McKee -
Chicken Little change my life when I was younger. I had no idea chickens could talk *laughs*.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.
Katherine Ryan