Attention Quotes
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People who want to stay in Australia will always resort to, some will try and resort to, a very unattractive type of protest in order to draw attention to themselves and hopefully to pressure the government.
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I'm not at an extreme, but I do think that Donald Trump is a self-created creature. But the media has feasted on his spectacle and he wouldn't live without the attention. He's repaid the favor by attacking the press, but that's generated more reactive coverage.
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The moral abhorrence of private prisons has been brought to our attention by courageous acts of investigative journalism, illuminating scholarship, and the work of activists who have decried the social stratification brought about by our prison systems.
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You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.
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The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.
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People who study primate societies make a distinction between two kinds of cultural interactions, agonic and hedonic. In agonic societies, you gain status by asserting dominance over others. In hedonic societies, you gain status by drawing attention to yourself. Open source is a hedonic culture.
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The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits.
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I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media.
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When you have a novel, exciting finding, that gets attention. People are going to push back, and that's honestly how science should work.
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Certain governments are suggesting that bloggers and tweeters aren't 'real' writers and, so, don't merit protection. A writer is anyone from a Nobel laureate to a debut blogger. They all get PEN's attention.
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I needed to be there to support her, as a mother and as a human being, ... All mothers should pay attention to what she is saying.
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There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.
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By this point he had seen enough of them to know that they were cooler under pressure, and better to be within a tight spot, than 999 out of 1,000 women. But their presence obliged him to divert a significant fraction of his attention into being considerate of their needs, responding to their inquiries, and keeping them alive.
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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
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The first problem of communication is getting people's attention.
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If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told - which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don't know if I'm smart enough.
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I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more attention to lighting.
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All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.
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Even academic elites are drawn to the figure of the murderer, which has long been a focus of attention for psychiatrists, sociologists, and criminologists.
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You turn into this desperate dude looking for a shred of attention when you just had so much. It's like, "I'm just lonely and all I really want is a hug, but I gotta capture that in something real gross." You start to understand why circus clowns are alcoholics.
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I think the killers get far too much attention.
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Fashion is not superficial; it is a dynamic tool to transform oneself, and it can be used to command the attention of those around you.
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The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy.
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Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. “It seems all the negativity in the world doesn’t affect you,” he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It’s all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy.
