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Most investors are primarily oriented toward return, how much they can make and pay little attention to risk, how much they can lose.
There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
I've got a short attention span, so it makes sense that I like movies because, for the most part, they immerse you in lots of action.
If for instance, in a board meeting, if you have an idea, it better be a good idea, or you're not going to get everybody's attention.
Human consciousness is now being drawn inexorably toward the same issues, the gaze of collective attention focused like never before.
The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.
So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.
In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.
It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.
Silly trends don't last long. A lot of this nonsense that pops up, I don't even really pay attention because it'll be gone in a flash.
All the publicity, the attention, the interviews, the photographs, were too much for me (after throwing his second no-hitter in 1938).
The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time.
If as a family we must be selective listeners, then let us pay more attention to the words of the heart and less to the words of anger
The rose is without 'why'; it blooms simply because it blooms. It pays no attention to itself, nor does it ask whether anyone sees it.
The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.
People only worry about the uncanny for about a week; that's the end of their attention span. After that, suspicions turn into shtick.
People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.
He - A.J.[Muste] never got much credit, never got much attention. For example, I wrote a biography of him and nobody ever heard of it.
When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention.
Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.
I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
I never want to lose the audience's attention or break up the party, but at the same time, it would be weird not to do some new music.
I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.
I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
It's a constant, continuous, spectacular world we live in, and every day you see things that just knock you out, if you pay attention.
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
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.
It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.
The thought of attention made me want to hide in a closet. I wasn't a kid who liked attention. I liked solitude and I still kind of do.
I'm an actor and I like having attention. There's a reason I like being on stage and in front of the camera, and it's that interaction.
Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is not a crime.
I had the global outlook that I really wanted to capture the world. I would like the attention of the world at least and I wanted that.
When you are on the erg your mind is too busy to pay attention to the sounds of the machine; you notice only that they are indeed loud.
Style is besides the point. Nobody would pay attention if one always said the same thing, in the same words and the same tone of voice.
Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.
Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.
Whatever you put attention on will start manifesting in your life. Intention, attention, manifestation; that is how the universe works.
When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything else.
The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author?
Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.
I think the movie industry has to pay attention that we need to make good quality films, or we are never going to get the business back.
This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture.
I liked playing in small clubs. I really liked holding the attention of thirty or forty people. I never liked the roar of the big crowd.
When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally.
Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying.
My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear.
When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.