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He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.
The words in prose ought to express the intended meaning, and no more; if they attract attention to themselves, it is, in general, a fault.
One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life.
When I was a young woman, my looks attracted a lot of compliments. My mother, however, could not share attention with any other human being.
To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing attention-rich inputs simultaneously.
We become what we love. Whatever you are giving your time and attention to, day after day, is the kind of person you will eventually become.
I never paid attention when the LP became the cassette and the cassette became the CD and now we're dealing, you know, with MP3s. It's okay.
We recommend for the training of teachers not only a considerable artistic education in general but special attention to the art of reading.
I realize that I can be with someone, but on a deeper level I'm not available to them at all. I have attention deficit disorder of the soul.
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.
We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation.
It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.
There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.
You know, sometimes a person's reputation can be far more colossal than the influence of the person. I don't pay any attention to it anymore.
Smaller portions of good foods are more satisfying than larger portions of junk foods, especially if you pay attention to what you're eating.
I think it must be hard being David [Tennant]. I get a certain level of attention but - I've seen it in action - he can't move for attention.
It's been a mystery to me and a disappointment why conversation about health care reform hasn't turned more attention to the subject of food.
America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people.
When I'm in the second attention, when I stop looking through eyes that have been formed for me by others, I see something else. I see power.
Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end.
I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.
When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally in your body.
I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.
There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.
I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.
Unless you call attention to your presence who will know you're there? Even a country has to weave and wave a flag as proof of its existence.
A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important.
What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.
You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.
What's great is that starting a blog can get you lot of attention for your writing. But it doesn't have to be for anybody other than yourself.
I have known writers who paid no damned attention whatever to the rules of grammar and rhetoric and somehow made the language behave for them.
And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.
An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.
Once you realize that will power is just a matter of learning how to control your attention and thoughts, you can really begin to increase it.
To form a new Government, requires infinite care, and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
I've been dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder at some time in my life. I still read with a highlighter, but I've always loved to read.
Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
I was quite hyperactive as a young kid, and then when I got to high school I was just the class clown. I didn't have much of an attention span.
I think a lot of people get into stand-up to be the center of attention, which is perfectly legitimate. But I think I got in there to be heard.
A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only.
One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.
There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.
I knew you'd kiss me." "How?" I say. Because I didn't know myself. "Because I am in pain," He say's. "That's the only way I get your attention.
I do feel very honored to get all this attention. Basically, what I need to do is to go out there and perform. That's what I'm intending to do.
There wasn't a woman alive who could resist a man who paid attention to her, who made her feel like she was the only other person in his world.
People need to pay attention to their bodies and go get a checkup. If you do that, you have a chance to help illnesses from getting even worse.