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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.

The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself.

The latest thing that has caught me by surprise is Maryanne Amacher. I like sound that affects the listener physically. Traits such as complexity or simplicity don't really become a factor then. It's just the sound that I pay attention to.

The last peculiarity of consciousness to which attention is to be drawn in this first rough description of its stream is that it is always interested more in one part of its object than in another, and welcomes and rejects, or chooses, all the while it thinks.

The Law of Attraction requires that we focus our attention on what we do want, rather than what we don't want, Focus on loving you.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.

The lesson to learn is to pay attention for 90 minutes because in front of you are great champions.

The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.

The living deserve attention, too

The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.

The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice that I developed, that people would want to hear and that was worth paying attention to.

The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.

The meaning of your life depends on which ideas you permit to use you. Who you think you are determines where you put your attention. Where you direct your attention creates your life experiences, and brings a new course of events  into being. Where you habitually put your attention is what you worship. What do you worship in this mindstream called your life?

The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.

The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abrasive.

The mind which can totally and inanely forget its work and obligations is often also the mind which can, at the proper time, give them the fullest attention.

The miracle of being able to pay attention to other people in your life, and the miracle of being in time, and to continue being in time.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

The modern reader (or viewer, or listener: let's include everybody) is perilously overloaded. His attention is, to use the latest lingo,'targeted' by powerful forces? Our consciousness is a staging area, a field of operations for all kinds of enterprises, which make free use of it.

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

The more attention that is drawn to any of the fighters, especially in a positive way, is good for the sport.

The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him. Be attentive, but don't be paranoiac.

The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated.

The more attention you give to the paparazzi, the more it just, like, validates everything . . .

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

The more I pay attention to what's going on inside, the more I realize that how I feel, and how I react to what I feel, really creates my reality. And the more in touch I can be, the better chance I have to control what's happening in my life.

The most important thing you will ever give your children is a little of your time.

The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question.

The most effective way to transform into higher consciousness is to pay attention in the present moment.

The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention.

The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention.

The music I do in live performances is made for a specific situation. I know that people are sitting down and shutting up and they're with me for 90 minutes. They're totally with me. Whatever I do, I know they have my attention and they follow my pace.

The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like - she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her.

The music has always been my bread and butter, and I've focused more of my attention on that.

The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

The Net is the ultimate empowerment tool. You have the right to express your opinion to a global audience, but everyone has the right not to pay any attention to it.

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God.

The notion that I might have been able to court friends, win attention, conjure it, would have spoiled it for me. Unbidden love was what I wanted.

Then there are those who plant. they endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure.

The number of hypotheses and theories about climate change are numerous. Quite naturally they have caught the public attention, as any proof of past climactic change points to the possibility of future climate change, which inevitably will have significant implications for global economics.

The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1 percent get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99 percent.

The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, `Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?'

Then there is the further question of what is the relationship of thinking to reality. As careful attention shows, thought itself is in an actual process of movement.

The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!

The obsession with suicide is characteristic of the man who can neither live nor die, and whose attention never swerves from this double impossibility.