"No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself."
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"I learned to observe other people - that’s sort of what it teaches you. To pay attention. Which can also be a really natural human skill so I don’t think I’m better equipped than other human beings."
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"Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."
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"I repeat that in this sense the most splendid court in Christendom is provincial, having authority to consult about Transalpine interests only, and not the affairs of Rome. A prætor or proconsul would suffice to settle the questions which absorb the attention of the English Parliament and the American Congress."
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"These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character."
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"The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!"
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"I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court."
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"But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that."
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"People hunger for more attention. Full attention will be the aphrodisiac of the future."
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"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention."
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"I listen with attention to the judgment of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own."
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"People crave attention and appreciation more than they do bread."
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"There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free."
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"You create attention to attract attention."
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"Pay no attention to Caesar. Caesar doesn't have the slightest idea what's really going on."
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"who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you"
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"You can give the Devil too much or too little attention."
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"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."
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"Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance."
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"As you go about your life, don't give 100 percent of your attention to the external world and your mind. Keep some within."
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