"Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners."
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"Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little expectation as possible. If you say, "Well, that's pretty much what I thought I'd see," you are in trouble. At that point you have to ask yourself why you are even here. [...] Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business."
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"The true art of memory is the art of attention."
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"I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something."
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"Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them."
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"By a lot of peoples standards, I lived a very privileged life. I never wanted for attention, I never wanted for material things. In some ways, I was probably spoiled because I never had to share. And I was doted on."
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"I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself."
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"If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work."
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"If you have to talk to more than three people about the same problem, you don't want help, you want attention."
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"I tried to pay attention, but attention paid me."
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"The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies."
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"It's OK if you don't know how much more you can handle. It's fine if you don't know what to do next. Eventually, you'll let go of how things should be and start to see possibility based on reality. It's YOUR life, grasp the steering wheel and force yourself to pay attention to where you're going."
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"If you have your full attention in the moment, you will see only love."
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"It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love."
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"When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to."
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"If you pay attention to the world, it’s an amazing place. If you don’t, it’s whatever you think it is."
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"I did not succeed in life by intelligence. I succeeded because I have a long attention span."
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"Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds."
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"OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition."
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"There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to."
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