"I do not believe in meaningless coincidences. I believe every coincidence is a message, a clue about a particular facet of our lives that requires our attention."
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"I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it."
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"What holds attention determines action."
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"Normally I didn’t see a great deal. I didn’t hear a great deal either. I didn’t pay attention. Strictly speaking I wasn’t there. Strictly speaking I believe I’ve never been anywhere."
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"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."
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"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
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"Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive."
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"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."
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"Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present."
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"Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share."
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"Charisma gets the attention of man and character gets the attention of God."
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"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."
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"The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings."
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"Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen."
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"God has infinite attention to spare for each one of us."
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"The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort."
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"Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention."
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"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."
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"Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention."
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"We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat."
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