"You have to have a feeling for where you are. You've got only one life to live and you don't have to live it for six people. Pay attention to it."
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"For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me."
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"Attention pays attention to a lot of things, but when attention pays attention to attention, then there is a stillness, and that stillness introduces you to your Self."
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"Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work."
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"Stillness alone is the potentiality for creativity; movement alone is creativity restricted to a certain aspect of its expression. But the combination of movement and stillness enables you to unleash your creativity in all directions-wherever the power of your attention takes you."
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"Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement."
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"There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you."
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"Life provides many lessons, so pay attention, everything you learn is valuable."
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"Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad."
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"The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible."
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"Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die."
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"There's a perception that novels can't usually allow for your kind of absolute attention to detail."
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"I never knew any man cured of inattention."
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"All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying."
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"If you weren’t pretty, it wouldn’t matter what you said or didn’t say. That’s why you’re getting this attention."
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"When you are moving toward an objective," said Petrus, "it is very important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length."
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"I love the attention but I don't like too much of it."
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"If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people."
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"I love attention. If I see a gang of girls? That makes me dance even more!"
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"Put All of your Energy & Attention into Visualizing ... It's then that Doors Begin to Open for You"
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