I don't pay a lot of attention to polls.
Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.
As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
Slander is more deadly than weapons; weapons wound from close range, slander hurts from a distance.
The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.
I was just the youngest in the family, and most in desperate need of attention.
To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.
I love men and I like to get their attention.
There's not a lot of original ways to get attention in the press.
Genius is nothing but continued attention.
ay attention to peace; peace is all that matters.
I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.
I'm not that kind of publicity, attention-grabber type of artist.
Even a lie told for a good purpose has a way of perpetuating itself, doesn't it? Look at all the trouble I caused by refusing to tell the truth about Sarah's father." - Nell
Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close." "Little person," Briggs said. "And I never saw anyone as old as you up close, either.
There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business of more than a very small number of family members or close friends.
She closed her eyes, and I closed mine, and even though we weren't holding hands, it felt like we were. Because what we had, we knew.
Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's all about.
That is the way it is with a wound. The wound begins to close in on itself, to protect what is hurting so much. And once it is closed, you no longer see what is underneath, what started the pain.
If you do not believe in your product or service enough to offer it to your own family and friends, then you should question the value of what you are selling.
