No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally… — L.A. Paul Copy Share Image
When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
What better can parents and children give to each other than respectful, understanding attention. — Richard L. Evans Copy Share Image
Men are naive to their bodies. They don't pay attention to their skin like women do. — Bill Cowher Copy Share Image
I think that when Riccardo Tisci wanted to bring more attention to the lack of African American presence on the runway, he… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Political conservatives need to recognize that multicultural politics is converging with leftist politics, and not only on 'social issues' like same-sex marriage.… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The children and families seeking asylum at our border deserve our immediate attention and humanitarian aid. — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
My work happens to be singing, and I love bringing great songs to the attention of my audiences. — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
There's an attention paid to the fame - the sort of sheath that's on you, this sort of cloud that's covering over… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
I've got nice feet. I do pay quite a lot of attention to them. I always have. — Toks Olagundoye Copy Share Image
I'm not just talking about analyzing symbols from a dream but bringing the dream into life. I'm talking about seeing the world… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
I can't quite give standup all the time and attention that I did early on that I'm so grateful for. But back… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for… — Ryan Montgomery Copy Share Image
I'm a very basic dresser. I'm not interested in calling too much attention to myself. I like to look cool without being… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
Most people do not pay attention to the publisher's imprint on a given book. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
One should put forth great effort in matters of learning. One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively… — Kato Kiyomasa Copy Share Image
Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Your problem is you don't understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I am happily married, and I think I was lucky that success came a little later in my life. It's difficult to… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
[My poems] of course, it's symbolic, in the way that things in a poem can be - that is, pointing to something… — Matthew Zapruder Copy Share Image
Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Whether they cheer or whether they boo really doesn't bother me as long as they're paying attention. — Scott Hall Copy Share Image
Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there. — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
When I was around 13 years old, I started playing in bands and became obsessed with Blink-182 and Newfound Glory. I didn't… — Cassadee Pope Copy Share Image
When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Evidently, a given object took no particular amount of time to draw; instead the artist took the time, or didn’t take it,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I don't think people really do listen. We plug into music, and we have short attention spans. We tend to download individual… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
For the most part, much of the legal world's attention has been focused on Donald Trump and his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel,… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
Generally I find that kids ask better questions than you get with adults. Something that kids will do a lot is, they're… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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