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“We pay attention to what we are told to attend to, or what we're looking for, or what we already know...what we see is… — Daniel Simons Copy Share Image
“Be very careful what you recommend to the president because he will do what you say.” — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“It is imperative to choose carefully what captures your attention.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
“A willingness to offer advice on matters that are quite beyond the ken of the adviser seems to be a habit in this part… — Alex Macintyre Copy Share Image
“He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afriad.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Man usually sees what he is looking for; seldom what he is looking at.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It would please him well enough to amount to no more in the end than a single great organ of detection, reaching into blankness… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“It’s a useful way to see what’s there. A lot of times, it isn’t much.” — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
“the birth of the twins and what happened to them, although traditional, has transformed me as irreversibly as soaking cloth in a vat of… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut,… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“When she reaches the ground, she looks from the old woman to me. A moment of confusion. Then recognition. I know her too, because… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“huigan—causes us to turn inward and reflect as the liquor coats our tongues, shimmers down our throats, and then rises again as fragrance. The… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“...maybe writing doesn't require sacrifice. Maybe it's a gift to experience emotions through our brushes, ink, and paper. I wrote out sorrow, fear, and… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“You can always count on people to crowded your party when you’re in glory but you should never dream of people sending you charcoal… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“So many mistakes. So many errors. So much tragedy as a result. In that moment I understood that the cruelest words in the universe… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
