#Attention

"Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days."

"I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself."

"When you experience a negative circumstance or event, do not dwell on it. Be proactive — put your attention on what you need to do to bring the situation to a positive result."

"Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about."

"If you feel obsessed to prove something to the world, then you'd need world attention to be able to prove it."

"There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done."

"Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager."

"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."

"I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else."

"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."[Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]"

"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)"

"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."

"It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,"

"A long list of propositions does not necessarily make a coherent argument"

"We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success."

"Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places."

"I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me."

"I didn’t give her my full attention. The bottle was half full when she started drinking. Still, from it she grew distracted, so my farming technique worked."

"When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."

"Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon."