“Avoid demonizing television, computer games, and new technologies. Electronic media may compete for kids' attention, but we're not going to get kids reading by badmouthing other entertainment. Admit that TV and games can do things books can't.” MayBookKidsReadingGamesCan DoAttentionTechnologyMediaTelevisionTvsComputerEntertainmentNew TechnologyReading For KidsComputer GamesElectronic Media Author:Jon Scieszka
“This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsBelieveMadeSchoolGuyGamesCan DoWalksRoomsAttentionTakenCollegeHigh SchoolDoctorsGasStationsFactoriesBelieve In MeCheatMillionaireProminentSchool EducationGas Stations Author:Sparky Anderson
“I have to be honest, I dont pay as much attention to womens fashion, but being a sneaker head, I do like it when a girl can rock a nice pair of sneakers. Not every girl can do it. Every girl looks good in heels - thats a given - but not every girl can look good in fresh kicks.” LooksGirlGivenCan DoPayAttentionNiceRocksHonestFashionBeing HonestKicksPairsHeelsSneakersEvery Girl Author:Bryan Greenberg
“A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.” LittlesWholeBitsCan DoAttentionKindnessLittle BitWhole Life Author:Adrien Brody
“I'm trying to cause people to be interested in the particulars of their lives because I think that's one thing literature can do for us. It can say to us: pay attention. Pay closer attention. Pay stricter attention to what you say to your son.” PeopleThinkingTryingLiteratureCausesCan DoPayAttentionOne ThingSonPay AttentionYour Son Author:Richard Ford
“What you write should entertain you and serve you first. Don't worry about maintaining anything beyond your own attention. Focus on exorcising your demons in the work. If you can do that, then you'll succeed in the world.” IfsWorldShouldWritingFirstsCan DoAttentionWorryFocusSucceedDemonMaintaining Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“To develop intuition, one of the things you can do is pay attention to what you eat. Eat as clean a diet as you can. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables without preservatives, without alcohol, caffeine, dyes, and organically grown if possible. But do what is comfortable for your. Don't try to shift into a lifestyle that doesn't fit, but be aware that the lighter you eat the lighter you will feel.” IfsFeelsTryingCan DoPayAttentionFitComfortableCleanFruitIntuitionAlcoholLifestylePay AttentionDietsVegetablesLightersCaffeineFruits And Vegetables Author:Gary Zukav
“I always like using different muscles, you can take that however you want. But doing something once a year is fantastic, I highly recommended it if you can do it. It's a wonderful thing, it's very freeing and I can put a lot of energy and attention onto it and it's something I love doing.” IfsWantYearsI CanDifferentEnergyCan DoAttentionWonderfulFantasticMusclesYou Can Do ItWonderful Things Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“That's the interesting thing about writing. You can start late, you can be ignorant of things, and yet, if you work hard and pay attention you can do a good job of it.” IfsWritingHardJobsCan DoInterestingPayAttentionHard WorkLateIgnorantPay AttentionGood JobInteresting Things Author:Lydia Davis
“I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful, condescending movie that debases African participation, and anything I can do to shift that and draw attention to rich and widely varied films that come from there- because there's all kinds of filmmakers from Senegal, you have Mambety, and Haroun with Grigris.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindI CanFilmCan DoAttentionRichCrazyDrawsAll KindsAwfulCinemaFilmmakerParticipationBeing CrazyCondescending Author:Elvis Mitchell
“Create sacred spaces in the workplace as well. Classrooms, five years ago, professors would say, I don't want be a nanny to my students. They can do whatever they want. Now professors are saying, put away that laptop, because studies show that it not only takes away the attention of the person who's on the laptop from the class, but everyone around them. There's like a circle around that person that's distracted and not paying attention.” WantYearsWellsPersonsShowsCan DoSpaceAttentionClassStudyFiveStudentsYears AgoSacredCirclesPay AttentionFive YearsProfessorsClassroomWorkplaceDistractedLaptopsNanniesSacred Space Author:Judy Woodruff