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“I have the power of choice in every moment. Where will I place my attention? What do I hold sacred? Whom can I love right now?”

Moments Choices Attention Right Now Sacred Power Of Choice

Author:Fred Small

“He who sees different ways to the same end, will, unless he watches carefully over his own conduct, lay out too much of his attention upon the comparison of probabilities and the adjustment of expedients, and pause in the choice of his road, till some accident intercepts his journey.”

Way Different Ends Choices Attention Watches Too Much Journey Lays Accidents Different Ways Comparison Pauses Probability Adjustment

Book:The Rambler

Source: The Rambler

“No one can be responsible for where or how we each begin. No one has the freedom to do anything or everything, and all choices bring consequences. What we choose to do next, though, how to spend our resources or attention or effort, this is what defines us.”

Motivational Choices Next Effort Attention Consequence Resources Responsible Being Responsible

Author:Seth Godin

“We're living at a time when attention is the new currency We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make. Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, Fitbit and the SenseCam give us a simple choice: participate or fade into a lonely obscurity.”

Giving Choices Simple Attention Lonely Connections Valuable Fades Currency Publishers Publish Obscurity Flickr Foursquare

Author:Pete Cashmore

“My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.”

Stills Choices Attention Ultimate Dresses Details Excuse Fancy Costumes Dressings Elegance Indulgence Dressing Up Attention To Detail

Author:Ellie Goulding

“Scientists are rarely to be counted among the fun people. Awkward at parties, shy with strangers, deficient in irony - they have had no choice but to turn their attention to the close study of everyday objects.”

People Science Turns Choices Fun Party Attention Study Objects Scientist Everyday Stranger Irony Shy Awkward Everyday Objects

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Where do you put your attention? On fear or love? I wish the choice were made just once and not repeated every moment of the day.”

Made Moments Choices Wish Fear Attention

Book:For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners

Source: For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners

“When you have been to the lowest part of your life, you have no choice but to sit back and just think about things. You just pay attention to so much more.”

Thinking Has Beens Choices Pay Attention Pay Attention Lowest

Author:La'el Collins

“We make real that to which we pay attention. The Master knows this. The Master places himself at choice with regard to that which she chooses to make real.”

Knows Inspirational Real Choices Religious Pay Attention Masters Regard Pay Attention

Book:The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue

Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue

“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it--to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”

“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.”

Men May Action Choices Pay Attention Accepting Cases Consequence Responsible Investing Pay Attention Decision Making Inner Life

Author:W. H. Auden

“Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what they share and what they are reticent about, what they tell truthfully and what they lie about, what they hope for and what they fear, what they are proud of, what they are ashamed of. If you don't pay attention to other people, how can you understand their choices through time and how their stories come out?”

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Author:Marge Piercy