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“Photography has every right and every merit to claim our attention as the art of our age.”

Art Age Attention Photography Claims Merit

Author:Alexander Rodchenko

“The chief difference between me and others is that I have plenty of time not only because I am without a multitude of responsibilities and without daily tasks, which demand attention: But also because I am basically without ambition. Neither the present nor the future has claims on me.”

Differences Attention Responsibility Demand Ambition Tasks Claims Chiefs Plenty Multitudes Daily Tasks

Author:Eric Hoffer

“There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one's attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius.”

Enough Certain Fall Black Attention Serious Claims Illness Critical Holes Black Hole Unlucky Radius Solipsism Serious Illness

Book:The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

Source: The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion

“He who is wise puts aside all claims which may dissipate his attention, and confining himself to one branch excels in that.”

May Attention Wise Claims Branches

Book:The Wisdom of Goethe

Source: The Wisdom of Goethe

“Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade; the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.”

Giving May Government Individual Force Attention Atheism Influence Claims Positive Atheism Tendencies Appropriate Reverence Consistency Persuasion Permanence

Book:Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness

Source: Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness

“Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers. Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you'll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.”

“Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes it's a little bit difficult going back and forth to navigate these differences.”

Want Writing Littles Sometimes Strong Bits Difficult Differences Pay Attention Little Bit Claims Academic Blogs Back And Forth Navigate Academic Work

Author:Alex Tabarrok

“And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.”

Way Want Should Attention Hair Clothes Draws Gold Claims Good Things Appearance Attractive Decent Expensive Appropriate Clothings Devoted Modest Pearls I Want A Woman Expensive Clothes

Author:Paul the Apostle

“Learn their lesson, that if you would teach people you first must capture their interest with news; that your service rather than your sermons must be your claim upon their attention; that what you say must be simple, and brief, and above all sincere - the unmistakable voice of true regard and affection.”

People Ifs Firsts Voice Interest Simple Attention Teach Lessons News Claims Regard Affection Sincere Capture Sermons

Book:The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus

Source: The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus

“I get scripts all the time, but I read this [Baggage Claim] thoroughly, and I loved it. It was light hearted, cute, sweet, and funny. I told my agent that I liked the script, but I did let my acceptance of the role slide a little, until I was watching television one day; scrolling through the stations, and there was this play. And I don't like plays made for the screen. But, this one, "Suddenly Single", caught my attention.”

Littles Made Play Light Attention Roles Acceptance Television Sweet One Day Claims Scripts Caught Screens Agents Cute Stations Slides Hearted Baggage Watching Television Light Hearted Scrolling

Author:Jill Scott

“I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel compelled to pick up the poem again; I want to be curious about its byways and secret corners.”

Want Feels Firsts Secret Attention Picks Claims Corners Curious Granted Compelled

Author:James Arthur

“To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior.”

Self Use Easy Pay Attention Design Behavior Claims Pay Attention Users Speculation Unreliable Interfaces

Author:Jakob Nielsen