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“Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim against the tide. ... We Christians were not chosen by the Lord for little things; push onwards toward the highest principles. Stake your lives on noble ideals, my dear young people!”

Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation

“By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.”

Needs Should Social Waiting Attention Media Events Should Have Paid Everyday Currents Social Media Discussion Classroom Grandchildren Current Events

Author:Adora Svitak

“There is a strong current in contemporary culture advocating ' holistic ' views as some sort of cure-all... Reductionism implies attention to a lower level while holistic implies attention to higher level. These are intertwined in any satisfactory description: and each entails some loss relative to our cognitive preferences, as well as some gain... there is no whole system without an interconnection of its parts and there is no whole system without an environment.”

“If you have had your attention directed to the novelties in thought in your own lifetime, you will have observed that almost all really new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced, and almost any idea which jogs you out of your current abstractions may be better than nothing.”

Ifs Firsts May Ideas Certain Attention Aspect Lifetime Currents New Ideas Foolishness Abstraction Novelty

Author:Alfred North Whitehead

“Pessimism like calumny is easy to do, and attracts immediate attention. The gossiper and the writer may find this out soon enough, and a little encouragement from the current mood will procure them successes that bring endless imitators in their trail. On the other hand saying good things about life in general and individuals in particular and making it interesting is a serious task which few can achieve with credit.”

Source: Sunset and Twilight: From the Diaries of 1947-1958

“I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.”

Thinking Book Light Might Three Attention Share Casts Currents Focused Realms Topics Korea North Korea Elusive

Author:Adam Johnson

“People (a group that in my opinion has always attracted an undue amount of attention) have often been likened to snowflakes. This analogy is meant to suggest that each is unique - no two alike. This is quite patently not the case. People, even at the current rate of inflation - in fact, people especially at the current rate of inflation - are quite simply a dime a dozen. And, I hasten to add, their only similarity to snowflakes resides in their invariably and lamentable tendency to turn, after a few warm days, to slush.”

People Two Facts Turns Attention Opinion Cases Groups Amount Unique Add Rate Currents Warm Tendencies Dozen Inflation Similarity Analogies Dimes Snowflake Slush

Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“In the current situation, particular attention should be given to the quality of financial and economic management. The Government and the Central Bank should have a strategic action plan”

Should Government Action Given Attention Quality Situation Plans Economic Particular Should Have Management Financial Currents Strategic Central Banks Current Situation

Author:Tatyana Golikova

“When that which I have chosen to focus upon in this moment evokes love or joy or appreciation, I am, in that moment, offering my greatest value to myself, to my current object of attention and to All-That-Is.”

Moments Joy Values Attention Focus Objects Currents Appreciation Chosen That Moment Offering Evoke

Author:Esther Hicks

“Investors should pay attention not only to whether but also to why current holdings are undervalued. It is critical to know why you have made an investment and to sell when the reason for owning it no longer applies. Look for investments with catalysts that may assist directly in the realization of underlying value. Give reference to companies having good managements with a personal financial stake in the business. Finally, diversify your holdings and hedge when it is financially attractive to do so.”