“There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.” AttentionCuttingMiddleConversationCome UpDinnerGood FriendAdjusting Author:Verne Troyer
“Nashville has always felt perfect. I don't think Third Man Records could exist in any other town that I know of in America. Anything smaller or larger than the size of Nashville, and also the music - the attention that's paid to music in that town is sort of the right kind. It's not too hipster and it's not too fake; it's something in the middle, which is really good ground for a place like Third Man Records, that aims to be genre-less. It's great to be able to have that kind of access.” ThinkingKnowsMenKindAbleAmericaFeltPerfectAttentionRecordsMiddleThirdsPaidTownsAimSizeAccessGenreFakeHipsterNashville Author:Jack White
“From youth to middle, and often to past middle, age, most men are apt to be too closely engaged in the struggle of life to pay due attention to the strength of the body. They may take daily what they consider a sufficient amount of exercise; but the exercise is not calculated to keep the various limbs and muscles, still less the internal organs, in proper working order. Amid the ordinary concerns of life the man may appear strong, even stalwart. But when occasion arises for some special muscular exercise, or taxing the action of some organ, he finds out his weakness.” MenMayStillsBodyAgeActionPastOrderStrongPayAttentionStruggleMiddleSpecialYouthHe ManAmountExerciseOrdinaryWeaknessConcernVariousDuesAriseOccasionsSufficientEngagedMusclesInternalsOrgansLimbsMiddle AgesLife StruggleStalwart Author:Richard A. Proctor
“Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention.” DoneSchoolRoomsAttentionTeachingMiddleStudentsCollegeApproachPay AttentionRenaissanceMiddle SchoolInstructorsLecturing Author:Daphne Koller
“All one's life as a young woman one is on show, a focus of attention, people notice you. You set yourself up to being noticed and admired. And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous.” PeopleShowsYoungWomenAttentionFocusMiddleExpectingYoung WomenMiddle Aged Author:Doris Lessing
“ISIL presents a growing threat not only in Syria and Iraq, but throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and now in the United States as well. Terrorists and their enablers will continue to receive the unwavering attention of law enforcement and the intelligence community.” WellsStatesLawCommunityUnitedAttentionUnited StatesGrowingMiddleEuropeThreatIraqEastTerroristMiddle EastSyriaLaw EnforcementEnforcementUnwaveringIsilIntelligence CommunityNorth AfricaEnablers Author:Devin Nunes
“At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention.” ShouldHeartEndsStoriesAbleFilmPowerfulAttentionAudienceSuccessfulMiddleEmotionalIntellectualNarrativeDramaticCaptureViewersArcsProtagonistsBeginning Middle And End Author:Julia Bacha
“Iran is the middle child of the Axis of Evil. Iraq is the oldest child and gets the lion's share of the attention, and North Korea is the crazy baby.” ChildrenEvilAttentionShareCrazyMiddleBabyIraqIranLionsKoreaNorth KoreaAxesMiddle ChildOldest Child Author:John Oliver