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“Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.”

Want Ideas Bigs Might Wanted Deals Acting Attention Stage Paid Notion Work Out What You Want Big Deal Jockeys

Author:Olivia Thirlby

“The notion that I might have been able to court friends, win attention, conjure it, would have spoiled it for me. Unbidden love was what I wanted.”

Has Beens Might Able Wanted Winning Attention Court Notion Might Have Been Spoiled

Book:A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

Source: A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

“One of the greatest hindrances in coming to Jesus is the excuse of temperament. We make our temperament and our natural affinities barriers to coming to Jesus. The first thing we realize when we come to Jesus is that He pays no attention whatever to our natural affinities. We have the notion that we can consecrate our gifts to God. You cannot consecrate what is not yours; there is only one thing you can consecrate to God, and that is your right to yourself (Romans 12:1). If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you. God’s experiments always succeed”

Source: My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers

“I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way.”

People Ifs Way Trying Book Stories Pay Attention Information Picks Good Things Notion Pay Attention

Author:David Macaulay

“Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.”

People Ifs Thinking Art Ideas Whole Pay Attention Creative Magic Genius Notion Yesterday Pay Attention Small Things Creative People

Author:Bell Hooks

“Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.”

Literature Attention Direct Notion Infinity

Book:Dissertations and miscellaneous pieces relating to the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia

Source: Dissertations and miscellaneous pieces relating to the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia

“The young women who attract so much attention never change: They are all stupid. They have at best only the crudest notions of their own power, and never calculate motives or consequences. Giving a young woman a young woman's body makes as much sense as giving ten teenagers Lamborghinis and telling them to drive in figure 8s around a parking lot.”

Giving Body Young Attention Stupid Figures Ten Consequence Notion Teenager Motive Young Women Never Change Parking Women's Bodies Parking Lot

Author:Richard Brookhiser