“I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.” WantAttentionBrotherPrioritiesJealous Author:Jack Osbourne
“I don't know about being a Catholic anymore, though I had a great romance with the Church. But its male hierarchy causes me pain and distress. So I can't really pay too much attention. When that encyclical from the Pope - the one about contraception - began 'Dear Sons and Brothers' I figured it must be private mail and had nothing to do with me. So I didn't read it.” KnowsI CanPainRomanceReligionCausesChurchPayAttentionToo MuchSonBrotherCatholicMalesDearMailDistressPopeHierarchyContraceptionGreat Romance Author:Joan Hackett
“Take two kids in competition for their parents' love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don't dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it's not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.” FeelsChildrenTwoHardEnoughKidsParentAttentionLandEmotionalBrotherAddCompetitionRoundsPrivilegeDareEnvyAccomplishmentFrustrationResentmentExplosionsSiblingRivalryDynamiteParents LoveSibling Rivalry Author:Adele Faber
“I always wanted to make strangers and friends and family laugh. I was over ten years younger than my brothers. It was hard to get attention without some kind of gimmick, like athletic stardom or being funny.” YearsKindHardWantedAttentionLaughingBrotherTenStrangerMy BrotherFamily And FriendsAthleticStardomBeing FunnyGimmicksStrangers And Friends Author:Gary Gulman
“Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time, and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.” PeopleLooksRealBigsAmericaStuffPayAttentionBoysStreetsBrotherMessagesYeahRapPay AttentionFbiHoodComptonReal StuffLapd Author:Eazy-E
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“Eleanor Roosevelt never thought that she was attractive. She never thought that she was really sufficiently appealing. And I think her whole life was a response to her effort to get her mother to pay attention to her, to love her, and to love her as much as she loved her brothers.” ThinkingWholeMotherEffortPayAttentionBrotherResponseWhole LifePay AttentionAttractiveEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“My dad was a good man but an emotionally absent father, and so I had to look for that male attention somewhere else, and found it in a brother-in-law. He just happened to be an alcoholic.” MenLooksLawFoundFatherAttentionHappenedBrotherDadMalesMy DadGood ManAlcoholicsSomewhere ElseAbsentIn-lawsBrother In Law Author:Jim Hamilton
“Since my childhood, I saw my elder brothers playing cricket and that is what built my passion around it. I was enrolled in school but all my attention was on cricket.” SchoolPassionAttentionSawsChildhoodBrotherBuiltCricketEldersMy PassionPlaying Cricket Author:Shahid Afridi
“I'm a middle child, which is probably why I chose to be an actress. I needed the attention. I've got one older sister and a younger brother.” ChildrenAttentionMiddleBrotherNeededActressesOlder SisterYounger BrotherMiddle Child Author:Nell Hudson
“I try to pay as little attention as possible to people who are not part of my team. What counts for me is what my father says, because he is my coach. I listen to my brother and my fitness coach. I don't care about anyone else.” PeopleTryingCareFatherAttentionTeamBrotherCoachesMy Brother Author:Alexander Zverev
“I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that the baby gets. And my older brothers were getting into so much trouble that I was left in the middle, doing plays. I was up to no good, but my mother didn't know it!” KnowsChildrenPlayMotherLeftAttentionTroubleMiddleBrotherBabyOlder BrotherMiddle Child Author:John C. Reilly