“I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.” SometimesMy OwnLevelsActingAttentionLuckyFaults Author:Sienna Miller
“When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice of making art, was the only space that was mine alone, where I could be anyone and do anything, where just by using my head and my hands I could cry, or laugh, or get pissed off.” ArtHandsYoungMy OwnSpaceAttentionPracticeLaughingCryMinesNegativePissed Off Author:Kim Gordon
“I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.” WayArtDifferentMy OwnAttentionMistakeStudyAchieveDirectorsPaidCamerasShootingDifferent WaysArt HistoryStudying Art Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“My father would sit and design furniture and cabinets - he was a carpenter and cabinet maker - and I would ask for my own piece of paper and pencil. And when I would say, 'What should I draw?' he would push a cartoon under my nose and say, 'Here, draw this.' So the cartoon became a kind of focus of attention.” ShouldKindAsksFatherMy OwnAttentionFocusPiecesDesignPaperDrawsDrawingNosesMakersShould ICartoonPencilsFurnitureCabinetsCarpenterPaper And Pencil Author:Burne Hogarth
“You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but as I do not choose to have generosity dictated to me, I shall not resolve on giving my cabinet to Anna till the first thought of it has been my own.” GivingFirstsKindHas BeensMotherMy OwnAttentionPlanningGenerosityResolveCabinetsAnna Book:The Letters of Jane Austen Source: The Letters of Jane Austen
“I want to be a witness to my own time because I've had a sneaking suspicion lately that I'm gonna live a lot longer than most of the people I meet. If I'm gonna be the only one still around to say what happened, I'd better pay close attention now.” PeopleIfsWantStillsMy OwnPayAttentionHappenedWitnessSuspicion Book:Rat Bohemia (Large Print 16pt) Source: Rat Bohemia (Large Print 16pt)
“I have a job to do, I have a wife and child to take care of. So I don't pay attention to things that I don't know anything about. I've got my own situation to deal with.” KnowsChildrenCareJobsMy OwnDealsPayAttentionSituationWifeTake CarePay Attention Author:Scott Baio
“The feeling of an unbridgeable gulf between consciousness and brain-process:When does this feeling occur in the present case?It is when I (for example) turn my attention in a particular way on to my own consciousness, and, astonished, say to myself: THIS is supposed to be produced by a process in the brain!--as it were clutching my forehead.” WayDoeSelfFeelingsTurnsProcessMy OwnAttentionBrainConsciousnessCasesExampleParticularSupposed To BeSelf ConsciousForeheadsSelf Consciousness Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“The thing that I have been emphasizing in my own work for the last few years has been the group approach. To try to buy groups of stocks that meet some simple criterion for being undervalued-regardless of the industry and with very little attention to the individual company.” TryingYearsLittlesHas BeensLastsIndividualMy OwnSimpleAttentionCompanyGroupsIndustryApproachInvestingCriteriaUndervalued Author:Benjamin Graham
“My own view, for what it's worth, is that sexuality is lovely, there cannot be too much of it, it is self-limiting if it is satisfactory, and satisfaction diminishes tension and clears the mind for attention and learning.” IfsMindSelfSexMy OwnViewsAttentionToo MuchSatisfactionSexualityLovelyTensionDiminish Author:Paul Goodman