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“Your protagonist is your reader’s portal into the story. The more observant he or she can be, the more vivid will be the world you’re creating. They don’t have to be super-educated, they just have to be mentally active. Keep them looking, thinking, wondering, remembering.”

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Author:Janet Fitch

“Being open and observant of people and the world around you is really important. People have the same desires and needs online as they do offline. The way that people are stays constant. You can change the format, make it easier for them to communicate or use photos instead of words but human necessities never change.”

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Author:Caterina Fake

“Neil Shepard's (T)RAVEL/ UN(T)RAVEL takes us from the sublime -- Paris in Spring, sunset on Corfu -- to an unscheduled toilet stop in a Chinese desert as fellow passengers cheer. Yes, there's light at the heart of this book; but darkness too, as the world and the traveler unravel and re-ravel, fall together, come apart. Shepard proves the best sort of traveling companion -- lively, observant, incisive, eloquent, charmed by the strange and familiar, the old and new. Climb aboard these poems. Enjoy the ride.”

“Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer.”

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Book:The Perfect Photograph

Source: The Perfect Photograph

“To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.”

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Book:The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia

Source: The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia

“Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would probably like to show originality, are yet constrained to repeat. Therein lies the marrow of the wisdom of the world.”

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Book:Companions of My Solitude

Source: Companions of My Solitude

“So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.”

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Author:Michelangelo

“An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of our existence. He is also better qualified than the average individual to protect himself in peril, for he is observant and resourceful.”

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Book:My Inventions

Source: My Inventions

“Writers are socially observant. We find people endlessly fascinating, and real life is mysterious. Sometimes it's hard to stop staring at the strut and squawk of my fellow man. They can be quite inspiring. Sometimes it's hard to stop talking to them to see what in the world they're thinking.”

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Author:Julianna Baggott

“I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.”

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Author:Beverly Cleary

“My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.”

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Author:Randa Abdel-Fattah

“Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter.”

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Author:Alma Guillermoprieto