“I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.” CountryFactsAttentionProudAppreciateOur CountryReceivingAppreciate Life Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what they share and what they are reticent about, what they tell truthfully and what they lie about, what they hope for and what they fear, what they are proud of, what they are ashamed of. If you don't pay attention to other people, how can you understand their choices through time and how their stories come out?” PeopleIfsWantImportantStoriesLyingChoicesPayAttentionShareListeningProudPay AttentionAshamedRough Times Author:Marge Piercy
“Every Cuban has a house to live in, no matter how meager. That house is provided by government. Every Cuban who gets sick can go to a doctor or a hospital and get medical attention while 45 million Americans don't have medical insurance. Every Cuban can get education from the kindergarten through college and they don't have to pay. What is Castro doing that we might benefit from-if we are not too arrogant and falsely proud to see what he is doing in a small nation and what we have not been able to do or not been willing to do in the greatest nation on the earth?” IfsMatterGovernmentMightAbleEarthHouseNationsPayAttentionMillionsCollegeWillingProudBenefitsDoctorsSickMedicalHospitalsArrogantCubanKindergartenCastroSmall NationsMedical Insurance Author:Louis Farrakhan
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldRaceAttentionMillionsTvsProudFeministGenderScreensFixedOne TimeFlashGoogle Author:Lizzo
“There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'” WellsRememberMovingStuffAttentionReadyProudGayThat GirlBeing Gay Author:Nathan Lane
“I'm very proud to be part of a cast that's gonna put Hot Shots on screen for the first time, Hot Shots are the first line of defense against wildland fire and these guys are so selfless, they are guys that do what they do without wanting any kind of attention for it.” FirstsKindGuyLinesAttentionFireProudShotsFirst TimeHotCastsDefenseScreensSelflessHot Shots Author:Miles Teller
“The experimental film scene was very much misogynistic as well. I don't know if you have read what little attention was given to the films of Joyce Wieland, who was the wife of Michael Snow. Michael was the "genius" and she was not. If you look at the films they're wonderful, but very different. Michael was very proud of the films too, so it was not coming from him. It was coming from the general environment. I think both Chantal Akerman and I shared that. We wanted to find a language, which was the language of women.” ThinkingDifferentFilmLanguageAttentionEnvironmentWifeWonderfulProudGeniusSceneSnowJoyce Author:Babette Mangolte
“I think women in Iran are very resilient and I am very proud of all the Iranian women that are standing up for their rights and speaking out, and I hope that they will succeed and I am glad the international community is paying attention and supporting them as well.” ThinkingCommunityAttentionProudSucceedGladPay AttentionResilientIranianSpeaking Out Author:Anousheh Ansari
“I wasn't doing it to shock anybody or to be rebellious or to get attention making "Heart-Shaped Glasses" with Marilyn Manson. I was more proud of that than anything because it took a lot of strength and bravery to put myself out there like that. It was a risk. I'm glad that I did it because usually the best things I've done have come from the biggest risks. Thirteen was a risk and that was amazing.” DoneAttentionRiskProudBraveryGladRebelliousThirteenManson Author:Evan Rachel Wood