Attention Quotes - Page 80

My doctor told me i had Attention Deficit Disorder. He said, 'ADD is a complex disorder, blah, blah, blah,' I didn't pay attention to the rest.

I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

It's a welcome development that the president is paying attention to the war crimes that are being committed by the Assad regime and by their supporters in Iran and in Russia.

Applaud us when we prevail, correct us when we fail; but, above all, do not let this indispensable, irreplaceable institution wither, languish or perish as a result of Member States' indifference, inattention or financial starvation.

Attention gets you the opposite sex sometimes.

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings.

The miracle of being able to pay attention to other people in your life, and the miracle of being in time, and to continue being in time.

The goal for me in business is to work on things I want to work on, and be as successful as I can, without achieving any sort of attention or fame. That would be the best. That would be ideal.

On the intimate relationships, I'd say you can be someone who wouldn't normally get attention in traditional media and come onto Instagram and build this massive following.

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

Even when life appears to be going in circles the view is always changing if you are paying attention.

The latest thing that has caught me by surprise is Maryanne Amacher. I like sound that affects the listener physically. Traits such as complexity or simplicity don't really become a factor then. It's just the sound that I pay attention to.

Short attention span is the new avant-garde. Everyone complains that we can no longer intake huge chunks of text. I find that a reason to celebrate. It's something that has deep roots in modernism, stretching from the Futurists' use of typography to Pound's use of ideograms to concrete poetry. David Markson feels particularly relevant now. Twitter is the revenge of modernism.

I was paying attention to where Steven Soderbergh had the camera and his shots. I was blown away.

People probably thought I was scary, but I was just uncomfortable with attention and tended to be a little closed off, except with friends. I learned to embrace the attention.

The attention of the media is only caught by acts of violence... so I must perform this act of violence against myself.

Oh, there was harm indeed for a young lady flattered by the brief attentions of a handsome man.

I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of a story.

There is no right or wrong way to tell a story. You have to find your own way. You can get your idea from listening, looking, or imagining. Stories are everywhere. All you have to do is pay attention.

Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.

Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.

For me, the term "literary fiction" means there's always attention paid to language, and linguistic experimentation, sophistication.