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• Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to pay attention to the undemonstrated assertions and opinions of experienced and older people, or of the prudent, no less than to demonstrations, for, because the have an experienced eye, they see correctly.

  Aristotle

  Eye, People, Perception

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• The earliest language was body language and, since this language is the language of questions, if we limit the questions, and if we only pay attention to or place values on spoken or written language, then we are ruling out a large area of human language.

  Paulo Freire

  Attention, Body, Pay

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• Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Teacher, Healing, Opportunity

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• The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. Whatever you pay attention to will grow more important in your life. There is no limit to the kinds of changes that awareness can produce.

  Deepak Chopra

  Important, Quality, Attention

  Deepak Chopra (1997). “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us.

  Miroslav Volf

  Simple, Echoes, Attention

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• Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.

  Tara Brach

  Expression, Profound, Attention

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• It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

  Dr. Dre

  Rumor, Attention, Ems

  Song: What's the Difference

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• Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Writing, Attention, Seeing

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• What does your attitude proclaim to the world about you today? It is never to late to change your story, start by changing your thoughts and pay attention to your attitude.

  Bob Proctor

  Attitude, Doe, Attention

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from May 14, 2014

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• Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Creativity, Giving, Attention

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• Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.

  Molly Ivins

  Thinking, Land, Water

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• I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

  Mary Oliver

  Prayer, Blessed, Fall

  Mary Oliver (2008). “The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays”, p.65, Beacon Press

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• When we find ourselves in the same situation repeatedly as a result of our conditioned responses, we must stop and do a new thing. The situation may look different. The route we take there may be altogether different. The lesson we must learn does not change. Get honest! Pay attention! Change what you do to create a change for yourself!

  Iyanla Vanzant

  May, Pay, Doe

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from May 09, 2016

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• I don’t pay attention to the world. I just have the art I like and the music I like and for me that’s the whole world

  John Frusciante

  Art, Attention, World

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• Whoever said that artists shouldn't pay attention to their business was probably someone w/their hand in some artist's pocket.

  Jay-Z

  Artist, Hands, Pockets

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• Most songs come from being attentive. Attentive to life, attentive to scripture, attentive to your heart. Pay attention!

  Matt Redman

  Song, Heart, Attention

  Twitter post from Feb 18, 2014

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• In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

  Pico Iyer

  Thinking, Sitting Still, Age

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• If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Interesting, Attention, Down And

  "Their Time Is Now". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. February 7, 2014.

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• We often miss hearing God's voice simply because we aren't paying attention.

  Rick Warren

  Voice, Missing, Attention

  Twitter post from Feb 26, 2015

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• Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.

  David Whyte

  Gratitude, Attention, Arise

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• We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.

  Mark Strand

  Life, Thinking, Pay

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• The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.

  Magda Gerber

  Attention, Pay, Busier

  Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”

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• People’s stories are the most personal thing they have, and paying attention to those stories is just about the most important thing you can do for them.

  William Deresiewicz

  People, Important, Attention

  William Deresiewicz (2011). “A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter”, p.102, Penguin

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• The brain doesn't pay attention to boring things.

  John Medina

  Brain, Attention, Pay

  John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.68, Pear Press

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• The brain cannot multitask. Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a time…To put it bluntly, research shows that we can’t multitask. We are biologically incapable of processing information-rich inputs simultaneously…Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he or she makes up to 50 percent more errors.

  John Medina

  Errors, Brain, Tasks

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