#attention

At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#attention #began #book #father #i

At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#attention #began #book #father #i

As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#broader #brought #building #different #different perspective

We've all seen the mom who devotes all her time and attention to her child and is so hungry for adult interaction that as soon as she's around another adult, she's not paying attention anymore. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#another #anymore #around #attention #child

Your children can be around you all day, but if you don't spend quality time with them and you don't pay attention to them and talk to them and listen to them, it doesn't matter that they're just around you. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#around #attention #children #day #just

I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need. ↗

— Chris Noth

#attention #enough #i #more #need

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#attention #does #his #never #nothing

I think the killers get far too much attention. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#far #get #i #i think #killers

What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#appointment #attention #did #everything #everywhere

Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#academy award #attention #award #dad #did