#attention

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#artists #attention #awful #been #being

There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time. ↗

— Bob Hayes

#any #attention #because #every #heart

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.' ↗

— B. B. King

#blues #country #i #just #me

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#bad #been #course #critical #enough

Alessandra approached the geniuses of the past to give them life with her attention, which was the form her affection took: paying attention. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#attention #respect #life

My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination. ↗

— Susan Wiggs

#life

I cook to inspire my husband to pay attention to me. ↗

— Sonia Rumzi

#cooking #husband #inspirational

Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness. (14) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#awakening #breath #buddhism #christianity #community

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#books #humor #mind #wit #humor

Eden," Cyrus snapped bringing her back to the present. "I have a sword pointed at you. Will you please focus ↗

— Samantha Young

#humor #short-attention-span #humor