#attention

I literally tried every sport and was miserable. Soccer couldn't hold my attention. I couldn't figure skate. I'm afraid to swim. So I did dance for five years. It came a time where I was getting a little bit bored with it. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#attention #bit #bored #came #dance

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards. ↗

— Keith Henson

#attention #family #indefinitely #long-term #making

But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper. ↗

— Nicki Minaj

#being #being myself #end #female #i

…because I was only eleven years old, I was wrapped in the best cloak of invisibility in the world. ↗

— Alan Bradley

#attitude #childhood #invisibility #noticeable #attitude

The true art of memory, is the art of attention ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#memory #art

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. ↗

— Minor White

#attention #object #presence #still #until

The first problem of communication is getting people's attention. ↗

— Chip Heath

#communication #communication

There wasn't a woman alive who could resist a man who paid attention to her, who made her feel like she was the only other person in his world. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#dating-advice #man #relationship #woman #dating

Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact. ↗

— Brad Meltzer

#leadership #presidency #leadership

But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive? ↗

— William Booth

#attention #concentrated #desperate #gospel #keep