#attention

In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that I was the center of his attention. In the next 25 years, I would see countless others fall just as quickly to the Clinton Touch. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#center #clinton #convinced #countless #dinner

A terrorist network that believes a nation so tested will fold under pressure of a few horrific acts may capture its attention, but will not achieve its submission. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#acts #attention #believes #capture #few

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying. ↗

— Barney Frank

#anything #attention #democrats #disagree #forfeit

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. ↗

— Barney Frank

#attention span #away #books #could #distraction

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#brilliant #close #close attention #goes #i

Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#australians #bunch #fantastic #like #me

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#hate #i #like #looking #me

Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths. ↗

— John Stockwell

#attention #bowl #diverting #effective #military

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#attention #being #drawback #full #give

I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. ↗

— Gallagher

#art #art form #attention #bringing #developing