Quotes with attention-grabber

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  • Thornton Wilder Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Bob Geldof Men who are not given any voice in this because of the secret nature of the courts, what they're left with is dressing up ridiculously, but at least using humour to try and draw attention to their kids.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I changed agents. The new one said, 'Why aren't you using your family name? It's a real attention-grabber.' I worried, 'How much is it going to cost to put my name in lights?' But then I decided that's not my problem.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Adam Sandler My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard My mum told me, 'At that moment when you know you can't do both, the marriage and the kids, choose the marriage because you're going to be spending your whole lives together, so you have to put a lot of work and attention into the relationship.'
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Brad Feld My weight fluctuates between 205 and 220, depending on how much I pay attention to it.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
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  • Bernard M. Baruch Never pay the slightest attention to what a company president ever says about his stock.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Christopher Morley No man is lonely while eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.
    Christopher Morley
    American Novelist, Journalist, Poet (1890 - 1957)
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  • Lee Iacocca No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Barbara Olson Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
    Barbara Olson
    American lawyer (1955 - 2001)
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  • Barbara Amiel Of course the barbarians' aim of world domination has not escaped the attention of the Europeans, perhaps because unlike us they are closer to the walls.
    Barbara Amiel
    British journalist, writer, and socialite (1940 - )
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  • Cameron Diaz Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
    Cameron Diaz
    American actress, author, producer, and model (1972 - )
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  • Bee Wilson One of the rudest things you can do, food-wise, is to stare at someone in the act of eating. It draws attention to the unseemly fact that eating is a bodily function - like animals, we are trapped by our hungers, but we do our best to disguise them with such civilized props as menus and forks.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • G. Emmons One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.
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  • Greg Anderson Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
    Greg Anderson
    American author (1947 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Aaron Sorkin Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.
    Aaron Sorkin
    American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright (1961 - )
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  • Bridget Riley Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.
    Bridget Riley
    English painter (1931 - )
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  • Barney Frank 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
    American politician (1940 - )
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