"People, unless they're paying attention, tend to confuse fanciness with intelligence or authority."

-- David Foster Wallace

#People Quotes #Attention Quotes #Pay Attention Quotes

“A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.”

Source : Jill Briscoe (2012). “Out of the Storm and into God’s Arms: Shelter in Turbulent Times”, p.177, CLC Publications
“There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.”
“I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting.”
“I wasnt particularly funny in high school, but I grew up with three older brothers who were quite funny.”
“To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation”

Source : "Actors get to improvise until 'Blue in the Face'" by Sherry Dean, www.cnn.com. October 20, 1995.
“Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization.”
“Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth.”

Source : J. Vernon McGee (1984). “Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation”, p.7848, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.”

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