"Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now."

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Timothy Miller

#Attention Quotes #Intention Quotes #Reservations Quotes

“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved slowly. For it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.”
“Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language.”
“It is less difficult to look beyond ... and foretell the future, than to look back and remember what has already gone before.”
“My most important professional accomplishment to date is the ability to keep working with absolutely no skills whatsoever.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I remember the first time I drove mum's car. We just went to a car park near my house, and it actually wasn't too bad. I felt quite confident straight away.”
“Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes â€“ they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.”

Source : Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (2010). “The Devil's Church and Other Stories”, p.13, University of Texas Press
“True tragedy may be defined as a dramatic work in which the outward failure of the principal personage is compensated for by the dignity and greatness of his character.”

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