"Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom."

-- N. Katherine Hayles

#Boredom Quotes #Long Quotes #Focus Quotes

“I never liked to work because I don't want no one to be a slave. I want to be worked in my mind. Every thing that's going on, there's some big spirit behind me who send me to do the thing that I must do.”
“Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.”
“When [actors] are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience. Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy of group therapy, and the prevailing sentiment of the mental health profession, are sufficiently strong that it would be difficult to defend the adequacy of the inpatient unit that attempted to operate without a small group program.”
“By lighting a candle, you affirm that you are opening a sacred space.”

Source : Robert Moss (2010). “Dreamgates: Exploring the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death”, p.14, New World Library
“I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.”

Source : "Nowt so queer as folk" by Richard Grant, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2004.
“Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.”

Source : Vartan Gregorian (2008). “The Road to Home: My Life and Times”, p.284, Simon and Schuster
“It's amazing the hours you pull when you're the lead of a show.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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