"If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it"

-- Paulo Coelho

#Pay Quotes #Attention Quotes #Pay Attention Quotes

“Every person has their own unique circumstances to overcome, but every single person has the opportunity to achieve anything - and change everything.”
“The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.”
“I have a bath. It just relaxes me. Sitting there for a bit and just breathe and go â€˜ffffuuuhhhâ€¦.â€™, you know.”
“The lack of fairness that we have in the richest country in the world is something that hits my district pretty hard. Eighty-three percent free and reduced lunch. We have the fourth-highest Medicaid population per capita in Virginia. There are folks that are just making it, literally day to day. When I'm knocking on doors, I'm reminded constantly of the struggles that people have. And, sometimes, we realized there are so few people that are advocating on their behalf that we want to be a real solid voice for them, and that drives me on a regular basis.”
“People are concerned over safety and spillage, especially for the workers. Were all really hopeful even though we remain deeply concerned over the safety and the efficacy of an unproven technology.”
“When you make a documentary film, after many years the only thing you remember is what you put into the film, not what you took out.”
“The way I've talked about my research process is that it was like magpies. I was just sort of moving through all these books and when something shiny would pop out I'd be like, Ooh, I love it! and I'd pluck it out. It's fun to figure out how to use those bits you really love - like I'd read about gold shoes with cork heels. Obviously, Margaret would have to wear those shoes.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your hands of it because you might not be from their background, or you might disagree with their personal perspective. So you discount it and go back into your corner instead of coming out and engaging with everything.”

You may also like:

Agatha Christie
Novelist
Dan Brown
Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Novelist
J. K. Rowling
Novelist
Jorge Amado
Film writer
Jorge Luis Borges
Writer
Khaled Hosseini
Novelist
Mata Hari
Exotic dancer
Pablo Neruda
Senator of Chile