"Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it."

-- Tryon Edwards

#Attention Quotes #Concentration Quotes #Interest Quotes

“Optimism is the true moral courage”
“If God gives you something you can do, why in God's name wouldn't you do it?”
“I wonder at the weight of a Sparrow.”

Source : Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.265, Macmillan
“Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change.”
“I heard Tom Waits in this kinky shop on Belmont Street in Chicago. Considering the way I was raised, they were such obscure voices, but their music saved my life - I didn't know who I was before I heard Bob Dylan and Tom Waits.”
“The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.”
“Inspiration is God making contact with itself.”
“You're punishing him over and over for things that are out of his control. Now, I'm not saying you shouldn't have a fully loaded weapon next to you round the clock. But I think it's time you flipped this little scenario in your head. If you'd been taken by the Capitol, and hijacked, and then tried to kill Peeta, is this the way he would be treating you?" demands Haymitch. I fall silent. It isn't. It isn't how he would be treating me at all. He would be trying to get me back at any cost. Not shutting me out, abandoning me, greeting me with hostility at every turn.”

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