"Experiences is just paying attention as time passes."

-- Erin McKean

#Attention Quotes #Pay Attention Quotes #Time Passes Quotes

“In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.”
“Don't rely on your mind for liberation. It is the mind that brought you into bondage. Go beyond it altogether.”
“I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.”

Source : Interview with John Kinsella, www.johnkinsella.org. 1998.
“I understand the needs of both the military and the veteran, and that has helped me tremendously as a congressman. I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.”
“He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.”

Source : Paul Klee (2012). “Paul Klee”, p.98, Parkstone International
“John D. Rockefeller was certainly the first to create a consumer product that was sold literally throughout the entire world. Those blue 5-gallon cans showed up in some of the remotest parts of the world.”
“If TV were only an invention to broadcast soccer, it would be justified.”
“We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings.”

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