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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

If you can command a lot of attention, that's what is valuable, and many in the commercial ecology would like to have a piece of that attention.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Particularly when you're dealing with very high ranking people, you know, you have to get their attention, they are used to, by their rank, of having their own way and doing their own thing and when it's necessary to all work together on something, sometimes you have to hit the mule between the eyes with a two by four to get its attention.

A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.

Human attention tends to be focused on the satisfactions relationships are hoped to bring, precisely because somehow they have not been truly satisfactory. And if they do satisfy, the price of this satisfaction has often been found to be unacceptable.

Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy.