Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.
ROY T. BENNETT
ROY T. BENNETT
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Pay attention to how he speaks of the person that used to be a part of him, for if he cuts ties with you, he would have the same pillow talks with another about you.
Diary S.HDiary S.H As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.
David HumeDavid Hume As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
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Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie We live in a strange world, where we think we can buy or build our way out of a crisis that has been created by buying and building things. Where a football game or a film gala gets more media attention than the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced.
Greta ThunbergGreta Thunberg To know what people really think, pay attention to what they do, rather than what they say.
Rene DescartesRene Descartes That we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects.
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