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...poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths...

…poetry is paying attention to life when all the world seems asleep to its beauties and truths…
– John Geddes

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  3. Alessandra approached the geniuses of the past to give them life with her attention, which was the form her affection took: paying attention. – Carlos Fuentes
  4. You weren’t thinking and you weren’t paying attention either. People who don’t pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums. – Norton Juster
  5. Paying the high cost of education is better than paying the high price of ignorance. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  6. The rich aren’t paying for luxury – they’re paying for basic humanity. – Lindy West
  7. Brand-new truths are probably not Truths. – John Piper
  8. …I gave you painted air – tears I couldn’t weep – truths I couldn’t speak – all the words that caught in my throat… – John Geddes
  9. From the day I began traveling, I understood that truths were lies and lies were truths. – Kevin Keenoo
  10. The only truths worth arguing about are those truths that could prevent or lead to circumstances that may bite us in the rear sooner or later. – Criss Jami
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  13. Fear is a good thing. It mean you’re paying attention. – Tamora Pierce
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  18. He keeps getting older while I’m not paying attention. – Maggie Stiefvater
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  25. Everything I touch makes me a little bit more like the thing I’m touching, so I’d better start paying attention to what I’m touching. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  26. Now I feel free, and hope is creeping back. Maybe because I’m paying attention to what I have rather than what’s missing. – Doug Cooper
  27. To be whole simply requires paying attention to oneself – Gary Hopkins
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