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Attention
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
人生的成功建立在对小事的关注上，而不是对大事的关注上;而不是那些遥远而不寻常的东西。
The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.
有三个孩子最困难的事情就是试着找到一个平衡点，因为总会有一些古怪的男人，你也需要确保每个孩子都得到他或她需要的关注。
One person cooking at home cannot pay attention to too many things. If a woman makes three dishes, she will get nervous on the first, the second will suffer and the third will be a disaster.
一个人在家做饭不能注意太多的事情。如果一个女人做了三道菜，她会在第一道菜上感到紧张，第二道菜会受到影响，第三道菜会是一场灾难。
It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time.
说我不喜欢被关注是不诚实的——看在上帝的份上，我是个演员——这是奉承，但关注从来都不是我的大目标。我只是喜欢工作，玩得开心。
It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
的确，他们更加重视工会，因为工会毕竟是为工人男女的就业权利和条件说话。
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely -- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears -- when you give your whole attention to it.
当我们谈论理解的时候，它肯定只发生在大脑完全倾听的时候——大脑是你的心，是你的神经，是你的耳朵——当你全神贯注于它的时候。
Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.
画家们总是需要一种能使他们集中注意力的面纱。就好像意识被吸收得越充分，其背后的精神自由就越大。
The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.
司仪与演说者的关系应与扇子与扇子舞者的关系相同。它应该引起人们对这个问题的注意，而不应作出任何特别的努力来加以报道。
We've all seen the mom who devotes all her time and attention to her child and is so hungry for adult interaction that as soon as she's around another adult, she's not paying attention anymore.
我们都见过这样的母亲，她把所有的时间和精力都花在孩子身上，非常渴望和大人交流，所以只要她和另一个大人在一起，她就不再注意孩子了。
Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.
诗歌的优点是能够在一半的时间里说两倍于散文的话，缺点是，如果你没有把全部的注意力放在诗歌上，那么你似乎在两倍的时间里说了一半的话。
It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.
从一个孩子的父母变成三个孩子的父母是非常困难的，因为现在所有这些即时的决定都必须做出，关于如何平衡他们之间的时间和注意力。
Love is more than just a feeling: it's a process requiring continual attention. Loving well takes laughter, loyalty, and wanting more to be able to say, "I understand" than to hear, "You're right."
爱不仅仅是一种感觉:它是一个需要持续关注的过程。良好的爱需要笑声、忠诚，需要更多的是能够说“我理解”，而不是听到“你是对的”。
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
对人们给予积极的关注这一简单的行为与生产力有很大的关系。
When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
当你对一段关系做出承诺时，你会投入更多的注意力和精力，因为你现在拥有了这段关系。
I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.
如果我和一个女孩约会，我曾经是一个真正的白马王子。但之后我可能会因为压力太大而中风。从那以后，我明白了一个好的约会的关键是要关注她。
You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.
你可能不知道，但我并不擅长应对我有时发现自己身处的豪华酒店里受到的所有关注。
The first thing that happens is that you're overwhelmed by so much attention. It's just so unnatural. Only people who've been in that position can realize what it's like. I mean, you have to be there.
首先发生的是你被太多的关注淹没了。这太不自然了。只有经历过这种情况的人才能体会到它是什么样的。我是说，你必须在场。