Center of attention Quotes

“It seems as if Americans like to be the center of attention even after they're dead.”

“It seems as if Americans like to be the center of attention even after they're dead.”

“Ender began to eat, slowly and carefully, pretending not to notice he was the center of attention.”

“If anyone was going to get themselves murdered to guarantee they would remain the center of attention, it would be him.”

“I am the center of attention in my job every single day the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that? ”

“Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.”

“We were on Barrow Street now."Who is the man with the scar?" I said.She shot me a glance, and her face hardened. "You saw him?""How could I miss? He was the real center of attention. Didn't you go to the opening at all?""No" She said. "And just because you saw him doesn't mean he was there.”

“The problem nowadays is that children have become too much the center of attention. Their parents, their families, everybody around them feels a need to put them on a pedestal. So much effort is invested in boosting their self-esteem that they are made to feel special in and of themselves, without having done anything.”

“I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD? I found myself fiercely guarding and limiting my emotional reactions, chastising myself for possible distortions and motivations. People who had known me years ago would barely recognize me now. I had become quiet and withdrawn in social settings, no longer the life of the party. After all, how could I know if my boisterous humor were spontaneous or just a borderline desire to be the center of attention? I could no longer trust any of my heart felt beliefs and opinions on politics, religion, or life. The debate queen had withered. I found myself looking at every single side of an issue unable to come to any conclusions for fear they might be tainted. My lifelong ability to be assertive had turned into a constant state of passivity.”