A Quote by Laura Linney

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

Laura Linney

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Attention Command Compelling People Personalities Some Some People

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Laura Linney
American - Actress
Born: February 5, 1964

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.

Mitch Kapor

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Fred Armisen

And finally, I just felt it was crucial for some of us in the hip hop community to speak up on the issues of teen suicide, bullying, and the overall anti-homosexual sentiment that exist within hip hop culture. I felt so strongly about these issues and this song that I had to do a video that would command some attention, even if it makes some viewers uncomfortable.

MURS

It has to come out of the chain of command, because the chain of command has really become impotent. The chain of command is vested in protecting itself, and so often, the perpetrator of the assault is in the chain of command.

Paula Coughlin

Martin Luther would be the headliner of any 'dead-or-alive dinner party' I would ever throw. He is, quite simply, one of the most fascinating brains and compelling personalities in history.

Ben Sasse

Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.

Ann Patchett

When people are absurdly tall, they command everyone's attention when they walk into a room. Nobody's ever dismissive of somebody for being too tall.

Steve Albini

One of the difficulties you run into is that acting and celebrity are so closely intertwined. People make careers out of being charismatic personalities. It's one of those things that people have come to expect from actors. Personalities that don't change from role to role. I don't want it that way.

Billy Crudup

Houses, like people, have personalities, and, like the personalities of people, they are partly molded by all that has happened to them.

Louis Bromfield

I hate studios; I'll be honest with you. People get weird in the studio. I've had some great and terrible times with people. People's personalities come out in the worst way.

Thundercat

A girl should command attention, not suffer it.

Ami McKay

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

Bob Nelson

People buy personalities as much as merchandise, and it is a question if they are not influenced more by the personalities with which they come in contact than they are by the merchandise.