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It is a great advantage for any man to be able to talk or hear, neither ignorantly nor absurdly, upon any subject; for I have known people, who have not said one word, hear ignorantly and absurdly; it has appeared by their inattentive and unmeaning faces.
Stanhope, Philip, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield
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The brave man inattentive to his duty , is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger .

andrew jackson

— To troops who had abandoned their lines during the Battle of New Orleans (8 January 1815).

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Am I going to have to use my ‘Mother of Five Voice’ to be heard?" (to an inattentive audience while campaigning)-Quoted in the October 23, 2006 issue of Newsweek

nancy pelosi

— The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. Ed. Elizabeth Knowles. 2008. Oxford University Press. 

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The American people?were like him: cheerful, optimistic, patriotic, inconsistent, and casually inattentive.


— 1991  Of President Ronald Reagan. Deadline. US  cosmetics  salesman,  founder  with  his  brother Joseph  and chemist  Charles  Lachman  of  Revlon  Inc  (1932).  His  success was  due  to  initiatives  such  as  giving  exotic  names  to  colours and also to intimidation and attacks on competitors.

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