"Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer” is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. The saying was cited on Twitter by Cristal Steverson on May 10, 2011.
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Cristal Steverson
@CristaltheGreat
Seek respect not attention. It lasts longer.
1:21 PM - 10 May 2011
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ABEIKU shai
@ShaiBlaze
Seek Respect Not Attention,It Lasts Longer......#wisesaying
1:40 PM - 10 May 2011
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RAA
@Rockoaa
Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.
Author unkn
12:49 PM - 30 Sep 2012
Google Books
Stolen Pages From Teenage Diaries
By Honey Makhija
New Delhi: Educreation Publishing
2015
Pg. 44:
Seek Respect, Not Attention. It lasts longer.
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Legacies Under Construction:
How Our Choices Define Us
By Cyndy Stevenson
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2016
Pg. ?:
As someone once said: “Seek respect, not attention. It lasts much longer.”
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Seek respect. not attention. It lasts longer.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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