Quotes and Sayings About Focus
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I know that history is simultaneously a bloody mess and a collection of feats so inspiring and amazing they make you proud to share the same DNA structure with the rest of humanity. I know you'd better focus on the good stuff or you're screwed.
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Before you begin, sit for a moment and take a couple of deep breaths. You want to be calm and prepared to maintain mental focus
-- Aaron HoopesSource : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes
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Focus too much on the near-term and you won't get tomorrow's customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won't get today's.
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What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
-- Aaron LevieSource : "Why Consumer Style Sells in the Corporate World: 10 Questions With Box Ceo Aaron Levie". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. August 20, 2012.
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I will do anything. Anything, Blaire, just to be near you. I can’t think about anything else. I can’t focus on anything. So never think you’re inconveniencing me. You need me, I’m there.
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I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
-- Abby Elliott -
One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.
-- Abdul Kalam -
No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.
-- Ace Antonio Hall -
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I was about one drink away from my limit, In came a black dress with a black body in it, She looked so timid, it took me a minute To get her in focus
-- Aceyalone -
Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.
-- Adam GrantSource : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.181, Penguin
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I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
-- Adam Lambert -
The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -
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Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder.
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Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.
-- Aidan Quinn -
When you focus on the eternal, victorious Son of God, you break the devil's heart and render him powerless.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
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I only want to do better work. That's the focus of my life.
-- Ajay Devgan -
Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it's an Akon album. The guests are very limited, and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don't want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it.
-- AkonSource : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2008.
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Good things happen when you narrow your focus
-- Al RiesSource : "The Classic Mistake" by Al Ries, ries.typepad.com. June 2009.
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A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light. But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.
-- Al Ries -
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Truly creative people care a little about what they have done, and a lot about what they are doing. Their driving focus is the life force that surges in them now.
-- Alan Cohen -
As soon as you become aware that something is not working, immediately shift your focus to the desired result.
-- Alan Cohen -
A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they look exactly right together and share a focus and an aspiration and the right balance of musical similarities and differences.
-- Alan Light -
Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.
-- Alan Loy McGinnis -
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Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. “Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.
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Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.
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The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
-- Alan Watts -
FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.
-- Alcee Hastings -
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Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds.
-- Alcee Hastings -
We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.
-- Alex Ferguson