Quotes with focus

  • Although Senate Bill 1556 has received attention for its perceived focus, my job is to look at the actual substance of the legislation.
  • ... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
  • Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
  • Reggae music don't really focus on one thing, you know. If reggae music is speaking about the struggle of people, and the suffering, it don't mean black people. It mean people in general.
  • As far as same-sex marriage, I really would want to think about that a lot more given the fact that my focus would be always on the child. The innocent should not be given more even burdens than what is absolutely necessary.
  • No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
  • However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once.
  • When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.
  • Our top focus - protecting our Nation - must go beyond homeland preparedness; America will only be secure if we deal with threats before they happen, not just after they happen.
  • We've seen, time and again, when people focus on the outcome rather than what needs to be done to achieve a desirable result, then the wheels fall off.
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  • Greg Anderson ... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
    Greg Anderson
    American author (1947 - )
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  • Alan Cohen As soon as you become aware that something is not working, immediately shift your focus to the desired result.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Bell Hooks No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Stephen R. Covey To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Carroll Quigley ...the nineteenth century Age of Expansion... brought on an acceleration of the main focus of the activities of society... from the areas of internal controls to the areas of external controls....the increasing role of propaganda... helped create an impression of stability.
    Source: Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976)
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Ben Lovett A Deap Vally renaissance is going to begin next year and will be our focus for the start of 2013. They will blow the cobwebs off a music scene that has become just a little bit stale.
    Ben Lovett
    American recording artist, film composer, songwriter and producer (1978 - )
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  • Calista Flockhart A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
    Calista Flockhart
    American actress (1964 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist A lot of times, if you stay in the present and focus on getting the most out of yourself today, then things work out the way they're supposed to.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Arthur Erickson After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared.
    Arthur Erickson
    Canadian architect and urban (1924 - 2009)
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  • Casey Stengel All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for... reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
    Casey Stengel
    American basketbal player and manager (1890 - 1975)
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  • Bill Haslam Although Senate Bill 1556 has received attention for its perceived focus, my job is to look at the actual substance of the legislation.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • Bill Owens As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Bernie Sanders As a member of both the energy and environment committees, I am constantly astounded by how many of my colleagues prefer to focus on what the government can do for the nuclear or coal industries rather than why the government should support clean and sustainable energy.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Benigno Aquino III As far as same-sex marriage, I really would want to think about that a lot more given the fact that my focus would be always on the child. The innocent should not be given more even burdens than what is absolutely necessary.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Steffi Graf As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.
    Steffi Graf
    German tennis player (1969 - )
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  • Bill Haslam At the end of the day, I'm certainly hopeful they can leave some time to focus on Tennessee history. But we understand the struggle when it comes to curriculum time and what you just physically don't have time for.
    Bill Haslam
    American businessman and politician (1958 - )
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  • W. Mitchell Before my accidents, there were ten thousands things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things that I had lost, but instead I chose to focus on the nine thousand I still had left.
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  • August Wilson Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.
    August Wilson
    American playwright (1945 - 2005)
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  • Cass Sunstein Bottom 10 Percent progressives are not enthusiastic about concentrations of wealth. But that's not what keeps them up at night. Their focus is on deprivation and lack of opportunity. They're motivated by empathy for people who are suffering, rather than outrage over unjustified wealth.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in the classroom.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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