Focus Quotes - Page 28

• Whatever happens to me during the course of my life - physically, socially, or financially - I can always choose to focus on giving.  When I'm in that state, nothing else matters.  I cease to exist as a separate being and merge into an expression of divine oneness.

  Steve Pavlina

  Expression, Oneness, Giving

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• Stage fright and acting blocks are just unfocused or misplaced energy. Everything is possible if you know how and where to focus to invite inspiration...Inspiration is a sensation in the body. It can be invited upon your will and willingness to experience it taking you over.

  Marjo-Riikka Makela

  Block, Inspiration, Acting

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• It is the ability to focus our attention on self-motivating thoughts, rather than being mesmerised by negatives, which rests at the very heart of a healthy approach to life.

  Nick Baylis

  Heart, Self, Healthy

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• It's a matter of ABC: When we encounter ADVERSITY, we react by thinking about it. Our thoughts rapidly congeal into BELIEFS. These beliefs may become so habitual we don't even realize we have them unless we stop to focus on them. And they don't just sit there idly; they have CONSEQUENCES.

  Martin Seligman

  Adversity, Thinking, Encounters

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• The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is cool but difficult to achieve rather than trying to find solutions to actual human problems. Technology can be extremely expensive if you don't focus.

  Colin Angle

  Moving, Taken, Technology

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• You can't abuse your body and you need to work hard on your weaknesses. Everyone likes to focus on the things they are good at. But when you focus on the things you are weak at, it makes you a much better athlete.

  Pat LaFontaine

  Hard Work, Athlete, Abuse

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.

  Yitzhak Rabin

  Party, Littles, Theory

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• The Cold War is over. And our focus has got to be on intelligence, increased manpower, fighting internationally targets.

  Bernie Sanders

  War, Fighting, Target

  Bernie Sanders during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, www.cbsnews.com. November 14, 2015.

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• You get a kind of surreal feeling and also it allows you to focus on the things we want you to focus on in a new way - the stuff that's very small and mundane that happens in a person's life when they're in a hotel room. There's more interest because you're seeing a puppet do things that you're very familiar with that you might not notice if it was a human doing it.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Feelings, Puppets, Want

  "Immersed in Movies: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson Talk ‘Anomalisa’ and Adult Stop-Motion". Interview with Bill Desowitz, blogs.indiewire.com. November 16, 2015.

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• I focus most of my attention on Hillary Clinton and her disastrous policies. I mean, there's a real danger in this election. Electing Hillary Clinton in an era where we now are so pessimistic about the future, would double down on [Barack] Obama economics and a failed foreign policy - so most of my attention is about my record and about defeating Hillary Clinton.

  Jeb Bush

  Real, Mean, Attention

  "RNC chair blasts CNBC's 'crap sandwich' debate; Bush, Kasich call out GOP rivals". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 29, 2015.

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• Rather than focus on the negative aspects of change, which is loss, I focus on the adventure of it and say "What's next?"

  Dennis Wholey

  Adventure, Loss, Negative

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• I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.

  Colin Callender

  Moving, Thinking, Numbers

  Source: deadline.com

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• Stay true to yourself because a lot of times women get so wrapped up in doing for a man that we forget to focus on us. A lot of times that is unattractive. They love us because we are independent and focused on the things that make us happy. Because when they see you happy, their happy!

  Gabrielle Dennis

  Independent, Men, Unattractive

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• In journalism, especially, we tend to deal with large, complex systems by finding especially interesting people and story lines to focus on.

  Nicholas Lemann

  People, Interesting, Stories

  "Ask the Author Live: Nicholas Lemann on Higher Education". www.newyorker.com. September 20, 2010.

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• One of the most consistent findings about low performing schools and students is that "home variables" (parental income and education, etc.) are more predictive than "school variables." But, having said that, we as a society can have much more effect on the school variables than on the home variables, so it's important and valuable to focus on the question of which interventions in schools are most effective and which are least effective.

  Nicholas Lemann

  Home, School, Important

  "Ask the Author Live: Nicholas Lemann on Higher Education". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. September 20, 2010.

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• The issue here is this, that the Government's argument at the present moment is the argument that now the war is over, terrorism is defeated, we have to focus on economic development which in the north and east particular, being the areas where the war was fought, development has to proceed at a pace. That people from those parts of the country are leaving seems to suggest a lack of confidence and certainty in the trajectory of this kind of economic development.

  Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

  Country, War, Government

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• It's easier to be more vulnerable in a smaller environment. It's hard to expect your actors to be able to open up in that way and stay with the level of focus needed when there's so many people on stage.

  Sadie Calvano

  People, Actors, Levels

  "Interview: ‘Mom’ star Sadie Calvano discusses CBS’ dramatic comedy". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. December 18, 2014.

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• What good is it to continue to focus on the exterior technological wonders before us - from indefinite life extension to computer/mind interlinks to unlimited zero-point energy to worm-hole intergalactic space travel - if all we carry with us is an egocentric red-mem Nazis and KKK? Do we really want Jack the Ripper living 400 years, zipping around the country in his hypercar, unleashing misogynistic nanorobots? Exterior developments are clearly a concern; how much more so are interior developments - or lack there of.

  Ken Wilber

  Country, Zero, Years

  Ken Wilber (2001). “A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality”, p.105, Shambhala Publications

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• Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

  Steve Jobs

  Mean, Saying Yes, Doe

  "Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011" by Steven Levy, www.wired.com. October 5, 2011.

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• Focus on stillness, rather than on movement

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Movement, Stillness

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• Don't worry about where you are or what you have or even what you think you want. Take one step at a time and worry only about only this - who you are - who you really are. Find what you love, love what makes you happy - try giving instead of getting, try caring instead of hating. Remove the mindless distractions from your life and focus on the things and people that matter the most to you. Follow your heart to discover what makes you happy, never let go of it, never devalue anything that is beautiful, and build a life that lets you be yourself.

  Benjamin F Sullivan

  Love, Life, Beautiful

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• I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

  Buddy Rice

  People, Important, Want

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• Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works.

  Peter Yarrow

  Moving, Past, Thinking

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• Don't try to strike everybody out ... stay back and just focus on the catcher's mitt, just throw the ball low in the strike zone.

  Ubaldo Jimenez

  Trying, Balls, Catchers

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• My focus is on a ring, and giving the best individual performance I can.

  Frank Thomas

  Giving, Individual, Rings

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