Focus Quotes - Page 37

• Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.

  L.A. Paul

  Essence, Special, Attention

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

  Jodie Foster

  Skills, People, Born

  "The Legend: Jodie Foster". Interview with Saoirse Ronan, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• I really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.

  Jodie Foster

  Dad, Artist, Makeup

  "The Legend: Jodie Foster". Interview with Saoirse Ronan, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It had some painful stuff in it. When we showed it to focus groups, some of them actually said, "If I want to see a dysfunctional family, I'll stay home."

  Harold Ramis

  Home, Character, Addiction

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• What distinguishes Shambhala is its intention of trying to create a society based upon certain principles. So, Shambhala's focus is not just on the individual, but on society as a whole.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Trying, Principles, Intention

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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• It's great when you can just focus your whole attention on the music and hear all of the decisions and choices that were made.

  Michael Cera

  Choices, Decision, Attention

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The distraction, particularly of technology, impedes the innovative process. And when you add to that the distraction of working with colleagues who are in different time zones and/or who have a different approach to urgency and distraction, the potential for losing focus is abundant.

  David Livermore

  Technology, Time Zones, Different

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I've always been making original music. I think that when I sat down with Losing Focus, I approached it different. I had a clearer understanding of who I was talking to, because I was able to go out and tour and see them right in front of me. I wanted to speak to them and speak about this lifestyle.

  Young De

  Thinking, Talking, Understanding

  Interview with Bill Rock, 411mania.com. January 25, 2015.

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• The fit is my main focus, I want the fit to be great and that's the focal point for me.

  Beth Ditto

  Want, Fit, Focal Point

  "Talking to Beth Ditto About Her New Fashion Collection: "Don't Wait For Things to Change for You, Change It Yourself"". Interview with Clementine Desseaux, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. February 16, 2016.

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• A majority of students who come into community colleges are still stuck at high school level or remedial math. And when they take it in college, they still don't pass it. So the Carnegie Foundation got together and created two accelerated courses that focus on real-world applications of numbers like for health, for civics, for personal finance - concepts that you and I use every single day.

  Anya Kamenetz

  Real, School, Math

  "Some Educators Question If Advanced Math Should Be Required". "All Things Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. March 3, 2016.

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• I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus on what's going on between people and relationships. I think so much is happening in the world at the moment, so many changes politically and culturally, writers are writing about that.

  Sean Mahon

  Writing, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I try to focus more on the positive, but it's half the time I'm getting, "Oh you're only in the gym to take a picture," and it's like, "So what the f--k, I'm in here every day, I drove an hour just to take a picture?"

  Khloe Kardashian

  Trying, Half, Hours

  "From Porn to Working Out, Khloé Kardashian Thinks You Should Be 'Doing Things That Make You Happy'". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 4, 2016.

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• I just find it crazy what people will critique you on, and you have to take it with a grain of salt. I could be curing cancer, and I would be shunned for it. I mean, that's just the truth. People are crazy, but I like to say for every hater I have 100 people that love me and they think it's motivational, so I try to focus on that. But it's sometimes hard, you know?

  Khloe Kardashian

  Crazy, Cancer, Mean

  "From Porn to Working Out, Khloé Kardashian Thinks You Should Be 'Doing Things That Make You Happy'". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 4, 2016.

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• I hate that our brains are wired that way. You don't remember the people that raved about us or just said something nice - I don't know why that's not in us to focus on *that*. But I think it takes a conscious effort to train our minds to change that.

  Khloe Kardashian

  Hate, Nice, Thinking

  "From Porn to Working Out, Khloé Kardashian Thinks You Should Be 'Doing Things That Make You Happy'". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 4, 2016.

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• I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book Fair (which I'd never even heard of before), as they were gearing up for Korea being the market focus country in 2014. I met Max Porter there, Kang's editor at Portobello, sent him my sample, and the rest is history.

  Deborah Smith

  Country, Book, Korea

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for the way she melds this hard-edged social critique with obliquely fantastical elements and offbeat dialogue.

  Deborah Smith

  Stars, Awards, Generations

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Maybe I'd be a storyboard artist. Graphic novel/comic book artist. Backup dancer. Singer. It would be cool to focus on one of these full time. But I like seeing them all intertwine.

  Jade Hassoune

  Book, Artist, Dancer

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's not there you better focus on getting there, because as we live with these characters we spend more time with one another than we do our families at home.

  Aldis Hodge

  Home, Character, Chemistry

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• The time frame and how people treated each other was upsetting, but what's great about this story is that they really focus on the strengths of these people and the strengths of the culture, of who these Americans were. That, actually, is uplifting.

  Aldis Hodge

  Uplifting, People, Upset

  "Aldis Hodge Emerges from the Underground". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 7, 2016.

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• They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get into the gritty bits of slavery. It's a very, very small section in the history books. It's not something they really touch on directly with American curriculums.

  Aldis Hodge

  Growing Up, Book, Kids

  "Aldis Hodge Emerges from the Underground". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 7, 2016.

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• My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Gossip, Rumor, Misperception

  Source: content.time.com

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• People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.

  John Darnielle

  Song, Play, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that's always in relation to what else is happening at the moment. But all you can do is ignore the annoying hum of the machine and focus on making art that makes you excited to be alive.

  Alan Palomo

  Art, Alive, Dimensions

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult because it forces you to really get creative.

  Alan Palomo

  Writing, Thinking, Creative

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When you're touring, it's somehow hard to focus on other things. I know other people can do it, but I really can't.

  Julia Kent

  People, Touring, Knows

  Source: pitchfork.com

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