Focus Quotes - Page 39

• To me the cynics are the ones in the boardrooms with the reports from the focus groups.

  George Carlin

  Groups, Focus Groups, Reports

  "Stand-up comic - Interview". The Progressive Vol. 65 Nbr., July 7, 2001.

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• I can't say the connection is one I've made consciously, but quitting drinking allowed me to be less selfish. My wife would definitely say that one of the major benefits of me quitting drinking is that I have more time and focus for other people.

  Andy Daly

  Selfish, Drinking, Wife

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• For me, there's the certain focus points that come out, which could reference a song or a pop disco, or something really abstract. It's not totally fulfilling or complete, but rather an ongoing incompleteness. I'm really interested in the audience's relationship with myself, and my relationship with them.

  Sue Tompkins

  Song, Ongoing, Abstract

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• For me personally, and as a band, there are a lot of challenges. Being in a band is like war, it's a battle - to focus, to really put together something that's formidable and then keeping everything together.

  Erik Rutan

  War, Challenges, Battle

  Source: pitchfork.com

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.

  Tracy Morgan

  People, Giving, Want

  "Tracy Morgan is coming to Foxwoods". Interview With Linda Tuccio-Koonz, www.ctpost.com. March 14, 2016.

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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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• 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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• 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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• I think religious freedom is part of the U.S.'s policy and Congress mandated the creation of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. So it is important that the U.S. focus in dialogue, development projects, cooperation with Pakistan and other countries to give more importance to religious freedom issues.

  Shahbaz Bhatti

  Country, Religious, Thinking

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• Pray that I would keep my focus on the Lord, no matter what.

  Frances Newton

  Matter, No Matter What, Lord

  "Frances Newton: Faith on Death Row". Interview with Terry Meeuwsen, www.cbn.com.

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• I like to go in the corner, in the quiet, 'cause I got to hear my thoughts. If I hear the beat for, like, five seconds, I basically got the tempo, and I don't need to hear it no more. I just focus and write.

  Dreezy

  Writing, Causes, Needs

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• Business schools tend to focus on topics that are suitable to blackboards, so they overemphasize organization and finance. Until very recently, they virtually ignored manufacturing. I think of lot of the troubles of the 1970s and 1980s, and now more recently the 2000s can be traced pretty directly to the biases of the business schools.

  Charles R. Morris

  School, Thinking, Organization

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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• I think we should all focus on who we are, what we want to do, and do it. That is my way. I don't know why anyone would want to do that politics stuff.

  Conor McGregor

  Thinking, Want, Who We Are

  Source: hypebeast.com

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• I like having some things very clear while other things are obscured... so that it kind of keeps coming into and out of focus.

  Jonathan Meiburg

  Kind, Clear

  "Shearwater". Interview with Jason Crock, pitchfork.com. April 24, 2007.

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• I was trying to focus on Margaret's trajectory as an artist, as a woman and an artist. Hopefully Cavendish experts won't be angry at me for anything I've left out. I feel like all the major movements of her life are there.

  Danielle Dutton

  Artist, Trying, Experts

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Some kid can say, "Hey, I really want you to play my town in Switzerland, or Sweden, or Latvia," and they could have a fun night at the show. On the other hand, all those kids could have a record that means something to them in a more personal way a couple months down the road. The live band is a really important thing for us, but my focus is on the album now.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Couple, Fun, Mean

  Source: pitchfork.com

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