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  Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

  Carl Sandburg

  Life, Change, Time

  Teacher, Volume 43, 1971.

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• To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Mean, Past, Choices

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• Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won't get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

  Phil McGraw

  Heart, Knowing, Track

  "10 Things All Winners Do", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2014.

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• Do it! People who succeed don't just sit and think about what they want to do. They take meaningful, purposeful, directional action consistently and persistently. Every step they take puts them toward the outcome they're looking for.

  Phil McGraw

  Meaningful, Thinking, People

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• My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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• To succeed at the level I want to you have to be focused and serious.

  Kent Steffes

  Inspirational, Levels, Want

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• A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Focus And Concentration, Data, Essentials

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• I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

  Will Smith

  Character, Bagger, Paid

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• When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.

  Eliza Dushku

  Lying, Years, Nuts

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• Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

  Samuel Johnson

  Gold, Empires, Splendor

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• Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

  Deval Patrick

  Giving Up, Games, People

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• Purity of heart is to will one thing.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Heart, Purity, One Thing

  Soren Kierkegaard (2013). “The Wisdom of Kierkegaard”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month, next year, then never deviating from your plan. Once you can see, touch and feel your objective, all you have to do is pull back and put all your strength behind it, and you'll hit your target every time.

  Bruce Jenner

  Next Week, Years, Knowing

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• I finally learned to live in the present and focus only on what I want rather than what I don't want.

  Darren Johnson

  Want, Live In The Present

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• Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Morning, Intention, Minutes

  "Extraordinary Women in Business: What Inspires Them to Keep Succeeding?" by Stacia Pierce, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2014.

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• Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Athlete, Golf, Worry

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• Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.

  Elle Macpherson

  Thank You, Children, Achievement

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• Expansion means complexity and complexity decay.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

  Mean, Expansion, Decay

  In-Laws and Outlaws (1962)

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• Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

  Debra Wilson

  Singing, Bigs, Outlets

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• I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.

  Gil Kane

  Thinking, Years, Precision

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• Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

  Tom Ford

  Once Upon A Time, President, Private Life

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• And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it.

  Rosanne Cash

  Voice, Anxiety, Kind

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• For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

  Joe Cocker

  Song, Moving, Audience

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

  Sue Grafton

  Writing, Risk, Care

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