Focused Quotes - Page 11

• Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

  Susan Cain

  People, Attention, Natural

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• I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.

  Warren Christopher

  Responsibility, Keys, Trying

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• There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet.

  James Daly

  Business, Air, Magazines

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• My work at MIT had focused on what we could build in space once we had inexpensive space transportation and industrial facilities in orbit. And this led to various sorts of work in space development.

  K. Eric Drexler

  Space, Orbit, Mit

  Foresight Interview, foresight.org.

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• As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I'm waiting in the wings to go on, it's agony every single time but I stay focused and I know that once I'm on stage it'll be fine; I'll be in my happy little bubble.

  Britt Ekland

  Wings, Agony, Waiting

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• Unfortunately, unless we're focused on building up our courage, which gives us our self-confidence and all that we need to make quantum change in our lives, the voice of fear will always take the lead inside our minds.

  Debbie Ford

  Self Confidence, Building Up, Voice

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• The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

  Louis J. Freeh

  Country, September 11, Terrorism

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• Steve Rom's bravery is unique. Faced with life-threatening circumstances, he focused his determination and spirit to defeat an unbeatable disease. Steve's story is an inspiration to all.

  Fred Dryer

  Determination, Inspiration, Unique

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• I don't call cut between the takes - it's my way to help the actor keep focused. As soon as you say 'cut' you have 10 people jumping on them and everybody's trying to do a great job, and they do, but sometimes they forget that the more important thing is the performance, creating the performance.

  Michel Gondry

  Jobs, Cutting, Jumping

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• I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

  Melissa George

  Fantastic

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• It's true. We're really working hard to make Incline Lake a reality, but that doesn't mean that we're not focused on other projects to improve the basin - sometimes big projects.

  Rex Norman

  Mean, Reality, Lakes

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• You can play and try to get focused for that time, but still the reality of that whole situation is once that game is over you still have to be confronted with what's going on. I think that's where the senior leadership on your football team has to come. They have to understand that we have a responsibility to reach our goals and that's to win the championship.

  Pete Richardson

  Senior, Football, Team

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• The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives.

  Michael N. Castle

  Teacher, Believe, Teaching

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• I think that what was genius about the politics of Trump's campaign is that he focused on workers and he focused on jobs. It wasn't about the wealthy entrepreneur with a private jet. It wasn't about a government handout. It was about the folks in the middle.

  James Vance

  Thinking, Entrepreneur, Genius

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• Strategy is not focused on ROI, but on winning.

  Paul Shannon

  Winning, Roi, Social Media

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• I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

  Amos Lee

  Work, Nice, People

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• We've focused a lot on visible evidence. We believe that a community needs to make the visible statement about who the community is.

  James Hunt

  Believe, Community, Needs

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• If I were starting now I would do things very differently. I didn't know anything. In Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here. But it's not the only place to be. If I were starting now, I would have stayed in Boston. [Silicon Valley] is a little short-term focused and that bothers me.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Boston, Feelings, Valleys

  "Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston" by Leena Rao, techcrunch.com. October 30, 2011.

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• The most dangerous and successful conspiracies take place in public, in plain sight, under the clear, bright light of day -- usually with TV cameras focused on them.

  L. Neil Smith

  Successful, Light, Sight

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• Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.

  Edward de Bono

  Mean, Simplicity, Effort

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• Make A Difference Day is a great way to introduce kids to the rewards of volunteering. It's fun, it's focused and it's empowering to know that millions are motivated to do the same.

  Kate Snow

  Fun, Kids, Differences

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• For victory in life, we've got to keep focused on the goal, and the goal is Heaven.

  Lou Holtz

  Goal, Heaven, Victory

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• When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.

  Ethan Zuckerman

  Growing Up, Average, Stories

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• Human consciousness is now being drawn inexorably toward the same issues, the gaze of collective attention focused like never before.

  Anodea Judith

  Issues, Attention, Awakening

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• Hot groups have members who are task-obsessed and full of passion. They share a style which is "intense, sharply focused, and full bore. Members feel engaged in an important, even vital and personally ennobling mission; their task dominates all other considerations; and although such intense teams tend to remain intact only for a relatively short period of time, that time is remembered nostalgically and in considerable detail by its members.

  Jean Lipman-Blumen

  Team, Passion, Style

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