Focused Quotes - Page 24

• You can't talk about life without talking about politics. You have to have both. If you're just a political person, you're going to burn out. If you, as an artist, are just focused inward, you're going to eventually be irrelevant.

  Robert Adams

  Artist, Talking, Political

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• The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.

  James Nesbitt

  Fall, Firsts, Remember

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

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• In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice.

  Li-Young Lee

  Writing, Voice, Attention

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• You have to stay focused out there and you can't get caught up in your emotions.

  Joanne Calderwood

  Ufc, Mma, Emotion

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• When I'm doing my best is when I'm completely focused... You completely wipe off any thoughts of the future, there's nothing going on in the past, you're just completely locked in on the moment, and there's no thinking, you're zoned in on this moment in time.

  Frank Mir

  Past, Thinking, Mma

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• I'm a very focused person. If I'm focusing on something I don't like distractions and I like to just do that one thing. And Jiu-Jitsu and MMA basically became that one thing for me.

  Gunnar Nelson

  Mma, Jiu Jitsu, Distraction

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• What can I do to make sure that middle-class families are feeling more secure, that more young people are able to access opportunity, that we are safe, that we are working with our international partners to try to create more order at a time when there's a lot of chaos? How do we deal with terrorism in a way that's consistent with our values? As long as I stay focused on those north stars, then I tend not to get too rattled.

  Barack Obama

  Stars, Opportunity, Order

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Much of the international unease with the Sochi Games has focused on the threat of terrorism, Putin's domestic repressiveness, and the Russian campaign of anti-gay propaganda.

  George Packer

  Gay, Games, Campaigns

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• Sky is the limit, never doubt yourself, stay focused, never let anything slow or stop you from concurring your goals and making your dreams happen!

  Myles Jury

  Dream, Sky, Goal

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• I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused.

  Peter Munk

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• The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in high regard, of course, that the discourse be focused on what they were teaching, but we were able to go beyond this framework without incurring too great a risk.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Teacher, Teaching, Risk

  Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1995). “Memoirs”, McClelland & Stewart Limited

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• I feel like there are so few girls in New York like that anymore, who are not focused on getting a man with money.

  Hilton Als

  Girl, New York, Men

  "Hilton Als, Constructing Genre". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Tasks, Serious, Stills

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

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• I'm playing right now a role, and the role is called the 'Heavyweight Champion of the World.' And it takes all of the time. And I love this role, and it takes a lot of attention for me for the sport, and I just don't want to lose the title, so that's why I have to stay focused and not become an actor.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Sports, Heavyweights, Champion

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• Gym is a center of capitalist breakdown, and everything is focused on the individual.

  Jenny Hval

  Individual, Breakdown, Capitalist

  "Jenny Hval's Soft Dick Rock". Interview with Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. June 15, 2015.

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• I really am enjoying writing more than ever. I feel like I'm so much more focused than I was in the early times.

  Debbie Harry

  Writing, Enjoy, Feels

  "The Survivors: Debbie Harry". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 4, 2011.

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• I don't want to do one of those records where it's like a compilation of a bunch of all sorts of rappers on my beats. I don't find those to be focused albums. I'd like to sit and work a whole record with a certain person, to come up with a concept and see it through that way.

  Flying Lotus

  Rapper, Want, Way

  "Flying Lotus Talks New LP, Lil Wayne". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. January 14, 2010.

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• I think if I'm guilty of anything, I'm guilty of always being incredibly focused on the task at hand. So wherever I've worked, I've just always tried to do my best, achieve my best, build a great team around me.

  Angela Ahrendts

  Team, Thinking, Hands

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• You're at your best, when you're focused and you're serious and passionate about what you do, but at the same time you can relax and have fun and be confident.

  Derek Fisher

  Fun, Relax, Passionate

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• Dare to have it out with God, and ask Him to show you whether or not all is focused on Christ and His Glory.

  Lilias Trotter

  Christ, Glory, Dare

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• The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.

  Paul David Tripp

  Heart, Self, Hands

  Paul David Tripp (2007). “A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You”, p.94, David C Cook

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• I'm focused on myself and on what I've got to do...I'm just trying to get back on track and keep this positive mindset.

  Tim Lincecum

  Track, Trying, Mindset

  FaceBook post by Tim Lincecum from Mar 22, 2015

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• This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.

  John P. Kotter

  Smart, Successful, Helping Others

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.12, Harvard Business Press

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• I don't write poetry or short stories. I don't like to write articles usually. I tend to really only want to be focused on writing novels. It's one of the real advantages I've had over the years. I've only been good at one thing. It helps to be limited.

  Markus Zusak

  Real, Writing, Years

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• I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.

  Alexander Downer

  Party, Leader, Deputies

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

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