Focused Quotes - Page 40

• I'm actually not a very good driver, to be honest with you. I'm a scatterbrain driver. I'm not very focused. I'm always trying to find the right music station or put on a new CD or trying to eat something.

  Lauren Lee Smith

  Cds, Always Trying, Honest

  "The fruit of Lauren Lee Smith's labour". Interview with Petrina Gentile, www.theglobeandmail.com. April 13, 2011.

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• For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.

  Ryan Guzman

  Stars, Fall, Clouds

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

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• I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that youre trying to accomplish.

  Ashanti

  Thinking, Trying, Motto

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• Momma gettin' older feelin' pains In her shoulder. I gotta stay focused and remain a little soldier.

  Rick Ross

  Life, Pain, Soldier

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• Allocating budgets will not suffice. We need to make focused efforts at developing the tribal belt of Gujarat

  Narendra Modi

  Effort, Empowerment, India

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• We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.

  Yehuda Berg

  Thinking, Understanding, Ships

  "What the @#$% is Going On?" by Yehuda Berg, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 10, 2010.

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• If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'

  Roger Rosenblatt

  Self, Firsts, Calling

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• Solyndra will be remembered in the history books as a sad hallmark of a newly installed administration that felt it was above the rules, lusting for positive headlines rather than focused on delivering results.

  Fred Upton

  Book, Lust, Administration

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• While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid.

  Fred Upton

  Reform, Needs, Entitlement

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• Obamas foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the nations the United States allies with, engages with, or must confront.

  Elliott Abrams

  Self, Needs, Allies

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• Our brand at Netflix is really focused on movies and TV shows.

  Reed Hastings

  Tv Shows, Tvs, Netflix

  "What Netflix CEO hopes U.S. won't notice" by Etan Vlessing, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 23, 2010.

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• If you're focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it's actually how a lot of stuff happens.

  Tony Hsieh

  Years, Stuff Happens, Rewards

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• A Path Appears is an insightful book focused on how individuals can contribute to positive change and the remarkable people behind the organizations that make it happen. The authors' desire to motivate people to support good causes, learn about the situation in other countries, and find the best way to help their fellow men and women is inspiring.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Book, Men

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• My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

  James Harden

  Dream, Stars, Team

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• For me, I think being a conservative means you are focused on all four key principles: strong defense, lower taxes, less spending, and defending traditional American values.

  Jim Jordan

  Strong, Mean, Thinking

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• I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "Dad Is Biggest Critic, Says NBA Star Dirk Nowitzki". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2011.

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• The world is changing so quickly, with mobile stuff and different platforms emerging, that I think it's more likely that the biggest competitor for Facebook is someone that we haven't heard of. What that means for us is that we should just really stay focused on what we're doing.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Mean, Thinking, Different

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• We have a pretty ambitious goal for the world. What we think will make the Web better. What we think will make all these businesses that integrate with us run more effectively. I think if we stay focused on doing that, that's really the main thing that we need to do.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Running, Thinking, Goal

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• I think everyone's journey through this crazy, weird, wild, wonderful area of work named acting is really their own. And if you're going for something that isn't yours, you're wasting time. You could be focused on your own work instead of thinking about somebody else.

  Laura Linney

  Crazy, Journey, Thinking

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• My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work, you know, and if you do good work, and stay focused on the work, writers and directors will pay attention.

  Michael K. Williams

  Goal, Pay, Directors

  "Talking With Our Mouths Full: Michael Kenneth Williams". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. October 4, 2011.

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• I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Block, Film, Stay Focused

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I've always been able to stay focused on trying to recruit good players and trying to develop those players.

  Nick Saban

  Player, Trying, Able

  "Alabama's Nick Saban unplugged". Interview with Chris Low, www.espn.com. September 23, 2011.

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• The event is not what you should be working on. You should be working on your response or reaction to an event. You either react to it - that means you become victimized, and you say this thing is happening to you - or you respond to it and say the solution must come through you - that's where you stay focused, not on the rightness, wrongness, fairness of the event, but on the appropriateness of your response.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Mean, Events, Fairness

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I'm married to the street; I ain't gonna switch over. I ain't gonna go religion on nobody. I believe in God - God is for the thugs too - but the streets are in the most trouble. So I'mma keep it focused on the streets and the struggle. That's what I'm mainly about.

  Trick Daddy

  Believe, Struggle, Thug

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• My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with Destiny's Child, I understood I had to be focused and dedicated if I wanted true success. We were taught we needed a plan and the discipline to execute that plan to the fullest. I strongly believe if you work hard, whatever you want, it will come to you. I know that's easier said than done but keep trying.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Children, Believe

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