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RACHEL DRATCH We've talked about that. We're trying to focus on not so much on where we play. We try to stress it'...
DAVE URICK You should focus on those things that will lead you to succeed instead of wasting your time on trivi...
GODWIN ELENDU PH.D A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a suf...
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ANTHONY CARMONA See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be
E. LOCKHART We're trying to focus on somebody else's needs instead of just wallowing in our stuff right now.
MARSHA KIGHT Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Instead of focusing on making more money, focus on improving your skills.
LORRIN L. LEE We decided that instead of focusing on St. Norbert, it was best that we focus on us. Focus on what w...
ANDY GIBBONS All of the King penguins were brought in as eggs and hatched here. They consider themselves little p...
GREG WHITTAKER On being wrong we have tendency of pointing fingers an on others. Instead of trying to find someone ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We should stop trying to find differences between one another, and focus on our similarities.
BEN OAK We wanted to focus on running the system, instead of the outcome.
BROOKE QUEENAN While we participate in these forums, communities have more time to focus on specific issues and pro...
JULIE REGAN I just wasn't really into pitching. I wanted to focus more on hitting. I decided hitting and playing...
BRIANNE FARMER We were trying to focus on defense and once our defense got going, it helped us click on offense.
KAREN AIROLA We didn't focus on how they felt after they bought things. Instead we focused on what led up to the ...
JENNIFER LERNER Resolving these important issues will enhance the company's ability to focus on our transformation a...
MIKE ZAFIROVSKI We are very proud of what we have accomplished in only three years, and this is just the beginning. ...
EILEEN BERMAN After we cut it to five, we made mistakes. We were rushing our shots, and trying to do it all by our...
KURT GREENE Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.
ROY BENNETT It is important for me to focus on positive actions taken to heal instead of beating myself up over ...
SHARON E. RAINEY We're focusing on trying to have all kids be successful learners and we continue to keep our focus o...
GEORGE RUSSELL We need to focus on things like the [Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate], whi...
MARGO THORNING We continue our work and we will focus on specific issues.
LUTFI HAZIRI Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.
JAMES RUBIN What is surprising is the language used by the RBI to focus on potential issues on the horizon, such...
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BARRY EISLER Give them credit. They took it right at us. We got a little complacent. We were trying to hang on in...
JAY FRYDENLUND Better focus on what seems to be more important, then what make's me feel more alive... But the thou...
KATE Customers are now driven by trying to optimize value.
AZIM PREMJI My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - ...
JACK MARKELL Success is found when we focus on being driven towards our dream every day.
RACHEL WOLCHIN Instead of trying to contain a putative bubble by drastic actions with largely unpredictable consequ...
ALAN GREENSPAN I would suggest that we need to focus on killing terrorists instead of building democracies.
DANIEL KURTZER The change is being driven by what we believe were inappropriate actions taken by Fifth Third after ...
KATE MOSER Forget about what you might have lost but instead focus on what you have room to gain.
LINDSEY RIETZSCH There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those ...
MICHELLE OBAMA The PeopleSoft drama is just that: drama and chatter. Investors need to adjust their antennas and fo...
GARY ABBOTT Two things I've learned: 1) you simply cannot change someone's mind on certain issues and 2) some is...
J.S.B. MORSE Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a w...
SAM BROWNBACK Focus on being productive instead of busy.
TIMOTHY FERRISS Focus on Being Productive Instead of Busy.
MEIR EZRA There's certainly a lot more to what the Supreme Court does than abortion rights. If we focus too mu...
JEFFREY SEGAL Trying to suppress or eradicate symptoms on the physical level can be extremely important, but there...
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON What historians will do is not focus on her role as the wife of Martin ... or that she carried on hi...
MARY FRANCES BERRY Congress has a terrible approval rating, and they need something to avoid talking about the issues t...
DAVE NOBLE On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,
GENE GREEN . The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by peo...
RUSSELL CROWE Focus on your potential instead of your limitations
ALAN LOY MCGINNIS Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving for...
DENIS WAITLEY Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving fo...
DENIS WAITLEY I was just trying to project forward what it would look like after this season. Winning is important...
EDGAR JOHNSON Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let them guide you. Constraints drive...
37 SIGNALS Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what y...
LEO BABAUTA If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to fo...
BARRY EISLER We had a lot of chatter and there were no attacks, ... Now that there's no chatter -- does that mean...
DAVID HEYMAN On a scale of diseases, mumps is not what we would consider one of the more serious.
DOUG SCHULTZ What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself h...
RALPH ELLISON Instead, it was driven by the core business and a lower tax rate.
DAVID RISINGER When important issues affecting the life of an individual are decided by somebody else, it makes no ...
JAMES TAGGART In terms of these e-mail issues, a couple of people were involved in venting, if you will, and my co...
ALLEN BENSON Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO I think it's a good time to focus on peace, instead of fighting . Reconciliation and forgiveness, in...
LORRIE SWEET If I were to receive a pair of the blessed prophetic sandals to place on my head, then I shall consi...
ANONYMOUS If we want to help Google become something meaningfully different in the future, then that's mor...
ASTRO TELLER I am an athlete, and I focus more on the issues that concern me: training, perform, eat, sleep.
CASTER SEMENYA Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving...
DENIS WAITLEY Kat and I were in our 20s when we won in '88. Our personalities were already established. We were re...
BRIAN BOITANO An important lesson that we can all get out of life is to make sure that we live each day to the bes...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Fidelity and allegiance sworn to the King is only such a fidelity and obedience as is due to him by ...
ISAAC NEWTON Now we know it's far more important to focus attention to what's going on inside of the schools, cur...
BARBARA SEMEDO We are aware of the demonstrations. Obviously this is a very important issue to a lot of Californian...
HOWARD GANTMAN The words you can’t find, you borrow.
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GABRIELLE ZEVIN We were able to focus on a lot of stuff.
JOAN RICKERT I consider myself more exportant than important.
VANNA BONTA We are actively engaged in responding to these challenges. The expansion of our business pursuits in...
LORI JONES In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id...
GARY F EVANS... Instead of the board and management attempting to rebuild trust with members and be forthcoming with...
DICK SLY on a number of issues important to South Dakota.
STEPHANIE HERSETH You're both human and prone to error. Instead of focusing on what you do wrong, focus on what's righ...
NINA ATWOOD The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was ...
JODI PICOULT Instead of focusing on the real challenges facing real Ohioans, House Republicans are instead cateri...
CHRIS REDFERN The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the t...
SABINE BARING-GOULD We were smart and strategic in sending a message to some of our harshest opponents. I think they rec...
DYANA MASON We're not always going to agree on every issue, that's for sure, but we certainly agree on what I be...
BILL SIMON By no means were we trying to be perverse, but we were setting out to make a list that was a bit mor...
JAMIE GRAHAM Stop allowing yourself to focus on depressing life circumstances - including focusing on being depre...
KAREN SALMANSOHN My focus, regardless of where they come from, is on making some more inroads addressing the infrastr...
WENDELL COLEMAN What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
SOURCE UNKNOWN What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
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GRAHAM NELSON Making the attempt is what matters most.
GARY HOPKINS I had the opportunity and the pleasure and the good luck to direct the two people I consider were th...
CLARENCE BROWN So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.
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GALE HAROLD I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
GALE HAROLD You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally availa...
GALE HAROLD You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either.
GALE HAROLD Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. ...
GALE HAROLD My interests are not really with television, per se.
GALE HAROLD I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
GALE HAROLD I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in Londo...
HAROLD PINTER At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a statesman.
HAROLD MACMILLAN Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
HAROLD GENEEN According to the myth, Prometheus steal fire to free us; Iago steals us as fresh fodder for the fire...
HAROLD BLOOM O gentle vision in the dawn:
My spirit over faint cool water glides,
Child of the day,
HAROLD MONRO