"My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's what makes me happy."
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"The economy made me focus on designing more must-haves."
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"Writing and directing has always been my first passion. That's where the focus of my energy is."
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"To be everywhere is to be nowhere."
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"I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on."
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"As far as you are concerned the present is your point of action, focus and power, and from that point of volition you form both your future and past. Realizing this, you will understand that you are not at the mercy of a past over which you have no control."
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"When you focus on delighting an audience you care about, you strip the masses of their power."
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"There are always limits, and opportunities. The ones we rehearse and focus on are the ones that shape our future."
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"Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part."
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"I really comprehend the fact that some of what I have to say sounds a little weird. But the more and more I purge myself of the stuff that had my focus so turned away from God, the more I shred myself, the more I have a greater connection to God. And what I know now that I didn't know then is that's why I'm here."
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"By centering our lives on correct principles and creating a balanced focus between doing and increasing our ability to do, we become empowered to the task of creating effective useful and peaceful lives."
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"Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice."
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"Build your life around 5 key priorities: The Big 5. Any more and you'll suffer from Broken Focus Syndrome."
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"Focus on the impact you make versus the title you have."
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"Mastery comes via a monomaniacal focus on simplicity versus an addiction to complexity."
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"Being an elite performer on the playing field of life is not about being perfect. Rather, it is about cultivating a mental focus towards mastery in every area of your life. It is about commiting yourself, from the core of your heart, to manifest and polish your highest talents and become the person you are destined to be."
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"I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now when I get pulled over, the cop looks at it [moving it nearer and farther, trying to see it clearly], and says, "Here, you can go""
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"Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative."
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"Sometimes, a new toy, a new technology, will focus you. The world is always trying to draw you out, so you always have to remember to go in."
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"The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals."
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