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• My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

  Bill Gates

  Success, Focus In Business, Positive Focus

  "One-on-One with Bill Gates". Interview with Peter Jennings, abcnews.go.com. February 16, 2005.

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• You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 14, 2014

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• Sometimes when a new piece of knowledge comes along you suddenly change your priorities and focus on something completely different instead.

  John Hartford

  Priorities, Different, Pieces

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• Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Heart, Thinking, Compassion

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• To attract money, you must focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into your life when you are noticing you do not have enough, because that means you are thinking thoughts that you do not have enough.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Positive, Wisdom, Money

  Rhonda Byrne (2008). “The Secret”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• If the work is high and far,
  You must not only aim aright,
  But draw the bow with all your might.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Positive, Effort

  "The Portable Thoreau".

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• Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Positive, Spiritual

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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• The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Games, Goal

  "Q&A: Michael Jordan on high school and the Jordan Classic". Interview with Christopher Lawlor, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 14, 2005.

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• Later in life, one of the compensations is gliding effortlessly into focus in a thing. Since it is who we are, anything that is not the focus or supportive thereof is just not us. Even outside issues, when they arise, are interesting in that they only help define the focus more clearly.

  Twyla Tharp

  Later In Life, Issues, Interesting

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• The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Challenges, Attention, Mood

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.58, Penguin

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• Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.

  Darren Main

  Time, Meditation, Mind

  Darren Main (2003). “Inner Tranquility: A Guide to Seated Meditation: 3rd Edition”, p.14, BookBaby

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• Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

  Terry Goodkind

  Essence, Stories, World

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• Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.

  Melody Beattie

  Relationship, Good Relationship, Today

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, p.301, Hazelden Publishing

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• The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.

  James C. Collins

  Greatness, Signatures, Mediocrity

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• I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

  Mark Burnett

  Lying, Heart, Solitude

  Mark Burnett (2001). “Dare to Succeed: How to Survive and Thrive in the Game of Life”, Hyperion

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• Organize as much as possible around teams, to achieve enhanced focus, task orientation, innovativeness, and individual commitment.

  Tom Peters

  Team, Commitment, Tasks

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• The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

  Rachel Carson

  Nature, Zoos, Ocean

  Rachel Carson (2002). “Silent Spring”, p.19, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.

  Barack Obama

  Money, Ambition, Purpose

  Barack Obama's commencement speech at Northwestern University, www.northwestern.edu. June 19, 2006.

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• I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. “At these times, I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one’s mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one’s leisure. It becomes easier to spot patterns and links, you understand, when they are in this form.

  J. K. Rowling

  Memories, Feelings, Mind

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• School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  School, Knack, Want

  "New Again: Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

  Vera Wang

  Fashion, Women, Clothes

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• I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

  James Ellroy

  Hurt, Stress, Writing

  James Ellroy (2012). “Conversations with James Ellroy”, p.55, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice

  Christina Milian

  Funny, Practice, Inspire

  "Christina Milian talks Be Cool!". Interview, movieweb.com. February 24, 2005.

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• I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day.

  Sean Bean

  Thinking, Play, Next Day

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• I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed.

  Jason Statham

  Thinking, Years, Helping

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