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• The Bush Cabinet is quite interesting, there are no flashy people in there. No stars. They all seem quite focused and serious and knowledgeable about the areas to which they have been appointed.

  Morley Safer

  Stars, Interesting, People

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• If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.

  Fred Upton

  Jobs, Media, Effort

  "Declaring war on the regulatory state" by Fred Upton, www.washingtontimes.com. October 18, 2010.

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• So many women today have become so focused on their children, they've developed these romantic entanglements with their children's lives, and the husbands are secondary. They're left out. And the romantic focus is on the children.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Children, Husband, Focus

  "A Mother's Love". “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, www.oprah.com. April 20, 2005.

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• First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas.

  Daniel Yergin

  Vocabulary, People, Firsts

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• A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Nuclear Iran, Priorities

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• I am just really focused in on what I love doing, but I would be a moron to not take some of my natural talent - I'm not saying I'm that talented, but I have enough acting and writing talent to go.

  Jen Kirkman

  Writing, Natural Talent, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The recipe for creating anything is really quite simple. Take good or bad feelings (meaning positive or negative vibrations), bake with varying degrees of emotion to increase magnetism, and here comes what we've attracted, like it or not. What we have focused on, and how we have vibrated about it, is what we have gotten... from birth.

  Lynn Grabhorn

  Spiritual, Simple, Creating

  Lynn Grabhorn (2009). “Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings”, p.44, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Ask today as you consider the many choices in your view - what is the highest and best use of your talents, skills and abilities? When you answer that, seize the opportunity to sharpen those qualities even more sharply by applying your focused effort.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Opportunity, Views, Skills

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• USE this time of fresh beginnings. Use it as an impetus, the force or energy toward change. Become stronger, a better leader, more focused in your thoughts. Exert more influence over your dreams by bringing them closer to your thoughts, every day.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Dream, Time, Leader

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• I want to see Haiti do better. We have the sun everywhere: that's a big asset. We have wonderful coasts, beautiful islands, mountains. Other countries that have that are known for it, but Haiti has been so focused inwards, on its problems.

  Laurent Lamothe

  Beautiful, Country, Islands

  "Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe of Haiti: 'We don’t want to be known as an NGO nation'". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2013.

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• I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

  Jayma Mays

  Fun, Pay, Bills

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

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• The Heisman attention has definitely been a little bit of a surprise. It's been out of my hands. It's something I'm not focused on. I'm focused on the season and trying to win as many games as possible.

  Johnny Manziel

  Winning, Hands, Games

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• First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.

  Juliet Marillier

  Character, Journey, Stories

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• At XL we are continually focused on the rate of change, the increasingly interconnected world and the need to help our clients advance wherever their business occurs.

  Mike McGavick

  Needs, World, Clients

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• If you know you're supported, you're going to work harder, you're going to be more focused on your mission.

  Bob McDonnell

  Hard Work, Missions, Work Harder

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• I'm pretty focused on my career, and if it comes down to hanging out with somebody or learning my lines, it's gonna be learning my lines.

  Cory Monteith

  Careers, Lines, Hanging Out

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

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• I got a lot of paradoxes in my life. I guess I'm a real confused person, but there are some focused parts to my life now, and I'm slowly trying to put all the pieces back together.

  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Confused, Real, Trying

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• CNBC is a very serious-minded financial news network, and what we've seen thus far from Fox appears to be not as investment-focused or financially focused, and that's good for us.

  Jeff Zucker

  News, Foxes, Serious

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• I support the Surfrider Foundation, which is focused on protecting the oceans and beaches. I also recycle and use mass transit, ride my bike as often as I can, or I walk, which is one of the best parts about living in New York City.

  Raquel Zimmermann

  Beach, New York, Ocean

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• Just believing, just having a molecule of faith--that simple step, when focused on the Lord Jesus Christ, has ever been and always will be not only the first principle of His Eternal Gospel but also the first step out of despair.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Jesus, Believe, Simple

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• I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

  Paul Stanley

  Mean, Goal, Car

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• In these early games you're focused on your performance. Just coming out and playing hard. There's not a lot you can do in terms of preparing and in terms of scouting.

  Dom Starsia

  Games, Coming Out, Term

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• We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term... And we've identified non-core assets we have shed.

  Michael Corbat

  Strong, Unique, Play

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• I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions.

  Lindsay Hartley

  Passion, Forever, Singing

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• I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past.

  Harry Hamlin

  Past, Careers, Acting

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