Focused Quotes - Page 24

• A sustainable economy represents nothing less than a higher social order one as concerned with future generations as with our own, and more focused on the health of the planet and the poor than on material acquisitions and military might. While it is a fundamentally new endeavor, with many uncertainties, it is far less risky than continuing with business as usual.

  Lester R. Brown

  Military, Order, Environmental

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• It's important in any project to remain focused.

  Jehane Noujaim

  Important, Projects

  Live chat, www.baltimoresun.com. May 31, 2001.

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• Most traders believe that 'getting into the zone' happens when you have 'a hot streak.' I believe you can create the zone. The zone is a psychological state. It is when you are focused, disciplined, and fully engaged in the process at hand . . . trading in the zone will certainly increase your capacity to perform and succeed.

  Ari Kiev

  Believe, Hands, Hot

  Ari Kiev (2004). “Trading in the Zone: Maximizing Performance with Focus and Discipline”, p.2, John Wiley & Sons

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• Hostages want to survive - they are very focused on their own little view of things.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Views, Want, Littles

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in order to keep the rhythm, to keep myself focused on what I'm doing.

  Paul Auster

  Writing, Order, Found

  Interview with Jonathan Lethem, www.believermag.com. February 2005.

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• Follow your goals and stay focused, because you really don't have much time.

  Piggy D.

  Goal, Stay Focused

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• At the end of the day I'm not racing for recognition, I'm not racing for popularity, that's not who I am. I'm focused on the result and trying to get the best out of myself from a sporting capacity. That's what really motivates me.

  Chris Froome

  Who I Am, Racing, Trying

  "Chris Froome: I can win five more Tour de France titles". Interview with Dan Roan, www.bbc.com. August 13, 2015.

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• If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.

  Quentin Tarantino

  People, Cinema, Offers

  "Quentin Tarantino - The "Inglourious Basterds". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.

  David Lovering

  Party, Class, Magic

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• Playing music in front of thousands of people never bothered me. It was only when I started putting on magic shows in front of a much smaller audience that I would begin sweating bullets, so I'm much more focused now.

  David Lovering

  People, Magic, Bullets

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• I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything else I tend more to acquire or amass than collect. I have vinyl records I listen to all the time when I work. But I don’t collect records. I just buy records where the price seems right and it’s music I actually listen to.

  Michael Chabon

  Fiction, Records, Fantasy

  "Michael Chabon’s Vinyl Draft". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 2012.

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• I'm focused on doing what makes me happiest and on how I can make real improvements and contributions to my immediate niche, i.e. my family, friends, and local community.

  Andrew Skurka

  Real, Community, Improvement

  Source: ryanjordan.com

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• I do my job, and I do what I’m paid to do and I’m always prepared. I prepare by learning the text so well that when I show up, I’m relaxed and the performance sort of happens. Now whether that’s good or bad, I don’t know... Whatever I say is going to sound very egocentric and self centered anyway so I’d better shut up.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Jobs, Self, Sound

  "Interview: Anthony Hopkins (The World’s Fastest Indian)". Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. January 31, 2006.

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• Motherhood - no matter if you're a working mom or stay at home mom - is really tough sometimes. It can really leave us each day with a sense of wondering if we're doing it right. You know, it's a long term investment. You don't see big returns in the short term. Raising a child can easily pull you into being hyper-focused on the tough everyday moments of life.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Mom, Children, Home

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• The biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to just keep on working, prepping, reading and imagining, all the way through, but the biggest challenge is always to let go of all that and just be open to others. That's what we do, as actor. We play with each other and we stimulate each other, and we have to be prepared to be stimulated by the other. That's always my big challenge.

  Hugo Weaving

  Letting Go, Reading, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?

  Ann Voskamp

  Children, Eye, Simple

  "Finding Joy in the Nitty-Gritty: An Interview with Ann Voskamp". "Homeschool Heartbeat" podcast with Mike Farris (Volume 127, Week 14), hslda.org. August 8-12, 2016.

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• The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Self, Get Better, Needs

  Source: www.lifeisstory.com

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• So the idea of being able to shop cross-category to buy the beach bag, the summer lip gloss, and the pillows for your pool house makes it into very focused, easy life.

  Aerin Lauder

  Summer, Beach, Ideas

  Interview with Michael Kors, aspenpeak-magazine.com. May 22, 2013.

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• I do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the discovery of something. Then sometimes during filming I like to listen to the same things. It brings me back to a place where I just feel more creative and focused.

  Rami Malek

  Discovery, Creative, Roles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My first obligation is to entertain but as far as science fiction goes, it's much easier to comment on today from another time because people then aren't focused on 'did you get the details right?' It's sort of a Trojan horse approach to ideas because it's wrapped in the future, it's wrapped in action, thriller.

  Andrew Niccol

  Horse, Ideas, People

  "Director Andrew Niccol IN TIME Interview; Talks About Adapting Stephenie Myer’s THE HOST". Interview with Tommy Cook, collider.com. October 25, 2011.

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• You can do anything you like - really - but this Sci-Fi is absolutely disciplined, it's Zen, you have to be absolutely focused in an area. You have to zone into an area and you then you can achieve when you get there. It's really weird!

  Danny Boyle

  Achieve, Sci Fi, Really Weird

  "Danny Boyle Talks Sunshine, Space, and Sci-Fi". Interview with Sara Maria Vizcarrondo, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. July 19, 2007.

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• I find many women are intimidated by "career women"! Bottom line: snap judgments about what you think others' perceptions might be about you, personally or professionally, can be more dangerous or damaging to you than those who are uncomfortable with your stature or your smarts. If you are smart and focused on your career, remind yourself that no one can ever take away your drive and your passion.

  Jenna Lee

  Smart, Passion, Thinking

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• There are a lot of things going on that's causing a lot of these young kids to head in the wrong direction. I know a lot of kids that are cutting school. I try to give out a positive message, trying to get kids focused. If they don't then they're going to end up like every other hoodlum in the street.

  Prince Royce

  School, Kids, Cutting

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• Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.

  Robin Sharma

  Want, Mastery, Clarity

  Source: www.pickthebrain.com

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• I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.

  George Lucas

  Ideas, Challenges, Trying

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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