Focused Quotes - Page 27

• I will continue to stay very focused on the economy.

  Donald Evans

  Stay Positive, Economy

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• I am on my way to Ghana tomorrow morning and you just need to know that this Administration is very focused on doing all we can to promote economic development in this part of the world, in Africa, throughout Africa, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

  Donald Evans

  Morning, Ghana, Needs

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• In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.

  Bob Edwards

  Ambition, College, Rights

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• The world is waiting for you to wake up to the person you are called to be. Stop listening to the negative inner conversation that's causing you to play small. Focus your mind on positive thoughts, possibilities and solutions that can move you forward. Tap into your creativity and determination and stay busy. Stay focused.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Encouragement, Determination

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• I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.

  Adam Johnson

  Book, Thinking, Light

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• We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America's 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country.

  Bob Graham

  Country, Strong, America

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• I do consider myself to be a positive person. I'd much rather have my energy be focused on trying to make the world a better place, than to be bitter or negative.

  Dave Smalley

  Trying, Energy, Negative

  Source: www.pmakid.com

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• I am sober, grounded, focused, I'm writing again, I like where I am. I'm real positive and I got this great family that came along with my wife - I'm happily married and she's a great part of me that was missing - and I feel real good.

  Joe Walsh

  Real, Writing, Wife

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I'm a producer, writer, director. I'm putting everything together very fast, and I'm strong and focused on making the next film as fast as possible. From one film to the other, I'm getting better. I'm learning - that's my style.

  Malgorzata Szumowska

  Strong, Style, Together

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

  Julianne Hough

  Writing, Careers, People

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• When I stay focused and honest about who I am and the image that I hope to portray, then I won't find myself stranded in unfamiliar territory chasing money or popularity. If the work that you do is quality, then you'll be rewarded. It's also good to stretch musically within the realm of your ability, but not if it compromises your integrity.

  Oleta Adams

  Integrity, Who I Am, Quality

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• The creation of the island, or the impression of the island, as it changes in the mind of the character also came in to play... there was another very important collaborator, Rob Legato, on special visual effects. And then ultimately there's Thelma Schoonmaker, who keeps me focused during the editing of the picture.

  Martin Scorsese

  Character, Islands, Editing

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I've really been sort of focused on acting and I feel really lucky because great projects sort of keep coming my way. I guess the criteria that I look for, it gets increasingly difficult because when you have the privilege of working with someone like Diane [Keaton], it's kind of like, 'Well, where do you go from there.'

  Mandy Moore

  Acting, Looks, Way

  "Mandy Moore Interviewed - 'Because I Said So'". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 1, 2007.

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• You can make a movie that's more focused on the jokes, but Young Adult was not that kind of movie.

  Kristen Stewart

  Adults, Kind, Young

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I definitely work pretty hard to stay present and focused. I've also tried to create a life for myself where I'm surrounded by honest, loyal, and funny people, because I like to laugh.

  Rashida Jones

  People, Laughing, Loyal

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. April 8, 2009.

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• I have a habit of recording records very quickly - and not in a haphazardly way, not in a way where I'm not focused on details, because I'm a freak when it comes to that.

  Balthazar Getty

  Details, Records, Way

  "Balthazar Getty Faces Himself". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 13, 2015.

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• I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

  Julie Delpy

  Neurotic

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. August 9, 2007.

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• I finished touring the last record and I started recording new .I never really left the bubble, which is I think a good thing. I was just very focused. Maybe I should have taken a break or something, and not done such a long push.

  Andrew Bird

  Taken, Thinking, Should Have

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.

  Peter Sarsgaard

  Thinking, Worry, Trying

  "It's more about the work than the money for Experimenter star Peter Sarsgaard". Interview with Pete Croatto, film.avclub.com. October 15, 2015.

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• A change of work is a good rest for the mind if you're constantly focused on writing. I like to work with timber and be creative on that side sometimes as well.

  Angus Stone

  Writing, Creative, Mind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Everything has such order and everyone is so focused on doing what they're doing that no one ever pays attention to you spinning and dancing around supermarkets. It's something you find in places like supermarkets and airports, where everything is really ordered. There's something about those places that makes you feel really anonymous.

  Florence Welch

  Airports, Order, Dancing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that you care about, at the end of the day, that's what really matters, even to hard-core sci-fi fans.

  Rian Johnson

  Letting Go, Long, The End Of The Day

  "Rian Johnson’s Feedback Loop". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2012.

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• You create a friendship on a level that you've never done before. The basic kind of experience is to basically give love to total strangers all the time, and that really changed everything in me. And this piece transformed me more than any other one before. I saw my entire life differently. What do I have to do? What is my passion on this planet? I'm much more focused than I ever was before.

  Marina Abramovic

  Passion, Giving, Saws

  "Marina Abramovic Explains How HBO and Lady Gaga Bring Performance Art to a New Audience". SUNDANCE interview with Bryce J. Renninger, www.indiewire.com. January 23, 2012.

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• As a young kid, I wasn't really interested at that stage - getting financial advice was far from my mind. I was focused on playing football. But I got onboard with this financial adviser and I heeded his advice, and that was my smartest money decision.

  Robbie Fowler

  Football, Kids, Decision

  "How Robbie Fowler became one of the richest footballers ever - but not by playing". Interview with Donna Ferguson, www.mirror.co.uk. May 16, 2017.

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• Staying enthused about finding things; discovering new beauty in the world that can translate into music. That's the most precious sort of resource. You have to pull stuff from outside of the musical realm. Whatever muscle it is that it takes to listen to music and stay focused, in me, is really strong.

  Blake Mills

  Strong, Musical, World

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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