Focused Quotes - Page 29

• It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide which focused each individual's creative instinct on a problem to be solved - how to interpret a particular system of notation using one's own musical background and attitudes.

  John Tilbury

  Attitude, Creative, Musical

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• I'm weird. I'm not too focused on the physicality of a man. They just have to become my best friend, and then I start to get attracted to them. I've never been in a bar and just hit on a guy and started kissing him; I've never done that in my life.

  Ana de la Reguera

  Kissing, Men, Guy

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

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• Steve Jobs just made a product. He started off where a lot of people were skeptical of what he was doing, and he basically just focused on the product and making it the best he could, and really focused on what it was that these products would take into your lives.

  Joshua Michael Stern

  Jobs, People, Made

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• Armstrong lives as he rides - surrounded by a cocoon of aides and helpers, his gimlet eyes focused on victory.... The self-described atheist has become a deity... but the inquiry's findings may cause the Armstrong faithful to ask, Was the miracle a mirage?

  Selena Roberts

  Atheist, Eye, Self

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• When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there.

  Michael Phelps

  Want Something, Way, Enough

  Michael Phelps (2012). “No Limits: The Will to Succeed”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.

  Mary Harron

  Ambition, Thinking, Self

  "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.

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• Women are more focused on the development of the quality of life in their countries. They are more involved in social and family policies, childcare, and poverty reduction.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Country, Poverty Reduction, Quality

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If there were more women heads of state in the world, the world would be more peaceful and better focused on the improvement of the overall quality of life and welfare.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Peaceful, Quality, World

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The World Cup only comes around once every four years and is the absolute pinnacle of our sport. It is something we dream about as players. It is a reason why many of us started playing this game. I know myself, my teammates will be focused on what's ahead and what's at stake.

  Jozy Altidore

  Sports, Dream, Player

  Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, if not, why not. You need to do better. So my entire orientation and focus growing up was around doing your best and making sure that you were going to get the best education possible.

  Michelle Rhee

  Growing Up, Numbers, Focus

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold.

  Allyson Felix

  Running, Gold, Would Be

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2012.

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• Having a phone call from Steven Spielberg was just a fantastic rite of passage. I loved it, and he was very focused, very likable, strictly business, and really sharp.

  Peter Morgan

  Phones, Phone Calls, Fantastic

  Source: deadline.com

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• There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.

  Jeff Bezos

  Successful, People, Way

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• We were always focused on our profit and loss statement. But cash flow was not a regularly discussed topic. It was as if we were driving along, watching only the speedometer, when in fact we were running out of gas.

  Michael Dell

  Running, Loss, Cash Flow

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• Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

  John C. Maxwell

  Letting Go, Mistake, Humility

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• Surely, it is only when the mind is creatively empty that it is capable of finding out whether there is an ultimate reality or not. But, the mind is never creatively empty; it is always acquiring, always gathering, living on the past or in the future, or trying to be focused in the immediate present: it is never in that state of creativeness in which a new thing can take place. As the mind is a result of time, it cannot possibly understand that which is timeless, eternal.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Past, Reality, Mind

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• A question that often comes up at times of strategic transformation is, should you pursue a highly focused approach, betting everything on one strategic goal, or should you hedge? ... Mark Twain hit it on the head when he said, Put all of your eggs in one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET.

  Andy Grove

  Eggs, Goal, Watches

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• One have our biggest challenges if making sure that we are staying true to the mission that we feel called to do, which is writing songs for the church and helping the church connect with God. While the global ministry grows and the influence has been blessed in an amazing way, we are really conscious about staying focused on the families that come into our church every weekend and making sure that we're meeting their needs for whatever season they're in.

  Reuben Morgan

  Song, Blessed, Writing

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• When I finally got together with Rostropovich as a student, he was very focused, almost entirely focused on the music itself, on what the composer had in mind and what he knew about the composer. Many of the works that I played for him had in fact been composed and written for him; he was often the first performer of these works, having known the composers personally.

  David Finckel

  Mind, Together, Firsts

  "David Finckel and Wu Han". Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. July 11, 2012.

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• Stay true to yourself because a lot of times women get so wrapped up in doing for a man that we forget to focus on us. A lot of times that is unattractive. They love us because we are independent and focused on the things that make us happy. Because when they see you happy, their happy!

  Gabrielle Dennis

  Independent, Men, Focus

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• I've been in love since I was 14; it's always focused on someone or something and it's always unrequited. It's led to a lot of cheesy lines, but it's also the way I am. I want to be romantic, and songs are a good way to do that.

  Tobias Jesso Jr.

  Song, Cheesy, Unrequited

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. October 22, 2014.

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• For me, it's always Christ first and playing the right way for Christ. If I do that, everything else will take care of itself. When I stay focused on that, there's no pressure to worry about.

  John Salmons

  Worry, Care, Way

  "A conversation with Sacramento Kings guard John Salmons". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• You have your vision and you need to be focused, but you have to listen. I never felt a sense that the wheels were going to come off because we're all friends and family. It was all good.

  Patrick Wilson

  Vision, Family And Friends, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• I've really been very focused on 'Jessica Jones.' Our series was well on its way to being created by the time we even saw scripts from 'Daredevil,' and 'Luke Cage' didn't even have a showrunner hired then. Jeph Loeb [Marvel TV boss] is the master of the connective tissue, but each series exists in its own world.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Boss, Tissues, World

  Source: deadline.com

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• What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.

  Wangari Maathai

  Persistence, People, Danger

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