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Haruki Murakami

"Energies expended on sideshows, never on the main event. Where the hell was the main event? Was there a main event?"

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"Energies expended on sideshows, never on the main event. Where the hell was the main event? Was there a main event?"

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"Nothing worthwhile ever came from divided attention."

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"Stay focused, leave everything and do something."

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"The real direction of your vision is as important as your vision. Notwithstanding how large the goal post might be, the power behind your shots least matter as its direction, for it is more of the direction that will determine the goals you shall score and the final score in the end."

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"This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately important, and by refusing to believe what my neighbors believed."

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"When you have higher thoughts, rid yourself of anything that threatens to lower them."

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"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."

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"The more you concentrate on what you discover that you will be good for you to pursue, the more experienced you will be while doing it."

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"Present opportunities are neglected and attainable good is slighted by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages."

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"Focus is saying no to 1,000 good ideas."

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"Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms."

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