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"Don't go in for the "yellowish" if what you need is "yellow". The attitude called precision is the quality that remarks the accuracy of your demand. Never settle for the less; Go for the exact thing!"

"Don't go in for the "yellowish" if what you need is "yellow". The attitude called precision is the quality that remarks the accuracy of your demand. Never settle for the less; Go for the exact thing!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Precision, Accuracy, Demand, Success

98

"Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't."

"Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't."

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Focus, Hair, Reading

90

"If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration."

"If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration."

Serena Williams, American Athlete

77

"I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist. For instance, I am suspicious of the old leftists who focus all their hatred on the United States. What about Chinese neo-colonialism? Why are the left silent about that? When I say this, it annoys them, of course. Good!"

"I am what you might call abstractly anti-capitalist. For instance, I am suspicious of the old leftists who focus all their hatred on the United States. What about Chinese neo-colonialism? Why are the left silent about that? When I say this, it annoys them, of course. Good!"

Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian Philosopher

Focus, Hatred, Old, States

57

"I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?"

"I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?"

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

Focus, Loss, Songs, Tragedy

51

"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

"It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

Focus, Interest

50

"You need to understand the principle of intensity to reclaim time."

"You need to understand the principle of intensity to reclaim time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Intensity, Reclaim, Time

48

"Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana... We're trying to develop what we would regard as a new model for the Saints to operate in a rebuilt Louisiana."

"Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana... We're trying to develop what we would regard as a new model for the Saints to operate in a rebuilt Louisiana."

Paul Tagliabue, American Executive

Focus, Saints, Trying

47

"Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues."

"Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues."

Mitchell Reiss, American Diplomat

47

"The future is finally something that we can now put into focus."

"The future is finally something that we can now put into focus."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

Focus, Future, Now

45

"For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving."

"For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

44

"When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus."

"When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus."

Eliza Dushku, American Actress

Focus, Lies, Months

41

"That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?"

"That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?"

Charlie Hunter, American Musician

41

"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do."

"Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do."

John Carmack, American Scientist

41

"Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor."

"Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor."

John Haggai, American Evangelist

40

"In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen."

"In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen."

William Pollard, English Clergyman

Focus, Kitchen, May, Mistakes

39

"My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of images that could have been set anywhere. A lot of the poems were just exercises for myself."

"My poems were just kind of all over the place. They had no focus, no location, nothing. Kind of a series of images that could have been set anywhere. A lot of the poems were just exercises for myself."

James Welch, American Author

Focus, Nothing, Poems

38

"Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme."

"Each of my records has a different focus, a different theme."

Mark Edwards, American Celebrity

38

"But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game."

"But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game."

Bernhard Langer, German Athlete

Focus, Play, Practice

38

"Our focus needs to be on freeing dissidents and continuing to support the opposition movement within Cuba - not rewarding Castro and subsidizing and strengthening his totalitarian regime."

"Our focus needs to be on freeing dissidents and continuing to support the opposition movement within Cuba - not rewarding Castro and subsidizing and strengthening his totalitarian regime."

Mel Martinez, American Politician

Focus, Needs, Opposition, Support

38

"But I'm going to focus on salvation as well as physical healing."

"But I'm going to focus on salvation as well as physical healing."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

Focus, Healing, Salvation

38

"When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration."

"When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration."

Helen Wills Moody, American Athlete

Focus, May, Play

37

"The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment."

"The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment."

Malcolm Muggeridge, British Journalist

Focus, Fulfillment, Longing

37

"The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish."

"The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Focus, Boredom, Ability, Accomplishment, Mind

37

"Don't keep looking for "something" in the bag of "nothing". You will see the same thing again and again no matter how many times you repeat the look."

"Don't keep looking for "something" in the bag of "nothing". You will see the same thing again and again no matter how many times you repeat the look."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Distractions, Futility, Perception

37

"Begin each day with the hope of ending it with the bests of your steps. Plan the day ahead and ensure that the plans are worthy of ensuring your dreams are achieved. Get started."

"Begin each day with the hope of ending it with the bests of your steps. Plan the day ahead and ensure that the plans are worthy of ensuring your dreams are achieved. Get started."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Focus, Planning, Success, Achievement, Daily

37

"You must learn focus and concentration for you to enjoy solitude."

"You must learn focus and concentration for you to enjoy solitude."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Focus, Concentration, Solitude, Growth

37

"I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops."

"I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops."

Doc Severinsen, American Musician

Focus, Jazz, Play

36

"Among many people with you, but I only can see you."

"Among many people with you, but I only can see you."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

Focus, Perception, Uniqueness, Attention

36

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

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Focus, Higher, Thoughts, Lower, Threaten

35

"This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here."

"This season is my most special and most cherished. All my focus is on getting that championship back here."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

35

"Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past."

"Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past."

Gary Ryan Blair, American Author

Focus, Future, Past

35

"I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important."

"I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important."

Stefan Edberg, Swedish Athlete

Focus, Tennis, Trying

34

"Singing was the big focus and outlet for me."

"Singing was the big focus and outlet for me."

Debra Wilson, American Comedian

34

"We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas."

"We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas."

William Labov, American Writer

34

"FOCUS = Follow On Course Until Successful."

"FOCUS = Follow On Course Until Successful."

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha, Japanese Statesman

Focus, Determination, Persistence, Success

34

"The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety."

"The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety."

Gavin Newsom, American Politician

Focus, Public, Safety, Security

34

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

Greg Anderson, American Athlete

Focus, Journey, Joy

33

"If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation."

"If you're running for president, you've got to do a lot of things to line up a candidacy. I've not done any of those things. It's not my plan. My plan is to be a good chairman of the House Budget Committee and fight for the fiscal sanity of this nation."

Paul Ryan, American Politician

Focus, Committee, Fight, Nation, President

33

"One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve."

"One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve."

Paul Nitze, American Writer

Focus, Error, Trying

33

"If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better."

"If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better."

George Dzundza, American Actor

32

"Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost."

"Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Focus, Problems, Sheep

32

"You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters."

"You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Focus, Worry, Realism, Mindset

32

"I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back."

"I had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back."

Kate Moss, English Model

31

"Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can."

"Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

31

"Don't focus on her hiss. Remember her purr."

"Don't focus on her hiss. Remember her purr."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

Focus, Attention, Behavior, Perception

31

"Focusing is about saying No."

"Focusing is about saying No."

Steve Jobs, American Businessman

Focus, Discipline, Clarity, Priority

30

"My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience."

"My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience."

Dennis Quaid, American Actor

29

"Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls."

"Most of the games don't let you focus too much on the cheerleaders, but I've been watching these girls."

Lawrence Taylor, American Athlete

Focus, Games, Girls

29

"I just focus on one show, when this is over then I'll start looking at what is coming up."

"I just focus on one show, when this is over then I'll start looking at what is coming up."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

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