Focus Quotes
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My first press tour for 'Vikings' was pretty overwhelming. Between all the hotels, TV shows and talking a lot, I would get done and have to sit in silence for a while. It was exhausting, and you really have to focus.
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That's where my focus is all the time, trying to get on base.
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I don't like being the focus of attention. It makes me very uncomfortable. And it's part of the reason I never look at videos of myself, or I very rarely listen to my music or even read things that I might've said.
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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.
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It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn't happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.
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I used to get down on myself a lot if I missed a shot, and it would just break my focus. But now I stay mentally tough and try to just forget about that play and keep on going.
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The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
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Focus should be on the art of film, not on the business of film.
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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.
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If you start to focus on your opponent then you see so much quality in your opponents and weaknesses in your own side. You start to put doubts in your mind. You need to respect your opponents but that's it, no more.
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First, however you initially grasp the sword, change your grip a little, so that you focus on how you're holding it. Don't take your weapon for granted.
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Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
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There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.
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In America, where writers are preoccupied with the craft of writing, I always try to introduce this concept of the badly written good story. Turning the hierarchy around and putting passion on top and not craft, because when you just focus on craft, you can write something that is very sterile.
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If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.
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I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.
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Meditation is a time to focus, train the mind, and bring it to stillness. It is not a time to rest and relax.
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I think it's very disheartening and undermining to focus on nostalgia or youthful sentimentality as the lens through which you view art and culture, because then you feel like everything good already happened. I really just try to be in the present with music and just find the things that are invigorating and make me feel happy to be alive right now.
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Defending is mostly about focus.
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My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.
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When you get moved around, it can be jarring, but it helps to fine-tune your focus in the middle of the season, when other guys are getting a little lackadaisical.
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Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.
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Ever since the Tim Burton Batman of 1989, it has been de rigueur in movies to focus on the freaky alienation aspect of the superhero's life: This is how talented people make movies for 14-year-olds while retaining their self-respect.
