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“Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say the answer to that is no. But equally, it's a perfectly valid feminist thing to say there is a certain amount of attention on a woman's appearance, and I don't wish that to be the focus or a distraction.”

Ifs Certain Wish Answers Attention Focus Hair Amount Feminist Appearance Distraction Eyebrows Sisterhood

Author:Louise Mensch

“To concentrate implies bringing all your energy to focus on a certain point; but thought wanders away... Whereas attention has no control, no concentration. It is complete attention, which means giving all your energy, the energy of the brain, your heart, everything, to attending.”

Giving Heart Mean Certain Energy Attention Brain Focus Wander Concentration Attending

Book:The Flame of Attention

Source: The Flame of Attention

“Focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination.”

Certain Focus Journey Destination Arriving

Book:An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Source: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must be definite and specific, not in any sense vague or fuzzy. And to prove attainable, its image needs to be sharpened and resharpened continually, so that it stands out vividly in your thoughts. You must know, at all times, precisely and for certain what it is you want to accomplish and achieve. Strong and organized purposefulness toward a definite objective will focus your powers into a strong motivation in attainment of your goal.”

Source: Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence

“Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.”

Important Certain Goal Focus Plans Personality Development Aspect Determination Personal Development Improvement Setting Settings Traits Setting Goals Personality Traits

Book:Unlocking Your Legacy: 25 Keys for Success

Source: Unlocking Your Legacy: 25 Keys for Success

“Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.”

Ifs Certain Healing Focus Broken Concern Illness Circles Contact Severe

Book:Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage

Source: Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage

“Due to people's health, and certain things that have happened to people's physicality because of their healthy, that would probably keep us from touring per se. It doesn't mean that the original band wouldn't someday do a song. But our focus is on the current band, and moving into the future, as far as touring is concerned.”

People Mean Moving Certain Song Focus Happened Healthy Band Concerned Originals Currents Dues Someday Touring Physicality

Author:Phil Ehart

“I never focus on contraction. I'm focusing on my muscle. I'm not focusing on a certain style of lifting or contracting. I'm just trying to get the weight up. I'm trying to build muscle.”

Trying Certain Focus Style Weight Muscles Lifting Contractions Contracting

Author:Ronnie Coleman

“What I do feel the modern child lacks, when compared with the earlier generation, is concentration, and the sheer dogged grit to carry a long job through. ... Helping children to face up to a certain amount of drudgery, cheerfully and energetically, is one of the biggest problems that teachers, in these days of ubiquitous entertainment, have to face in our schools.”

Source: Chronicles of Fairacre, Comprising Village School, Village Diary, and Storm in the Village

“Whereas in a memory you edit things out and sort of restructure the things to seem a little bit more heroic, or to focus on particular aspects that magnify or reduce certain things.”

Littles Seems Certain Bits Memories Focus Particular Little Bit Aspect Heroic Edits Restructure

Author:Chris Ware

“When people say that a certain sport is not a sport - have them play that sport and see if they can do it. Golf is one of the hardest sports you've ever played. Bowling is all about concentration, it's all about focus, it's all about aim.”

People Ifs Play Certain Sports Can Do Focus Aim Golf Hardest Concentration Bowling

Author:Dwyane Wade

“I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.”

Thinking Problem Hands Eye Certain Rich Focus Tired Charm Leafs Texture Cgi

Author:Matt Groening