“Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.” IfsThinkingGivingChildrenJobsActorsStrongAttitudeFocusHealthyHelpfulAbout YourselfRelaxedMy AttitudeThinking About YouThinking About Yourself Author:Imelda Staunton
“So many women today have become so focused on their children, they've developed these romantic entanglements with their children's lives, and the husbands are secondary. They're left out. And the romantic focus is on the children.” ChildrenTodayLeftFocusHusbandFocusedLeft OutEntanglement Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.” ChildrenCan DoFocusFineBearsPrayingCooksGrandmotherRecallsAfghan Author:Al Franken
“The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults. Scott O'Dell established this award to encourage other writers--particularly new authors--to focus on historical fiction. He hoped in this way to increase the interest of young readers in the historical background that has helped to shape their country and their world.” WorldWayYearsChildrenBookCountryYoungInterestFictionFocusReaderShapesAdultsIncreaseHistoricalYoung AdultBackgroundsAwardsHistorical FictionAnnualsDellPrevious Years Author:Scott O'Dell
“At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.” ThinkingHeartChildrenHomeMotherLeftAttentionStruggleFocusMotherhoodUnfinishedBeing A MotherParentalMotheringMother And DaughterHappy Mothers DayUnleashedInspirational MothersMothers Day InspirationalInspirational MotherhoodInspiring MotherhoodMothers Day MessagesHappy Mothers Day TextMom And Child Author:Golda Meir
“Just as the child must trust his mother, the white belt must believe in the good will of his instructor. There will be a time for questioning, but for now he must focus and train.” BelieveChildrenMotherWhiteFocusTrainQuestioningBeltsGood WillInstructors Author:Saulo Ribeiro
“I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.” ThinkingWantChildrenRememberWealthKnowingFocusFoundationProsperityMy ChildrenNot KnowingSpoil Author:Bill Gates
“We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it with my children's books. I don't do market research, I don't have focus groups, I don't care. I don't care if it fails, honestly. I'd rather have something that's completely mine fail than something succeed that I'm not proud of.” IfsThinkingChildrenBookCareFocusFailingGroupsMinesProudSucceedResearchDon't CareHonestlyI Don't CareMy ChildrenChildren's BooksMarket ResearchFocus Groups Author:Ricky Gervais
“Elegant in its simplicity and practicality, Lee has distilled many powerful leadership strategies into the lessons many of us learned as children. They are no less relevant to our working lives. At its core, Creating Magic is a collection of stories that reminds us to demonstrate care and respect for every member of the team and to focus our efforts not our ourselves but on the people we lead.” PeopleChildrenStoriesCarePowerfulEffortFocusMagicTeamLessonsMembersCreatingStrategySimplicityCoreCollectionsRelevantElegantPracticalityWorking Life Author:George Bodenheimer