“I like to be as diverse as possible. I think the humorous side and the serious side are both elements of my personality. It's what makes me who I am and if I was to neglect either one of those sides and just focus on one of them, it wouldn't be the full spectrum of my personality.” IfsThinkingSidesFocusSeriousPersonalityElementsHumorousWho I AmNeglectDiverseSpectrum Author:Macklemore
“People have stopped battling in hip hop, in the primitive sense, and the focus of the competitive element has shifted to the music. It's less about bragging and more about being the best lyrically and poetically.” PeopleFocusElementsHip HopHipsBeing The BestHopsPrimitiveBragging Author:Nas
“In the remaining months, we should focus on achieving more robust international involvement in training of Iraqi soldiers, police officers, judges, teachers, and doctors - all key elements needed to end the sectarian and civil conflict and build Iraq's future.” ShouldEndsFocusTeacherAchieveJudgingKeysMonthsNeededConflictElementsTrainingDoctorsPoliceSoldierInternationalIraqOfficersInvolvementPolice OfficerRobust Author:John Olver
“The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and make the best film that you can then people will come.” PeopleIfsTryingImportantFilmFocusElementsTasksCollaborationFilmmakingEnsembleBest Film Author:Nina Jacobson
“We lost faith in authority in the '50s, up to a point, and we spawned a lot of anti-heroes in movies, which were refreshing and open. But at this point, with the distrust that's there and the disillusionment with leadership that is so acute, we need some kind of a focus on taking the irony out and taking the anti-hero element away.” NeedsKindLostFocusHeroAuthorityElementsIronyDistrustDisillusionmentRefreshingLost FaithAnti Hero Author:Brendan Gleeson
“There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, river, animals, and humans. We are all one interdependent organism, so our focus may seem broad but each element interacts with the other. We have so many phenomenal eyes, skills, and hands on deck. It's mind-blowingly exciting.” MindHumansMayHandsSeemsEyeAnimalFocusTreeSkillsElementsRiversExcitingBroadsOrganismsLiving ThingsPhenomenalDeckHumans And AnimalsDifferentiation Author:Ian Somerhalder
“We have to focus on his early work, and just one or two of his movies, and elements of his TV shows, to keep his memory pure. People now know that Elvis could play a mean rhythm guitar himself, and needed no other musicians to perform a great song. But Elvis was not just a rock star, he was an all-round entertainer.” PeopleKnowsMeanTwoPlayShowsSongStarsMemoriesFocusRocksTvsNeededPureElementsMusicianGuitarRoundsRhythmJust OneTv ShowsRock StarEntertainersEarly Work Author:Pete Townshend
“If you focus on literature through only one small element of it, like the more scientific element of linguistics, then where is the joy that brought us literature in the first place, which is to have a story?” IfsFirstsStoriesJoyLiteratureFocusElementsLinguistics Author:T.C. Boyle
“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.” PeopleBrainDoubtFocusPossibilitySkillsConversationElementsChaosNo DoubtWiring Author:Carolyn Hax
“Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for the way she melds this hard-edged social critique with obliquely fantastical elements and offbeat dialogue.” WayHardSocialStarsFictionNovelFocusGenerationsElementsSouthWideDialogueAppealsMinoritiesAwardsFavouritePublishingStanding OutCritiqueTransKoreanOrphanProtagonistsSlumsJungPrestigiousBooksellersOffbeatBrightest Star Author:Deborah Smith
“My central focus is what are we doing to protect the American people and the American homeland? Afghanistan and Pakistan are critical elements in that process.” PeopleProcessFocusProtectElementsCriticalAfghanistanPakistanHomeland Author:Barack Obama
“You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.” NeedsWritingTwoThreeSuccessfulFocusTalentDisciplineElementsLuckNovelistsThree Things Author:Michael Chabon