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“I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.”

Firsts Book Grows Lines Focus Scene Plot

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.”

Firsts Hard Jobs Focus Campaigns Obligation

Author:Claire McCaskill

“First, our focus on security is on the infrastructure itself. So it is all about how you protect the network, the device, and the application that is riding on the server.”

Firsts Focus Security Protect Devices Application Riding Infrastructure Server

Author:John W. Thompson

“There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a contest that will focus on the possibility of the first woman president to be six months suspending up the nomination of a black woman, who is imminently qualified.”

Firsts Bigs Black President Race Focus Risk Possibility Months Republican Six Democratic Clinton Contests Black Women Six Months Qualified Nominations

Author:Barack Obama

“Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer.”

People Firsts Focus Aspect Dedicated Swimmer

Author:Amanda Beard

“FEMA has lost its focus, and Floridians know first-hand of the agency's shortcomings, .. Natural disaster preparedness and response programs have become trapped in a homeland security bureaucracy.”

“Somebody once told me, ‘Manage the top line, and the bottom line will follow.’ What's the top line? It's things like, why are we doing this in the first place? What's our strategy? What are customers saying? How responsive are we? Do we have the best products and the best people? Those are the kind of questions you have to focus on.”

People Firsts Kind Lines Focus Products Strategy Bottom Customers Manage Bottom Line

Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

“If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character.”

Ifs Want Inspirational Firsts Character Focus Talent Greatness Primaries

Book:Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

Source: Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

“I believe that... my first successes in my out-of-focus pictures were a fluke. That is to say, that when focusing and coming to something which, to my eye, was very beautiful, I stopped there instead of screwing on the lens to the more definite focus which all other photographers insist upon.”

Firsts Believe Eye Beautiful I Believe Focus Photographer Originality Definite Lenses Very Beautiful Flukes

Author:Julia Margaret Cameron

“In meditation you withdraw from others and focus your attention inside to gain purity of mind and wisdom energy. Then you must become extroverted and use this energy. When you take a long jump, you must first take some steps backward. Then you run, and make the jump. Like this, you first withdraw, observe yourself, develop clarity and unlock the wisdom. Then you make a long jump into society, to serve society. These two steps cannot be separated.”

Mind Firsts Long Two Use Running Energy Attention Steps Focus Meditation Gains Clarity Purity Long Jump

Author:S. N. Goenka