“First, we need good, stable relations with Russia. Second, we must make every effort to save energy and focus on using various sources to meet our energy needs. We must not allow ourselves to become dependent.” NeedsFirstsEnergyEffortFocusSourceRelationVariousRussiaDependentStableSaving Energy Author:Angela Merkel
“My parents were extraordinarily focused on education. It was the topic of every dinner conversation, is are you number one, are you getting all As, if not, why not. You need to do better. So my entire orientation and focus growing up was around doing your best and making sure that you were going to get the best education possible.” IfsNeedsParentNumbersGrowing UpFocusGrowingConversationDinnerFocusedWhy NotTopicsOrientationDoing Your BestBest EducationDinner Conversation Author:Michelle Rhee
“We should educate more women and girls. Because that is the surest route to controllably, manageably reducing the human population. Educated women have fewer kids. And the kids they do have are better cared for and are more successful. As I like to say, it's not one thing that we need to focus on. It's everything all at once.” NeedsShouldHumansKidsGirlSuccessfulFocusOne ThingPopulationEducatedEducateFewerRoutesReducingHuman PopulationEducated Women Author:Bill Nye
“You can't abuse your body and you need to work hard on your weaknesses. Everyone likes to focus on the things they are good at. But when you focus on the things you are weak at, it makes you a much better athlete.” NeedsHardBodyFocusHard WorkWeaknessWeakAbuseAthleteYour BodyLikes Author:Pat LaFontaine
“I'm the kind of person who likes to focus on one thing at a time. I'll focus on my skiing and then when I get to the bottom of my run and the cameras are on me, I'll focus on what I need to say, and then I'll focus that night on recovering and getting ready for the next day.” NeedsKindPersonsRunningNightNextFocusOne ThingReadyCamerasBottomLikesNext DaySkiingRecoveringOne Thing At A TimeFocus On One Thing Author:Nick Goepper
“I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.” PeopleNeedsDoneTermFocusGenerationsMediaFameNew Generation Author:Dan Aykroyd
“I just try to find ways to love the people that I'm around. It's hard sometimes because I'm selfish and I want to focus inwardly but when I can fight against that and look at other people's needs, it's really a stark contrast to what people are used to in such a selfish environment.” PeopleWayWantNeedsTryingLooksI CanSometimesHardUsedFightingEnvironmentFocusSelfishContrastStarks Author:Matt Diaz
“I think there's a need for somewhat of a mindset change. We need to have a consistent external focus. We've always had the research labs. We've always had the resources to be innovative, and we've been innovative in a number of businesses. But, in any big company, you have to constantly push people to look at markets and customers, rather than look internally at themselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksBigsNumbersCompanyFocusResearchResourcesCustomersMindsetConsistentInnovativeLabsBig Companies Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt
“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
“I learned that I was able to focus. I've always thought of myself as somebody who is like either it's there or it isn't there. I really worked at this, and I focused, and I was able to replace self-doubt with focus. That was something new for me to say self-doubt is there, but it does not need to be in the front row. You can ask it to take a back seat and replace that front row seat with focus.” NeedsDoeSelfAbleAsksDoubtFocusFrontsFocusedSeatsSomething NewSelf-doubt Author:Jenny Slate
“I'm always amazed by writers who say, "Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit." I just need a real big chunk of time to sit down and focus. That's my process.” KnowsNeedsLittlesRealBigsBitsProcessHoursHalfFocusLittle BitDown AndSatAmazedChunksHalf Hours Author:Terence Winter
“Many people don't focus enough on execution. If you make a commitment to get something done, you need to follow through on that commitment.” PeopleIfsNeedsDoneEnoughFocusCommitmentExecutionFollow Through Author:Kenneth I. Chenault
“When we have an understanding that the Lord is all powerful, then we know that we need to trust Him each and every day. This understanding allows us to lay our worries in the Lord's hands. In return, we can focus everything that we do into glorifying Jesus.” KnowsNeedsHandsJesusUnderstandingPowerfulLordWorryFocusReturnLays Author:Tim Salmon
“The key to a great life lies in shifting your focus from accumulation to contribution. The old saying "He who gathers the most toys wins" needs to be replaced with "He who serves the most prospers". Remember, happiness is the by-product of a life spent adding value to other people's lives.” PeopleNeedsRememberLyingValuesWinningFocusProductsKeysContributionToysReplacedShiftingAccumulationOld SayingAdding Value Author:Robin Sharma
“Televisison is like a factory line. You need discipline and focus. You have to hit your mark and know your lines. It's not that I don't know my lines when I do a film, but the pace of discovery is always a little bit more relaxed and nurturing and almost babying, in a way. Television toughens you up, and I like that, but I don't want it to toughen me up too much.” KnowsWayWantNeedsLittlesFilmBitsLinesToo MuchFocusTelevisionDisciplineLittle BitDiscoveryMarkPaceFactoriesRelaxedNurturing Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“Love takes time. It's a process not a goal. Love is something that needs to be nurtured. But if there is one thing I urge you to start immediately it's focus on bringing out the best in each person on your team. When you love someone you want the best for him. You want him to shine. And the best way to do this is to help him discover the value inside him.” IfsWayWantNeedsPersonsHelpingValuesProcessGoalLove IsFocusOne ThingTeamShiningBest WayUrgesTake TimeLove SomeoneWant HimWhen You Love SomeoneBringing Out The BestLove Takes Time Author:Jon Gordon
“The question is being asked, 'Are we alone?' And though we now focus on that question we need to think beyond that to what if we're not alone? Then what becomes the next imperative question?” IfsThinkingNeedsNextFocusWhat IfImperativesNot Alone Author:Terence McKenna
“It's not the strongest or the most intelligent who survive, but those most adaptive to change. Over the past 10 years, the need for, and focus on, adaptability has accelerated.” NeedsYearsPastFocusIntelligentStrongestOver The PastAdaptabilityAdaptive Author:Kenneth I. Chenault
“NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies.” KnowsNeedsImportantLyingForceKnow HowFocusAdvantageAgencyNasaCompetitive AdvantagePioneering Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Your objective of being in love with each other will require both you and your spouse to focus your attention on the other's most important needs.” NeedsImportantAttentionFocusObjectivesSpouseBeing In Love Author:Willard F. Harley
“I will focus on smoking in movies and with the amount of time that I have left in the world, I will do the best I can to stop smoking in movies and also to help people stop smoking, just normal ordinary people who may need help.” PeopleWorldNeedsMayI CanHelpingLeftFocusAmountNormalOrdinarySmokingOrdinary PeopleDo The BestNeed HelpStop Smoking Author:Joe Eszterhas
“Center Stage focused on the drive and what it's like to be a student, and this is what it's like to be an adult and what you need to give up in the pursuit of that passion and that focus.” NeedsGivingPassionFocusStageStudentsGiving UpAdultsFocusedPursuitCenter Stage Author:Amanda Schull
“Most of Emily's backstory is written out between New Moon and Eclipse. I'm reading them as we're shooting the films. I haven't read Breaking Dawn yet. It's just too crazy. There's too much going on that you need a map. I just try to focus on one movie at a time. When we were doing New Moon press, people were already asking about Eclipse. I didn't read it until I was ready to go, so that it was fresh and I wasn't jumbled with all this other stuff.” PeopleNeedsTryingFilmReadingStuffToo MuchFocusWrittenCrazyHavensReadyMoonAskingPressesShootingDawnMapsEclipseEmilyNew MoonBreaking DawnEmily's Author:Tinsel Korey
“In any given marketplace, there's a triangle. There's a line of Dior goods at $25,000 that creates the sharp focus you need to sell $100 scarves to every woman. When [Design Miami] Basel popped on the scene, it proved there's a market for the top of the design triangle, which will lead the wide base beneath it.” NeedsGivenLinesFocusDesignSceneSellsWideGoodsMarketplaceMiamiTrianglesScarvesDior Author:Benjamin Watson
“Technique does not need to be interpreted. It interprets itself. You have to choose the right objects and focus on them precisely and they will tell you their own stories.” NeedsDoeStoriesFocusObjectsTechnique Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsChildrenCountryBigsJobsFacesFightingIssuesFocusCollegeRepublicanCreatingOur ChildrenDemocratDefenseOur CountryRisingDividedDestroyingGraduatesWagesIsisHomelandRebuildingCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“We need to focus on radical Islamic terrorists and we need to stop them before they carry out acts of terror.” NeedsFocusTerrorTerroristRadicalIslamicActs Of Terror Author:Ted Cruz
“We need to focus on killing the bad guys, not getting stuck in Middle Eastern civil wars that don't keep America safe.” NeedsWarAmericaGuyFocusMiddleSafeKillingStuckCivil WarEasternBad Guys Author:Ted Cruz
“We need to focus on building a military that is second-to-none ... so that we can destroy Islamic terrorism.” NeedsFocusMilitaryBuildingTerrorismIslamicIslamic Terrorism Author:Jeb Bush
“The focus ought to be on the single fact that Hillary Clinton wants to double down on a failed foreign policy and we need to be united to defeat that because we're going to be in a place that is far less secure than it is today.” WantNeedsFactsTodayUnitedFocusPolicyOughtClintonDefeatSecureForeign Policy Author:Jeb Bush
“We need to focus our attention on Iran, because if you miss Iran, you are not going to get ISIS. The two are inextricably connected because one causes the other.” IfsNeedsTwoCausesAttentionFocusMissingConnectedIranIsis Author:Chris Christie
“There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.” PeopleNeedsRealDemocracyIssuesFocusMilitaryDangerBuildingConflictDistracted Author:Ted Cruz
“We almost need to cultivate - I hate to sound New Age-y - but to cultivate a positive bias, and really work to focus on those things and notice those things that are wonderful and uplifting.” NeedsAgeHateSoundFocusWonderfulI HateUpliftingBiasNew Age Author:Moby
“Instead of focusing on how big your problems are, focus on how big your God is! He is everything you need. He is the Great I AM, and He is the one leading and guiding you into victory in every area of your life!” NeedsProblemBigsFocusVictoryAreas Author:Joel Osteen
“I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they are deserving. Teachers needed to be paid more.” NeedsSchoolAmericaTermFocusTeacherNeededPaidFundingDeserving Author:Sarah Palin
“You don't see a positive culture, stability among teachers, or leadership. We don't focus enough in our policies on creating conditions to educating kids with the greatest needs. There is no state that does that.” NeedsDoeStatesEnoughKidsCultureFocusTeacherConditionsPolicyCreatingStability Author:Pedro Noguera
“We need to create schools that are organized to meet the needs of the kids they serve instead of what we've been doing. We expect kids to adjust to the schools and if they can't, we say something is wrong with the child - instead of focusing on engagement and nurturing the love of learning in kids.” IfsNeedsChildrenKidsSchoolEducationLearningFocusOrganizedEngagementExpectingEngagingAdjustmentNurturingChildren LearningLove Of LearningJoy Of Learning Author:Pedro Noguera
“Without financial literacy, divorce rates soar, families rupture, and women stay with abusive men for financial security. A lack of jobs contributes to riots and illegal activity. Name any situation and it goes back to money. We need to focus on poverty eradication.” MenNeedsJobsNamesSituationPovertyFocusSecurityActivityRateFinancialDivorceIllegalSoarLiteracyRiotAbusiveFinancial LiteracyRuptureFinancial SecurityIllegal ActivitiesDivorce Rates Author:John Hope Bryant
“When a child or adolescent is troubled, the most important thing for the parent to focus on may very well be their relationship with their child or adolescent. Parents need to do whatever they can to make sure the relationship is strong.” NeedsWellsMayChildrenImportantStrongParentFocusImportant Things Author:Timothy Carey
“We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.” NeedsFocusDestroyingDeclaringAssadIsil Author:Martin O'Malley
“I've been trying to give as much attention and focus to my life as well as my career. It's hard because the career is money, but putting that before day-to-day needs isn't something that can last indefinitely. I'm excited to begin the next chapter of my life with an amazing woman.” NeedsGivingTryingWellsHardLastsNextAttentionCareersFocusExcitedChaptersDay To DayNext ChapterAmazing Woman Author:Eric Lange
“But, working with directors whose history is in performance, I feel like there's a different kind of focus, as opposed to directors who are more prone to being really technically proficient or visual. I feel like there are two schools of both, and a director needs to have both.” NeedsFeelsKindTwoDifferentSchoolFocusDirectorsPerformancesVisualsBeing RealDifferent Kinds Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Anamorphic is very difficult because the distance from the lens to the person to focus is very long so you need a lot of distance from the camera to the person so that means that you need a lot of space.” NeedsMeanPersonsLongDifficultSpaceFocusCamerasDistanceLenses Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“It's hard to do a camera inside of a car. Non-Stop would have been impossible. Usually modern lenses you can focus up to the lens pretty much, but anamorphic you can't. You need like three feet.” NeedsHas BeensHardThreeFocusImpossibleFeetModernCarCamerasLensesNon Stop Author:Jaume Collet-Serra
“I want Christians to consider who they vote for. We look a lot at the presidential elections. And that's where so much of our focus is, especially from the media, but some of the most important elections are the local elections - the mayors, city council members, county commissioners, school boards. How important school boards are - and we need to get Christian men and women running for office. We need Christian men and women not only running for office, but voting and getting behind other Christians that are running for office.” MenWantNeedsLooksImportantRunningSchoolChristianCitiesBehindsFocusMediaMembersOfficeMen And WomenVoteElectionLocalsPresidentialBoardsVotingCouncilCountyMayorsPresidential ElectionCommissionersRunning For OfficeSchool BoardCity Council Author:Franklin Graham
“You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.” NeedsFocusSceneShapesLetting GoIntentionDarling Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“I love voice over work. To me, voice over and animation is such an art, because you focus solely on your voice. You do not focus on how to speak, combined with facial expressions, movement, etc. You as the actor need to convey all those things with only your voice.” NeedsArtActorsSpeakVoiceFocusMovementExpressionArt IsEtcAnimationFacialFacial ExpressionVoice Over Author:Atticus Shaffer
“If there's a lot of fear that's going on, if there's a lot of anxiety, it's manifesting itself in your nocturnal world so that analyzing it can help open up basically thoughts about what you need to do during the day. So a lot of people who subscribe to the psychoanalysis, the Jungian thought will really focus a lot on dreams, the meaning, and how it can be used to help you during the day.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsHelpingDreamUsedFocusAnxietyManifestPsychoanalysisAnalyzingNocturnal Author:Shelby Harris
“To the extent I can, I try to maintain a laser focus on what needs to get done from a priority standpoint. And not just from an urgency standpoint, but from a value-added standpoint. So where can I add the most value? Where is my time best spent?” NeedsTryingI CanDoneValuesFocusAddPrioritiesMy TimeUrgencyStandpointLasersLaser Focus Author:Ivanka Trump
“Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'” PeopleWayNeedsWritingSongChoicesTermLinesFocusWorstDialogueSugarBowlsAntiquesSweetheartMunich Author:Jincy Willett