“What I have found is, so much of that is like a Chinese finger trap: the more you play to the dark, the more you will get trapped in the dark, and if you just play to the light and focus on the people that don't misunderstand you and focus on the audience that does celebrate you and focus on the people who aren't trying to tear you down, all that other stuff eventually erases itself because it has nothing to feed on.” PeopleIfsTryingDoePlayLightFoundStuffDarkAudienceFocusTearsFingersCelebrateChineseTrappedTrapsErase Author:Amanda Palmer
“I believe, assume the power to decide more political than legal issues in nature, the people naturally focus less on the law and more on the lawyers that are chosen really to administer the law.” PeopleBelieveLawPoliticalI BelieveIssuesFocusAssumingLawyerChosen Author:Sam Brownback
“I've had very little negative pushback. I think people in the Senate know that I have believed, for a number of years, and have been outspoken that we need to listen to what the American people are telling us, and we need to focus more on the well-being of people who make lower wages, $50,000 and below.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLittlesHas BeensNumbersFocusNegativeWell BeingSenateWagesOutspoken Author:Jeff Sessions
“When I started out as an activist, the issues were much clearer. There's advantage to the new media, but on the other hand, you miss the ability to frame an issue that you had when there were just three TV networks: CBS, NBC, and ABC. So the whole world could see the same police dogs. The same Bull Connor and his white tank. Now you've got narrow-casting. The media is all fragmented. It's so hard to get people to focus in a sustained way.” PeopleWorldWayHardWholeHandsThreeAbilityWhiteIssuesFocusMediaDogMissingTvsAdvantagePoliceWhole WorldActivistCastingBullsTanksFragmentedNbcNew Media Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“One of the reasons to pick the cancer effort is to demonstrate to people that there's not much beyond our capacity. It will take time, but if we focus, if we narrow down where the bottle necks are and we move, there's never been a problem we can't solve.” PeopleIfsReasonProblemMovingEffortFocusPicksCapacityCancerSolveNecksBottlesTake Time Author:Joe Biden
“A lot of people don't understand the building phase. They don't have the blueprint, but we do. With us having the blueprint and knowing what we want to build, it's not how it's supposed to be built, but what we want to build. I think it makes everything easy for us to stay focus and have that tunnel vision.” PeopleThinkingWantEasyVisionKnowingFocusBuildingBuiltSupposed To BePhasesTunnelsBlueprintsTunnel Vision Author:B.J. The Chicago Kid
“Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be hard-pressed to find a meaningful violence-prevention class in a federal or state penitentiary. And 'we the people' are footing the bill to keep these folks imprisoned. It costs on average $46,000 a year to keep an adult incarcerated in California and about the same for New York State.” PeopleYearsBelieveHas BeensHardStatesWould BeClassFocusViolenceNew YorkCostLateAdultsBillsPrisonAverageFolksMeaningfulPunishmentCaliforniaPreventionRehabilitationHard To BelieveNew York State Author:James Fox
“I have kids. Unbeknownst to them, they are quick to snap me back to reality when I start feeling the pressure of being an athlete! It's a breath of fresh air to have two people to focus on; their happiness erases all the pressures I have on myself.” PeopleTwoFeelingsRealityKidsFocusAirPressureBreathsAthleteEraseSnapsFresh AirBack To Reality Author:Amanda Beard
“If you are a good communicator, be unique: put yourself in your own commercials and do something a little different. To the extent you can focus on what it is you want to change, what it is you know how to change, and what it is you think will make life better for other people, you're going to do better.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantLittlesDifferentKnow HowFocusUniqueCommunicators Author:Roger Ailes
“I think, because it's one of my favorite moments in [Charles Manson's Hollywood]. That series got a lot of attention and people talk about it a lot, but they tend to focus on the episodes that have more to do with the murder, Charles Manson doing something particularly weird, or Sharon Tate.” PeopleThinkingMomentsAttentionFocusHollywoodMurderSeriesMy FavoriteEpisodesMansonSharon Author:Karina Longworth
“The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.” PeopleChallengesFocusListeningHappenings Author:Amanda Palmer
“We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.” PeopleImportantPlayActionDecisionAnswersRolesFocusPolicyDevelopmentApproachResearchEvidenceProgramImportanceUniversityInternationalCommittedLocalsManagersExpertsAgencyContributionActivistMakersAssistanceResearchersProvidersDecision MakersImportant ContributionsWomen's Health Author:Ruth Simmons
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“I am, however, deeply saddened by this [Brexit] vote by the British electorate. But I respect their decision. What is crucial now is that we focus very precisely on what Europe can do for people: stimulate investment, create jobs and together ensure the safety and security of our citizens.” PeopleTogetherJobsCan DoDecisionFocusSecurityCitizensEuropeVoteSafetyInvestmentBritishCrucialElectorateSaddenedSafety And Security Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.” PeopleMadeNumbersIssuesFocusConditionsChangedKeysMetsDemandConcernDetailsBritishCampaignsLarge NumbersI Have Changed Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Even where the game is today, cats don't really focus on necessarily what it is that you're saying so when people say, "Oh, you can't rap," I play into the joke. That's why I'll challenge anybody; anybody rapping, let's go just because I know what the art form is and even when you see these battle rappers in here, they're so skillful. It's actually a skill.” PeopleKnowsArtPlayTodayFormGamesChallengesFocusBattleSkillsJokesCatRapRapperSkillful Author:Nick Cannon
“What you hear in focus groups and conversations, people will give you 20 minutes of rage about how the borders are out of control. But then you start saying, practically, what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about the 11 million here? What are we going to do to get some workers we need for the farms? Then people start having a normal conversation.” PeopleNeedsGivingMillionsFocusGroupsMinutesConversationNormalWorkersRageBordersFarmsFocus Groups Author:David Brooks
“The idea will be to find of focus on crime and issues where there`s not a lot of - where Donald Trump can kind of get people`s emotions.” PeopleKindIdeasEmotionIssuesFocusCrimeTrump Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light.” PeopleStoriesLightFocusHungry Author:Kathryn Budig
“I always encourage people who had a loss of any kind that you find something to focus on that takes you out of that horrific sorrow. And you have to go through it. No way out but through in the grief. But don't remain in the grief. You know, find something that you can nurture as you would that being that you loved.” PeopleKnowsWayKindLossGriefFocusSorrowNurtureHorrific Author:Kathy Eldon
“As a Yoga Therapist, focus on increasing people's quality of life not on curing diseases.” PeopleQualityFocusDiseaseYogaQuality Of LifeTherapists Author:T. K. V. Desikachar
“I wanted to make sure the focus [in The Land] was on human beings themselves and their decisions, but still connected to the urban environment that people associate as being black. I think I was able to make a film without commenting on "black this or black that" and you still feel the presence of it. There's no one character who's saying "we're all black and we're all in this struggle." It's that you just feel it. Some of that is because we get the sense from a lot of independent films that black people struggle all the time.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHumansStillsCharacterAbleWantedFilmBlackHuman BeingsDecisionStruggleEnvironmentFocusLandIndependentConnectedBlack PeopleUrbanAssociatesIndependent FilmAll BlackUrban Environment Author:Steven Caple Jr.
“There's so many people that I feel like as soon as that happens, they can really be and focus on what they want to do.” PeopleWantFeelsHappensFocus Author:Jillian Hervey
“I think the best advice I got was to not worry about what other people would think while you were working on your first draft. Focus on getting it out of your head. You can always edit the manuscript later.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWorryFocusAdviceEditsManuscriptsBest Advice Author:Eden Robinson
“I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.” PeopleIfsFirstsUseFocusBalanceApproachDebtPrimariesLowest Author:Michelle Singletary
“It's my opinion that, if Barack did want to solve the gang problem, number one would be to work with people from the inside out, people who can actually give him an accurate analysis of the problem in L.A., because they're in it or at one point were a part of it, and now they're workin' to change it, and redirect the energy and the focus of it. And then consciously take steps to solve the problem.” PeopleIfsWantGivingProblemWould BeEnergyNumbersStepsOpinionFocusSolveBarackAnalysisAccurateGang Author:Nipsey Hussle
“I like to focus on what I'm doing now, which is giving back. I've done interventions with people I've been close to.” PeopleGivingDoneFocusGiving BackIntervention Author:Demi Lovato
“Here's what people should look at as they look at a public servant. Do they have a passion in their life that showed up before they were in public life? And have they held onto that passion throughout their life, regardless of whether they were in office or not, succeeding or failing. Hillary Clinton has that passion, from a time as a kid in a methodist youth group in the suburbs of Chicago, she has been focused on serving others with a special focus on empowering families and kids.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensKidsPassionFocusFailingGroupsSpecialYouthSucceedOfficeClintonFocusedServantEmpoweringServingChicagoPublic LifeServing OthersSuburbsPublic ServantsMethodists Author:Tim Kaine
“I've got wonderful people I get to work with, and I'm trying to focus on that, instead of worrying about, Aw, who doesn't want to work with me? You focus on the ones who do.” PeopleWantTryingWorryFocusWonderful Author:Molly Shannon
“I think baseball has moved on in many ways and the focus on the competitions on the field is really what the game is all about. It seems to be healthy. It seems more people are watching it.” PeopleThinkingWaySeemsGamesFocusFieldsHealthyBaseballMovedCompetitionMoved On Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“You must not only focus on the consumer, but also on what it does to you internally - getting people aligned to the strategic mission of the company - what it does to the suppliers, governments, all your stakeholders.” PeopleDoeGovernmentCompanyFocusMissionsConsumersStrategicSuppliersStakeholder Author:Martin Sorrell
“Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy.” PeopleWayHeartCareFormDealsFocusHavensEmpathyIntenseCommitGuests Author:Parker Posey
“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
“If you can't stay focused enough to focus on what people out there actually care about, their own lives, their healthcare, their education for their children, businesses that they can build, if you can stay focused enough to put that in your speech, you can't be president.” PeopleIfsChildrenEnoughCarePresidentFocusSpeechFocusedHealthcareStay Focused Author:Star Jones