“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“Right now, the technological world plus God or spirituality is evolving. I think America has become a little bit too corrupt, government's a little too corrupt, too greedy. Many corporations are too greedy. The labor unions are too greedy. That effects charities and religious organizations. I just think it's greed. That's why, in 1985, I had to figure out how to give before I received. The more I focus on giving, for less and less, the more and more I make.” ThinkingWorldGivingLittlesGovernmentAmericaSpiritualityBitsReligiousFocusEffectsFiguresRight NowLittle BitLaborOrganizationUnionsCharityGreedEvolveCorporationsPlusTechnologicalGreedyLabor UnionCorrupt Government Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“Whereas in a memory you edit things out and sort of restructure the things to seem a little bit more heroic, or to focus on particular aspects that magnify or reduce certain things.” LittlesSeemsCertainBitsMemoriesFocusParticularLittle BitAspectHeroicEditsRestructure Author:Chris Ware
“To become wise, meditate on the third eye, between the eyebrows and a little bit above. Focus on that spot, the Agni chakra.” LittlesEyeBitsFocusWiseMeditationBuddhismLittle BitThirdsSpotsEyebrowsChakraThird EyeChakra Meditation Author:Frederick Lenz
“Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit.” FirstsWellsLittlesTwoDoneHelpingHomeActionThreeStarsStuffBitsFocusMonthsPeriodsFitLittle BitTrainingComing HomeRecallsGymnasticsThree MonthsUnderworldTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a little bit more than they normally would.” LittlesHas BeensBitsPartyFocusTheoryLittle BitCranky Author:Yitzhak Rabin
“[The movies] glamorize game day a little bit too much. It's such a focus. They miss a lot of the nuts and bolts, and the time that goes into the preparation each week, or each couple of days in basketball.” LittlesGamesBitsToo MuchFocusWeekMissingCoupleBasketballLittle BitPreparationNutsBoltsNuts And BoltsGame Day Author:Vince Kehres
“Actually, I'm reading a lot of my scripts. When I'm working on something, it's hard to find time. You're always prepping new material. You don't want to be buried in a book. It splits your focus a little bit.” WantLittlesBookHardReadingBitsFocusMaterialsLittle BitScriptsBuriedSplits Author:Justin Theroux
“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
“When I write, I speak with ghosts for years, and I see images that are a little bit out of focus. I see faces, but the faces change. At the moment that it's a real human being that's flesh and bone, it changes a character. It's much more precise and complex.” WritingYearsHumansLittlesRealMomentsCharacterFacesSpeakBitsHuman BeingsFocusLittle BitComplexesBonesFleshGhostPreciseReal Human Author:Jaco Van Dormael
“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
“It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive ways, and there's certain mistakes of my own that I always do find on every record that I needed to accept. I find it really interesting to talk about. I always write songs at the wrong tempos, and I have to learn to accept that a little bit.” PeopleWayWritingLittlesCertainSongBitsMy OwnInterestingMistakeAcceptingRecordsFocusNeededLittle BitAlbumsReally InterestingTempoVery FamousReally Positive Author:Zach Condon
“Comedians are - at the end of the day, we're just a bunch of people that lack a little bit of - we're very insecure, and we want to be loved and liked by everybody. And you know, I could check my Twitter and there could be 150 people that say wonderful things. There'll be one person who says something negative. And all we focus on is that negative.” PeopleKnowsWantLittlesPersonsEndsBitsFocusWonderfulLittle BitNegativeChecksBunchComedianThe End Of The DayInsecureWonderful Things Author:Russell Peters
“We just want to win. That's the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we don't really reflect on what we've done in the past. We focus on the present.” PeopleThinkingWantMayLittlesDonePastSuccessWinningBitsLinesFocusLittle BitBottomChampionshipYankeesBottom LineNew York YankeesYankee Stadium Author:Derek Jeter
“Meditation has become a big part of my life these days. It's more about taking some moments for yourself to deep-breathe and focus your attention inward. This has really helped me because, as a perfectionist, I used to think that if I couldn't meditate in my idea of the perfect way, then it wouldn't work. I now meditate even if it is for three minutes while I'm sitting in the car. Every little bit helps to slow the system.” IfsThinkingWayLittlesIdeasMomentsHelpingBigsUsedThreeBitsPerfectAttentionFocusMeditationMinutesCarLittle BitSittingBreatheThese DaysInwardPerfectionist Author:Renee Marino
“I wanted to learn a little bit about acting, not because I thought I'd find a star vehicle and set the world on fire, but I thought the discipline of it would be good for me. I met a good coach, and I joined her class - with a lot of hungry young actors who really didn't acre if I was a rock 'n' roll singer or not. I started to learn to get a focus, without having to jump up and down every few seconds.” IfsWorldLittlesWould BeWantedYoungActorsStarsBitsActingClassFireFocusRocksDisciplineMetsLittle BitBe GoodCoachesSingersHungrySecondsRock N RollVehicleUp And DownAcresYoung ActorsGood Coaches Author:Iggy Pop
“I really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesRememberArtistGuyFeltBitsFocusTaughtDadMembersLateLittle BitDown AndCamerasScriptsWoodsMakeupOld DaysSpillsFamily MembersSupervisorsMakeup Artist Author:Jodie Foster