“There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama.” LooksCharacterBloodMissingDevelopmentDramaFocusedOpeningStorytellingImpulseEpicIntuitiveSequenceTerrificCharacter Development Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“My whole life, Ive wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.” WholeWantedJobsNextPathAchieveMissingReadyFocusedWhole LifePushing Author:David Duchovny
“You're real selfish and everything is focused on you and how you feel until you realize there is something missing and that's your relationship with Jesus Christ.” FeelsRealJesusChristRealizingMissingJesus ChristFocusedSelfishOur RelationshipHow You Feel Author:Darrell Waltrip
“I am sober, grounded, focused, I'm writing again, I like where I am. I'm real positive and I got this great family that came along with my wife - I'm happily married and she's a great part of me that was missing - and I feel real good.” FeelsWritingRealWifeMissingMarriedMy WifeFocusedSoberGroundedGreat FamilyHappily Married Author:Joe Walsh
“I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's a person that is focused on solving problems.” PeopleThinkingPersonsLongProblemRunningMissingFocusedAdmireServantLong RunsProblem SolvingPublic Servants Author:Jeb Bush
“Many people measure their success by wealth, recognition, power and status. There's nothing wrong with those, but if that's all you're focused on, you're missing the boat...if you focus on significance -using your time and talent to serve others -that's when truly meaningful success can come your way.” PeopleIfsWayWealthFocusTalentMissingFocusedMeaningfulBoatRecognitionSignificance Author:Ken Blanchard
“I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think we already know the common narrative, or things that are at the margins of an over-reported story, where we're all so focused in one direction that we're missing something crucial that's unfolding off to the side.” ThinkingKnowsTwoStoriesThreeSidesCommonFourMissingFocusedNarrativeCrucialMarginsUnfoldingOne DirectionMissing Something Author:Sarah Stillman
“I learned that I'm so busy with what I'm doing, so focused on what I'm doing, that I miss a lot of opportunities for interacting with people.” PeopleOpportunityMissingBusyFocusedInteracting Author:Bela Fleck
“Miss Havisham is an important feminine literary figure in the tradition of Antigone (though it's significant that Antigone is fighting to bury something and Miss Havisham refuses, as it were, to bury the corpse). Like Hamlet, she's focused on what everyone would rather not know or would like to forget, and she seems crazy / stuck as well as bitter, but she's also a perfect prototype of a performance artist. She's intentionally hard to deal with inviting the audience to remain with the violated body, the evidence of violence.” KnowsWellsImportantHardBodySeemsArtistFightingPerfectForgetDealsAudienceViolenceCrazyMissingFiguresEvidenceTraditionPerformancesRefuseFocusedStuckSignificantBitterFeminineCorpsesInvitingPrototypeAntigoneHavishamMiss Havisham Author:Laura Mullen
“The best advice I've got was - "All you have is the process. All you have is the journey of making something. Once you're done you have absolutely no control on how it's received, or if people like it or hate it, or what is done with it. As long as you enjoy the process, then you'll always be happy." I really feel like that's important advice. Sometimes we get so focused on the results that we miss doing it - we miss the adventure of being in the midst of something because we're looking too far ahead.” PeopleLongImportantSometimesDoneHateEnjoyJourneyAdviceMissingAdventureFocusedBest Advice Author:A Fine Frenzy