There’s so much focus and interest about what happens during war, but very little about what happens when people return to homes and communities that have been destroyed. There’s a renewal that happens, but it’s a very difficult one. – Ishmael Beah
International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn’t go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief. – Joseph Stiglitz
The secret to multitasking is that it isn’t actually multitasking. It’s just extreme focus and organization. – Joss Whedon
I learned to focus and work hard and not give up. I learned that every obstacle is really an opportunity. – Jenna Ushkowitz
When I write, I don’t really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I’m going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later. – John Legend
I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can’t really focus on anything else, and that is your world. – Jodie Foster
If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging. – Jason Calacanis
Half the stuff I have done which has been successful would never have been made if it had been shown to focus groups. – John Hurt
The Widelux is a fickle mistress; its viewfinder isn’t accurate, and there’s no manual focus, so it has an arbitrariness to it, a capricious quality. I like that. – Jeff Bridges
I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that’s got to be developed is to focus on punishment – to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others. – Janet Reno
I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is going to come naturally. – Gerald Clayton
To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption. Rather than wait for the competition to steal your business, every founder and employee needs to be willing to cannibalize their existing revenue streams in order to create new ones. All disruption starts with introspection. – Jay Samit
I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I’m busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been. – John Templeton
It’s not worth getting too excited about thinking about the larger picture. The larger picture doesn’t come into focus for an awfully long time. – Jonathan Safran Foer
I think that when moms just give themselves up, the kids know. They feel guilty; they resent their mother for making them feel guilty, and then they grow up and do the same thing. Whereas my mother showed me that it’s okay to focus on yourself. – Jillian Michaels
Occupy Wall Street was a disorganized movement without a clear focus and power base – essential in any successful revolution – but the message was clear: the divisions between those who are fortunate enough to enjoy city living as opposed to those who find it unbearable are too wide. – Janine di Giovanni
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called ‘FM Policy Focus.’ What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world. – J. C. Watts
Geekiness is that feeling of overwhelming passion for that thing in life that you focus on. Whether it be a nephew’s first few steps or the timbre in one’s voice when discussing the latest Cohen brothers film. – Harry Knowles
Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths. – Joyce Meyer
Instead of serving special interests, Congress should focus on the big picture. Globalization and technology have completely reshaped our economy in recent decades, and if we don’t respond, we’re putting the future of the middle class at risk. – John Delaney
What we need to focus on is not that we’re not nominated, but that we have many more Latinos that are in prominent positions on shows all across the dial than ever before. – Jimmy Smits
I sometimes get asked: ‘How come the men in your stories don’t have such strong characters?’ And I’m like: ‘I don’t care.’ I just want to find out about all the different lives a woman can live. But my feminism has never been against men. It’s not erasure; it’s just they’re not the focus. In real life, they’re quite nice. – Helen Oyeyemi
My inspirations come from everywhere. It’s important to look at everything and anything. I think what I create is serious fashion, but I don’t want to keep my focus on that. You have to look at a lot of different things. I mean, people are always surprised when they find out that my favorite show is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’ – Jason Wu
It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times. – Jeff Bezos
Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But ‘letting your mind wander’ is very often an important part of the creative process. – Jamais Cascio
All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won’t. – J. Michael Straczynski
From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it’s very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one’s very busy. – Ivanka Trump