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You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it.

We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take us away from the focus on spending as a percentage of the economy.

My crazy training-and-competition schedule leaves very little time to focus on my hair.

As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're in. You have no control over the finished product, what people will think of it, so all you have is the experience of making it, and you have to stay focused on that.

It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

The 'looking forward' so prevalent in the late 1990s was bound to end once the new millennium began. Like some others of that era, I predicted a new focus on the moment, on real experience, and on what things are actually worth right now. Then 9/11 magnified this sensibility, forcing America as a nation to contend with its own impermanence.

Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too, if you're feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed, your leaders have failed you.

The major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, I think Augusta is where I need to be.

My big focus is China and OPEC and all of these countries that are just absolutely destroying the United States.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn't allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain - let's just say it's all I can really do while I'm doing it.

There's people who watch shows while they're preparing their dinners, and they don't want to focus, and they don't want to be challenged, and whatever. And then there's people who want to really sit down and get into a character in a world, and feel like they're expanding, or they have complex relationships, or whatever.

When you start a company, it's a singular focus. You have the wind at your back.

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth.

To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.

I think long and hard about what it is I'm actually trying to do, and then I kind of have to narrow my focus into that. If I don't, I'm too all over the place.

I've had my share of dark days of the soul. I try not to focus on it too much so it doesn't get to me.

I try to look on all the great things God's done, and not focus on the negative. It's a perspective.

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.

Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to go. But God desires for us to rejoice in how far we have already come.

Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things.

The other thing to keep in mind is, it's not just about uptime. It's also about performance and response time. Some of these solutions are slower to refresh. All the vendors need to focus not only on uptime but also on performance.

The other thing it does is allow him to keep the focus on Social Security in the waning days of this Congress, ... If you put this proposal out at the end of July, the conversation shifts.

The power of a focus group lies in its ability to leverage multiple channels of communication and thought. When you buckle down and really explore the many facets of a possible innovation to the organization, you are more able to make well thought-out decisions.

The person who buys a Focus is more likely to stay with us to move into a mid-size car or SUV or pickup trucks,

The perception among C-suite executives that the global economy is getting stronger should be a hopeful indicator for global business. As optimism for the global economic climate improves, top executives are more apt to focus on improving their own businesses by spending for programs that might have been curtailed or postponed and by hiring new employees to carry out their growth plans.

The people who would know have not been talking to anybody but each other. The message broadcast by the White House up to this point has just been to focus on an orderly process for Roberts.

The point is, somebody else is in need and in a grave condition. You want to focus on that and make sure that the person gets the attention that he needs.

The ongoing dot.com market correction is far from having a negative effect on online retailing as a whole. It has actually led online retailers to renew their focus on customer service, cost reduction and profitability.

We are pleased with our first quarter financial results that demonstrate our success in the market and our focus to improve our financial performance. Earnings per share came in above the high end of the range we communicated in our mid-quarter update as a result of higher revenues and improved gross margins. We remain cautiously optimistic that capacity expansion in semiconductor manufacturing will continue in a rational manner, and we look forward to further improvements in our financial metrics as the year continues.

We are pleased to have reached this agreement with HBC today and to be associated with a company with such a long and proud history. As the company's largest shareholder for more than two years, we are aware of the tremendous opportunities available to HBC. We are committed to enhancing our customers' shopping experience through a substantially greater focus on service and revitalizing the spirit of the organization.

We are pleased to enter into the agreement with Nekoosa Coated Products, a company with a well-earned reputation in the industry. Also, the sale advances Nashua's strategy to exit non-strategic and mature businesses and focus on growth opportunities.

We are pleased to be recognized for this award. Our business model continues to prove successful through varying market conditions, and we're in a strong position to continue this positive growth. Our focus on hiring the most talented employees, as well as maintaining an aggressive marketing strategy, continues to support our growth and superior service to our customers.

We've also maintained our focus on working capital, reducing it by NZ$202 million over the last 12 months

We've also got a chip on our shoulder, because all our hard work in practice still hasn't produced wins. We can't really worry about our opponents, we need to focus on ourselves first.

We've all been waiting and praying for him to be with us. I don't even think about his personal story. I don't focus on that. He made his peace.

We value our relationship with these cities and counties and are pleased to reach a settlement that allows us all to focus on the future.

We started to fade a bit, started to lose focus the last couple of weeks. We talked about tightening up, taking care of the little details and just sort of refocus and regroup.

We are looking forward to a good week of practice, going over some things and getting ready for Jericho. That's where our entire focus is right now.

We believe that the Mobile Linux Initiative will create the ideal forum where device manufacturers, network operators and developers can focus specifically on Linux and open source applications to move mobile handsets to the next level of functionality and profitability,

We believe that the focus of the earnings call is likely to be on the financial impact of its decision to delay the release of Windows Vista and Office 12 to the consumer market.

We are at this point not in any immediate danger. We are in a period in which we need to focus on prevention and helping each other as much as possible,

There are definitely items and sections of the core exams that focus on security,

There are concerns that new competitors like China Netcom and China Telecom will enter the domestic market once 3G services are introduced next year. The focus now is on such uncertainties.

We struggled all night. Our focus wasn't there, but we move on. You don't have to be pretty.

(We) strongly encouraged them to understand that in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, the focus of the American people will turn inward,

We stopped a lot of their easy baskets. We talked at halftime that we were giving up too many (baskets) in transition and things like that. We gave up a lot of steals in the first half and a lot of easy baskets. We tried to focus on cutting off their dribble penetration. That was really hurting us. We wanted to make them shoot over the top. I think it worked to an extent in the second half.

WestJet's values are the cornerstone for our success, ... It is my pleasure to focus on supporting and enhancing WestJet's culture which enables WestJetters to go above and beyond to create a memorable guest experience.

We still stand here today having great concern about the lack of commitment, dedication, and focus towards this case. Justice delayed is justice denied.

We started out great today but just couldn't maintain our focus all the way through.

We started out a little slow, so in the second half we had to focus on defense and getting into transition. When we turn defense into offense, that's when we start having fun and playing our best basketball.

We spent the last telecast looking back at the 36 years and saying our goodbyes. And this is the Super Bowl. It's the biggest event of the year; as John (Madden) was saying, we're going to crown a champion. All the focus and efforts will be focused on that.

We approach each season knowing that it is going to be a long two months and every game in the MAC is important for us. I think that we need to get three or four wins this weekend and focus on taking care of the little things and eliminate the mental errors that we've been having.

We're not going to take delight in knocking them out of a Super Bowl. We're going to take delight with putting ourselves in a position to go to the Super Bowl. It's a game of football. Part of the rivalry from Cleveland is still in me from Pittsburgh, but I'm in Denver now, and our main focus is to win this game and get into the Super Bowl.

We're not going to put the cart before the horse. We'll nominate him to a lot of things between now and the end of the year, but our focus is getting him back into a routine and then a work schedule.

We're not going to please everyone and we know that. Sam Walton had said you shouldn't worry about what's written in the newspaper. You should focus on the customer. At the same time, we also need to tell our story better.

Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them. Pay up for people in your core competencies. Get the best. Outside the core competencies, hire people that fit your culture but aren't as expensive to pay.

Forget about finding your passion. Instead, focus on finding big problems.

Focus on building the best possible business. If you are great, people will notice and opportunities will appear.

There is no question that the tone has turned more positive. We haven't broken out yet, but the markets are poised. Now all we need is for the news to hit the ball out of the park, and it needs to be perfect. Crude is still high and the yield curve is still flat, but the market's focus is on other things right now.

There is no path to citizenship for those who work hard, pay taxes and want a chance to obtain the American dream. By establishing a legal, orderly process, we can bring immigrant workers in this country out of the shadows and under our laws, connect those workers with willing employers and allow our overburdened law enforcement and border patrol to focus on protecting Americans from those who might do us harm.

There is no more important economic policy issue today than helping our nation remain the global innovation leader. To do this, our leadership must focus on an aggressive agenda to support math and science education, patent litigation reform, healthcare information technology, and research and development. We thank President Bush for his leadership and urge all members of Congress to address these issues in a comprehensive fashion to get the job done.

Until they get into discussions with prospective owners, that's a question that will probably stay loose for a while. From a league perspective, we want to get some definite focus on where we're headed.

Until several days ago it looked like the euro was trying to mount a recovery, ... But it failed and it looks like it's heading lower again. We see the euro continuing to be under pressure mainly because the U.S. market, after the Fed does nothing next week, will focus on the prospect that the Fed will raise rates in the future.

We believe that Hewlett-Packard needs to focus on what it does well, and to change and grow organically, with targeted tactical acquisitions?a strategy that has proven to be successful in the technology industry,

While marketing is important, having a better product is ultimately what wins. That's where we'll focus our efforts.

While maintaining our high areas, we will need to focus on those areas that have declined and look for ways to improve,

We've always tried to focus on productions that bind two cultures.

We've always had a focus as a company on bottom line and fiscal responsibility, ... And I think especially now in the days of Internet consolidation and I think more of a discriminating investor, it pays off very well for us.

When we were up 2-0, we were pretty excited. We thought we just had to win two games. Those two games never came. You kind of lose focus when you're up 2-0.

You don't let it be a distraction. That is not what you do. There are going to be things that happen and you don't focus on those things. You focus on getting the football team ready to play and you handle the other things up front the way we do it.

We remain confident that our continued strategic focus on profitable branded growth will positively impact fiscal 2007 and beyond.

We're starting to focus on transitioning to our '06 models.

We're spending a lot of money in the Gulf, ... We have to do that, but is there anyone in the world that can justify $70 billion in tax cuts? I don't think so. So before I talk about offsets, let the president focus on that.

We respect their right to show unity, but our focus is on what's right for our Chicago employees and their wages and benefits packages.

We're so blessed with our pastor and his wife. They live their lives in a way we're supposed to, in their caring for one another and having a focus on God.

We're going to start this activity the first week of April, and focus through the months of April and May and be monitoring, of course, as we go.

We're going to focus our efforts on recovering as many people as we can and on removing debris, which will take at least two or three weeks,

We're going to focus on two important areas: one is verification, the second is what steps are the North Koreans taking to dismantle their nuclear weapons ? concrete steps,

We're going to focus on (the regional championship) starting right now.

We're going to focus on our weaknesses this week in practice. When you play a team like Rogers, they kind of show you what your weaknesses are. So, it's good to see what we need to incorporate to our practices before the tournament.

We're going to focus on our own performance and not worry about what Stanford or Alabama is doing.

We're going to focus on exciting/up-tempo rock n' roll show. I'm excited, the kids are enthusiastic and I couldn't be happier with their work.

We're going to focus on everyone staying healthy. Our goal is to take everyone we can to the conference meet.

We're going to focus in on this game and let the other one take care of itself. I mean, we've been pretty much since that last game looking forward to playing them two times in a week.

We're going to first focus on providing the fastest execution with the most functional site we can offer. That will include news, the ability to get real-time quotes and solid price chart histories on equities and mutual funds,

Whenever racers ski a course for the first time, the strategy is to focus on the line and to take the first run as an opportunity to evaluate how the mountain reacts.

When we are on the road, our focus should be on maintenance -- squeeze in workouts, eat right ... and do our best to not totally erode all our good work.

When we come out with that type of focus and that type of energy, it's tough for teams to beat us. When we play the way we played tonight, we make it look like that. We make the game look easy.

When we come out with our product, you will see there is a strong focus on the enterprise.

When we have that many birdie opportunities we really have to make the most of them. That's kind of been our focus finishing out the fall, and obviously for the spring, is that when you have an opportunity, capitalize on it.

When we got the kids back at halftime, we told them, 'Take a breath and relax.' They were playing all on emotion. We had a lot more focus in the second half.

When we get up so far, we just lose focus. I guess we think we got it, but it's been that way the whole season.

We wrestled hard with a similar intensity level as Saturday at sectionals. This has been a focus of ours all season, to win and make it to the state duals. We were hoping for a better draw. Louisiana-Muscatine was a team we faced in 2004 and, of any team we wrestled, they scored the most points against us.

What historians will do is not focus on her role as the wife of Martin ... or that she carried on his legacy. They will focus on how she managed to be the leader of institutions and movements by her own right. And not just in organizing the King Center.

What has to be hard for opponents is that when we substitute, the player coming in often has a totally different game. They have a lot to focus on because we have so many weapons.

What has made this revolution possible is that Toyota is a company with a focus on technology, because we think innovation is the future of our company. So we cannot fall behind. We are trying very hard, and it is very difficult.

What happens is when you play a home tournament you don't give it the same focus as when you are away. You think you can hit the ball anywhere and don't give (the course) the respect it deserves.