#concentration

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength. ↗

— Pat Riley

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I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. ↗

— Bill Russell

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But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated. ↗

— Roger Sessions

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Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill. ↗

— Ron Silver

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It is certain that concentration camps had a bad reputation with us. ↗

— Albert Speer

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Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

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My mother had a horrific life. At fourteen, she was in the Nazi concentration camps. Her sense about life now is, every day above ground is a good day. ↗

— Gene Simmons

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It is one of the unexpected disasters of the modern age that our new unparalleled access to information has come at the price of our capacity to concentrate on anything much. The deep, immersive thinking which produced many of civilization's most important achievements has come under unprecedented assault. We are almost never far from a machine that guarantees us a mesmerizing and libidinous escape from reality. The feelings and thoughts which we have omitted to experience while looking at our screens are left to find their revenge in involuntary twitches and our ever-decreasing ability to fall asleep when we should. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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