#focus

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together. ↗

— Bob Riley

#beliefs #binds #cherishing #differences #focused

And what impels him to repeat this process at every single lesson, and, with the same remorseless insistence, to make his pupils copy it without the least alteration? He sticks to this traditional custom because he knows from experience that the preparations for working put him simultaneously in the right frame of mind for creating. The meditative repose in which he performs them gives him that vital loosening and equability of all his powers, that collectedness and presence of mind, without which no right work can be done. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

#work #zen #art

You can find academic and industrial groups doing some relevant work, but there isn't a focus on building complex molecular systems. In that respect, Japan is first, Europe is second, and we're third. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#building #complex #doing #europe #find

I just am grateful for every opportunity to go to work. I don't really focus on celebrity status. ↗

— George Dzundza

#celebrity #celebrity status #every #focus #go

After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#began #books #children #dance #first

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind. ↗

— Nafisa Joseph

#focused #important #mind #most #presence

I think my dad would make an incredible president, and it would be great if he'd run again. But personally, for our family, part of me is glad that he didn't. We lost our mother recently, and we need to focus on ourselves. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#dad #family #focus #glad #great

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#am #discovering #even #focused #i

The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer. ↗

— Allen Klein

#else #focusing #healthier #indicate #live

One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#beautiful #call #culturally #diversity #focused