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  • I picked such seemingly disparate essays, I thought it was important to say what was the guiding principle in the selection rather than focus on any one essay. I reached for some principle that had been subconscious in me and lifted it into consciousness. Authenticity and sincerity were the most important unifying principles of all these apparently different essays.
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    Tags : Alan Lightman Quotes , Guiding Principles Quotes , Focus Quotes
  • God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam [Hussein], which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Focus Quotes
  • When we're interested in something, everything around us appears to refer to it (the mystics call these phenomena "signs," the sceptics "coincidence," and psychologists "concentrated focus," although I've yet to find out what term historians should use).
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    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Passion Quotes , Focus Quotes
  • It is impossible that a genius - at least a literary genius - can ever be discovered by his intimates; they are so close to him that he is out of focus to them and they can't get at his proportions; they can't perceive that there is any considerable difference between his bulk and their own.
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    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Differences Quotes , Focus Quotes