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My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was almost obsessed with becoming - fixated on creating - the future that I envisioned for myself: one of expanding to know my fullest self, which I have in no way achieved.
Mahershala Ali
Future
Myself
You
College
Way
Several
Tell
Would
Self
Almost
Obsessed
Envisioned
Know
Becoming
Still
Friends
Expanding
Fixated
Closest
Achieved
Which
Creating
Fullest
Companions
Whom
The Republican Party is too fixated on this fiction of electability.
Kellyanne Conway
Party
Too
Fixated
Fiction
Republican
Republican Party
I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs you can. I think when you get fixated on trying to do something too accurate, it becomes more washed out and less what you intended it to be. So I think each time the challenge for me is to try and reinvent a little bit.
Gary Allan
Time
Best
Great
Me
You
Try
Challenge
Focus
Think
Too
Bit
Out
Find
Something
More
Emotion
Write
Never
Songs
Great Songs
Becomes
Fixated
Accurate
Get
Trying
Intended
Just
Little
Little Bit
Less
Radio
Washed
Each
Each Time
Reinvent
When 'Brain on Fire' premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2016, I fixated on inconsequential things like what dress I would wear and how much weight I wanted to lose. I lost my perspective.
Susannah Cahalan
Perspective
Fire
Lose
Lost
Toronto
Would
Wear
Dress
Weight
Like
How
How Much
Brain
Festival
Fixated
Wanted
Much
Film
Film Festival
Things
Inconsequential
I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease in not growing up.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
You
Old
Nothing
Think
Superheroes
Wrong
Years
Up
Fixated
Disease
Being
Growing
Growing Up
Taking action at an early stage - even before a prosecution may be possible - could stop stalkers becoming fixated.
Amber Rudd
Before
Stage
Action
Possible
Could
Taking
Prosecution
Becoming
Fixated
May
Stop
Even
Early
Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
Hanya Yanagihara
Changed
Visit
Visitor
Hawaii
Since
Frequent
Islands
How
Fixated
Any
Mapping
Last
The conquistadors and their followers were very rough people, and they were fixated on gold and silver. They were oblivious to the astonishing achievements of the Inca civilisation.
Peter Shaffer
People
Astonishing
Followers
Silver
Civilisation
Oblivious
Were
Very
Fixated
Gold
Achievements
Rough
The way I work is I'll basically become kind of fixated on a very stripped-down genre, like revenge or something like that, and just start layering on top of that and entering in thoughts and ideas, and then the story just kind of builds up that way.
Panos Cosmatos
Work
Thoughts
Revenge
Become
Top
Way
Entering
Kind
Something
Like
Ideas
Genre
Builds
Up
Very
Fixated
Just
Just Kind
Story
Then
Start
Basically
If I find a cute skirt, I'm not fixated on a brand.
Chrissy Metz
Cute
Find
Brand
Fixated
Skirt
Some in favour of Brexit are so fixated on leaving the E.U., they keep arguing that any attempt to change it is some form of sabotage.
Dominic Grieve
Change
Favour
Some
Sabotage
Arguing
Attempt
Leaving
Fixated
Any
Form
Brexit
Keep
I feel that to a great extent, the industry is fixated with fair skin, and that needs to change.
Tamannaah
Great
Needs
Change
Skin
Great Extent
Feel
Fair
Industry
Fixated
Extent
I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.
Rivers Cuomo
Time
Black
Long
Long Time
Prince
Fixated
Album
I take each thing as it comes and appreciate everything that's in front of me now because people in this industry are so fixated on the next thing that they don't enjoy the moment. It passes you by, and all of a sudden, it's over.
Emily Atack
Me
You
People
Enjoy
Everything
Take
Over
Industry
Because
Passes
Fixated
Front
Next
Next Thing
Moment
Each
Sudden
Now
Thing
Appreciate
I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.
Ashley Madekwe
Me
Thought
Ambition
Drama
Once
Introduced
Classes
Silly
Became
Very
Fixated
Stopping
Wanted
Pop
Pop Star
Dad
Star
Originally
I don't think I can write a book as nihilistic as some of my early ones. They're so bleak. I don't think I would enjoy that as much anymore. You really become fixated on ways out.
Daniel Woodrell
You
Book
Become
Enjoy
Think
Ways
Out
Would
Some
Write
Bleak
Fixated
Anymore
Much
Really
Early
I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing.
David Harsanyi
Government
Healthy
Every
Think
Worry
About
Hour
Voters
Policy
Doing
Waking
Fixated
Republic
Public
Should
Public Policy
When I'm really fixated on a bit of writing, I can easily spend six days without leaving the house and barely leaving my room.
Alex Garland
Writing
Spend
Bit
Easily
Days
House
Without
Leaving
Fixated
Six
Six Days
Room
Really
Barely
When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes from living by instinct.
T. D. Jakes
Winning
Pursue
Passions
Fixated
Successful
Fulfillment