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Because I didn't have much money, I bought a small shop that fit my budget. The previous six owners had closed their business in three years. The store had no people traffic and, because of that, I was able to focus on figuring out how to provide a better service to each and every one of the customers that did come through.
Do Won Chang
Service
Business
People
Money
Better
Focus
Three
Closed
Every
Out
Able
Small
Previous
Through
Had
Bought
Budget
Come
Because
How
Provide
Years
Traffic
Fit
Did
Shop
Owners
Six
Store
Customers
Much
Figuring
Each
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on.
Don Henley
Politics
Religion
Me
Women
Matter
Focus
Men
Men And Women
Pool
Relationships
About
Ecology
Write
Between
Like
Subject
Subject Matter
Interest
Certain
Things
We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.
Don Yaeger
Focus
Own
Starts
Extraordinary
Our
Those
Strive
Instead
Opponents
Capabilities
Should
My two primary areas of focus have been open-space conservation and education, and I expect those to remain my priorities in the future. The Irvine open space and parklands provide serenity and balance to our unique Orange County lifestyle.
Donald Bren
Education
Future
Balance
Space
Focus
Our
Those
Area
Remain
Lifestyle
Open
Primary
Open Space
County
Priorities
Been
Provide
Expect
Orange
Orange County
Serenity
Unique
Two
Conservation
Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
Donald Rumsfeld
Money
Focus
Congress
Too
Spent
Press
Rather
Announced
How
How Much
How Much Money
Goal
Than
Effort
Bureaucracy
Often
Achieves
Whether
Much
Actually
The mind is pretty powerful. In skating, you learn to click into that zone and focus not necessarily on what you're doing but if you're doing it well.
Dorothy Hamill
You
Mind
Focus
Pretty
Powerful
Well
Learn
Click
Doing
Skating
Necessarily
Zone
One area where the state can be more effective in addressing the doctor shortage is to focus on making sure that Arizona is a friendly environment for doctors and those wishing to practice medicine.
Doug Ducey
Doctor
Focus
Doctors
Practice
Medicine
State
Addressing
One Area
Those
More
Area
Environment
Arizona
Wishing
Sure
Making
Effective
Friendly
Where
Shortage
My focus is 100 percent on my day job, on the state of Arizona.
Doug Ducey
Day
Job
Focus
State
Percent
Day Job
Arizona
It's very easy for people to say what's wrong with education in Arizona, but if I'm elected as governor, I want to focus on what we're doing well and maximizing the impact of what we know is working.
Doug Ducey
Education
People
Focus
Say
Easy
Impact
Wrong
Arizona
Know
Well
Doing
Governor
Very
Maximizing
Want
Elected
Working
A page a day means I need to focus on a gag a day, and that's great for laughs but bad for plot, and I'm primarily a plot guy.
Doug TenNapel
Day
Great
Focus
Plot
Laughs
Bad
Guy
Primarily
Gag
Means
Page
Need
Although Cronkite had once crash landed in a Dutch potato field under enemy fire, he chose instead to focus on celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the hands of the Free Dutch.
Douglas Brinkley
Enemy
Focus
Free
Fire
Field
Once
Liberation
Cronkite
Netherlands
Potato
Had
He
Instead
Although
Celebrating
Hands
Dutch
Crash
Landed
Chose
My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished.
Dougray Scott
Focus
Finished
Never
Accepted
Going
Film
When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go.
Dr. Dre
Dreams
Me
Crazy
You
People
Focus
Sit
Down
Plus
Something
Had
Driving
Crushing
Like
Because
Go
Up
Ended
Any
Artists
Aftermath
Them
Doubly
Hard
Started
I was a great help-side defender in college, but as far as really wanting to lock somebody up, that was never really my focus.
Draymond Green
Great
Focus
College
Somebody
Lock
Never
Up
As Far As
Wanting
Far
Really
Defender
I think that there's good movies and there's bad movies, and sometimes the bad movies spoil it for the rest of us, and we focus on them, but in the long run, all that matters are the good movies. Those are the ones that we will remember.
Drew Goddard
Good
Sometimes
Remember
Will
Focus
Rest
Long
Matters
Think
Those
Good Movies
Run
Bad
Long Run
Spoil
Movies
Them
Us
I focus very much on the job and my goals and dreams.
Drew McIntyre
Dreams
Goals
Job
Focus
Very
Much
Why would I ever be bitter and negative and focus on the past?
Drew McIntyre
Negative
Focus
Past
Bitter
Would
Why
Ever
Having a son makes everything so much more easy. You don't worry about golf as much. You don't worry about anything as much. The focus is more on him.
Dustin Johnson
You
Son
Focus
Everything
Worry
Easy
About
Having
More
Him
Makes
Anything
Golf
Much
The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women's cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.
Dwayne Johnson
Gratitude
Women
Cancer
Focus
Support
Effort
I'm happy that I can focus on my body a little bit. I'm not happy to get surgery, but I'm happy that I can focus on getting better.
Dwyane Wade
Happy
Better
Focus
Bit
Surgery
Get
Getting
Getting Better
Little
Little Bit
Body
The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me.
Eddie Alvarez
Time
Me
People
Money
Too Much
Focus
First
Believe
Thinking
Too
Way
Guiding
About
First Time
Were
Off
Contract
End
Much
Mike
Fought
Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace.
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Peace
Women
Focus
First
Country
Other
Increasing
Other Countries
Our
Touch
Volume
Toward
Countries
Inviting
First Phase
Around
Were
Ambassador
Get
Trying
Order
Centers
Who
Activity
Phase
Here
I was an expert skier who set his sights on going to the 1988 Olympics in Canada to represent Britain, and went from novice ramps to the 120-metre jump in five months. That's possible only with utter focus.
Eddie the Eagle
Focus
Months
Sights
Possible
Only
His
Jump
Five
Canada
Going
Represent
Expert
Skier
Who
Novice
Utter
Britain
Set
Olympics
In the right circumstances, terror is good. It makes you focus.
Eddie the Eagle
Good
You
Focus
Circumstances
Makes
Terror
Right
If you told me to choose between family and football, then it is no choice. I take family, of course, like everyone. But I prefer to keep it private, and that's it. I just focus on the football.
Eden Hazard
Family
Me
You
Focus
Everyone
No Choice
Take
Football
Between
Like
Course
Private
Just
Prefer
Then
Choice
Choose
Keep
And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
Edie Falco
You
People
Focus
About
Also
Italian
Going
Psychiatrist
Want
Much
Show
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