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Today's Anniversary - 24th May

Births

• 1955 - Alain Prost
• 1870 - Benjamin N. Cardozo
• 1943 - Gary Burghoff
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• 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

  Topics in Effort

  Tags in Bureaucracy, Focus

• That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

  Steve Jobs

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Focus

• It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

  William Arthur Ward

  Topics in Anger, Life

  Tags in People, Answer, Focus, Problem

• We wanted Nike to be the world’s best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don’t end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

  Phil Knight

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Focus

• Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.

  Bryan Adams

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Focus

• We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it – and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today.

  Bruce Vento

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Medical, Focus

• If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

  Petra Němcová

  Topics in Goal, Life

  Tags in Focus

• However, we couldn’t focus on the films much during the series because we’re dumb. Individually we’re smart guys, but together we’re one big dumb guy, and couldn’t concentrate on two things at once.

  Bruce McCulloch

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focus

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Writing, Focus

• I’m not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused.

  Peter Munk

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focus

• I’m trying to focus on original material. That is what I’ve had my luck with.

  Idina Menzel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Original, Focus, Trying

• First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.

  Ibrahim Rugova

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Industry, Focus, Privatization

• Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It’s as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.

  Bridget Riley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom, Focus, Attention

• We have to be focused on growing the party and getting young people to see us as a viable option.

  Peter Gordon MacKay

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Focus

• To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it’s trivial or not time-bound, you won’t engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

  Brendon Burchard

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Focus

• I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.

  Pete Maravich

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Focus

• There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

  Pete Maravich

  Topics in Goal, Life

  Tags in Focus

• Once the season starts for me, there isn’t a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies.

  Bode Miller

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change, Focus

• I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It’s quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.

  Payne Stewart

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mind, Focus

• What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives – family, friends, faith and freedom.

  Bob Taft

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Focus