...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.'
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It�¹s a compliment, because it�¹s a place we haven�¹t been in a long time and it sets our standard even higher, ... We also understand that the percentage points and the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning. That's the only thing we have control over. It�¹s only October, and what we want to do is to be one of the top two teams in December.
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Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.
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I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.
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If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being.
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It is what it is, ... What's important is to see who gets it at the end of the year. If I win the US Open, its most likely to stay with me, so I'll concentrate on that.
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I don't judge those things. I have to concentrate on baseball.
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People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet.
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What I focus on in life is what I get. And if I concentrate on how bad I am or how wrong I am or how inadequate I am, if I concentrate on what I can't do and how there's not enough time in which to do it, isn't that what I get every time? And when I think about how powerful I am, and when I think about what I have left to contribute, and when I think about the difference I can make on this planet, then that's what I get. You see, I recognize that it's not what happens to you; it's what you do about it.
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When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
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Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.
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To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
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It's a compliment. We understand the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning.
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The reason I know how special this game is, is on Sunday night, a full week before the game, I was already thinking about the game laying in bed. And I never do that. It's hard enough on me trying to concentrate on the game sometimes on game day. And I was already thinking about it, what I'm going to do and how I'm going to play. How it's going to feel when we win. That says it all.
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Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones.
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You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.
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Effective managers live in the present but concentrate on the future.
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But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service.
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[The Lone Star State's best college football team is alone at the top of the Bowl Championship Series standings, but even the Texas Longhorns know Monday's rise might be fleeting.] It's a compliment, ... We understand the rankings can change weekly. What we have to do is concentrate on winning.
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Experts say you can't concentrate on more than one task at a time.
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Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
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