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Concentrated Quotes
On power, focus, and gathered resources.
These Hands quotes examine concentration in several forms, from wealth and power gathered into few hands to the concentrated language poets reach for and the focused energy behind meaningful work.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high.
- Downplay
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opponents of New York City's proactive style of policing struggle mightily to downplay its most obvious benefit: the largest crime drop on record, concentrated overwhelmingly in minority neighborhoods.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people think it's an easy gig working as an extra, but you often have to stay very concentrated for long stretches in challenging conditions.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Beatles came in, I really concentrated on making a lot of movies. Those beach films that we did were a lot fun. They hit with an audience that related to what we were trying to do on the screen. That kept me going all through that Beatle period.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a professional, I have always tried to stay concentrated on the pitch, but it was not easy.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As with Google, Facebook was a place that just concentrated a lot of top talent. It's just sort of natural that those people would go on and continue to be successful.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immersed in that culture in what's happening, unless you have been in that concentrated moment, you wont believe it unless you're there. And with 'Ton of Cash' we just hope that we captured all of the best moments.
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- Nov 07, 2020