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Focal Quotes

On becoming the center of it all.

These quotes explore what it means to be a focal point, from a fashion view that hips as a focal point can be 'a fashion mistake' to an athlete weighing the pressure of being the team's Everyone's focus.

Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.

Quotes by Saad Hariri

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

Quotes by Richard Attenborough

Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital...

Quotes by Patrick Geddes

Always Quotes

I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.

Quotes by Martin Gore

When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it.

Quotes by Mark Takano

If Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, and He did die on a cross at a point of time in history, then, for all history past and all history future it is relevant because that is the very...

Quotes by Josh McDowell

To make the hips the focal point of a pair of trousers is, to me, a fashion mistake.

Quotes by John Cooper Clarke

Everyone in the group sang when I joined them. That was one of the problems with L.T.D.: there was no focal point. It took until 1976, or about six or seven years, before I was put into the spotlight as...

Quotes by Jeffrey Osborne

Being Quotes

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

Quotes by James Harden

My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them.

Quotes by Hunter Tylo

We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of Westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration.

Quotes by Hu Jintao

Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others.

Quotes by Harvey V. Fineberg

Movies are a voyeuristic experience. You have to make the audience feel like they are peeking through a keyhole. I think of myself as the audience. Then I use light, framing, and motion to create a focal point.

Quotes by Haskell Wexler

Everyone Quotes

My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.

Quotes by Gail Simmons

I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.

Quotes by Gabriel Batistuta

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

Quotes by Frank Ocean

My church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, puts Jesus Christ at the focal point. It's the focus of everything. What I really hope is that people of faith in this country can come together in this election...

Quotes by Evan McMullin

The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her...

Quotes by Eliot Spitzer

Family Quotes

What the ultrafast laser does is that because it doesn’t have to just cut from the surface, it’s only at the intense focal point that it does this damage where the electrons come off the atoms, you could actually put...

Quotes by Donna Strickland

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Focal quotes collection about?
This page gathers quotes about being a focal point - the center of attention in fashion, sport, faith, or politics. The lines reflect on what it feels like to become the thing everyone's eyes are drawn to.
Why do people search for quotes about being a focal point?
Focal point is a useful phrase for describing pressure, attention, or importance, so people look for these quotes when writing about leadership, design, or standing out in a group.
How do these quotes describe being a focal point in sport?
One quote weighs the mixed feelings of being a team's focal point for however long a career lasts, admitting the pressure is only partly enjoyable even once the adrenaline kicks in.
Is being a focal point always seen as a good thing in this collection?
Not always. One quote calls it a fashion mistake to make the hips a trouser's central focus, showing that being a focal point can also mean being emphasized in the wrong way.
Do any of these quotes describe identity as a political focal point?
Yes, one quote recalls that a candidate's identity became one of the focal points of a campaign, including facing attacks over it, related to Being quotes.

Others recall identity itself becoming a campaign's focal point during a political run. For related reflections, see Being and Family quotes.