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> [I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-laswell/i-think-if-you-look-at-exactly-where-you-are-you-can-t-really-focus/)

[Bill Laswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-laswell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/bill-laswell-27185_back_i-think-if-you-look-at-exactly-where-you_1364379.png)

> [I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-find-it-hard-to-focus-looking-forward-so-i-look-backward/)

[Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/iggy-pop-3990_backward_i-find-it-hard-to-focus-looking-forward_2273725.png)

> [With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-turrell/with-no-object-no-image-and-no-focus-what-are-you-looking-at-you-are/)

[James Turrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-turrell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed5/james-turrell-18973_focus_with-no-object-no-image-and-no-focus-wha_71717.jpg)

> [On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-collins/on-film-you-really-have-to-focus-on-what-you-re-looking-at-you-re/)

[Petra Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petra-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/petra-collins-4546_cinema_on-film-you-really-have-to-focus-on-what_1651760.jpg)

> [If it comes, it comes, but its not like a main focus. If you go looking for something youre never gone find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akon/if-it-comes-it-comes-but-its-not-like-a-main-focus-if-you-go-looking/)

[Akon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/akon-7813_comes_if-it-comes-it-comes-but-its-not-like-a_5892.png)

> [“So as you contemplate this Advent season, consider what has your focus. Where are you looking? What are you beholding?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christi-gee/so-as-you-contemplate-this-advent-season-consider-what-has-your-focus/)

[Christi Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christi-gee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/christi-gee-227915_advent-season_so-as-you-contemplate-this-advent-season_2786433.jpg)

> [If it comes, it comes, but its not like a main focus. If you go looking for something youare never gone find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akon/if-it-comes-it-comes-but-its-not-like-a-main-focus-if-you-go-looking-2/)

[Akon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/akon-7813_comes_if-it-comes-it-comes-but-its-not-like-a_2932231.png)

> [It doesn't help anyone to judge their happiness or career by looking at where others may or may not be. Dad said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-corden/it-doesn-t-help-anyone-to-judge-their-happiness-or-career-by-looking/)

[James Corden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-corden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/james-corden-7028_careers_it-doesn-t-help-anyone-to-judge-their-ha_236793.jpg)

> [“In the midst of trials and discouragements, it’s more important than ever to check your focus. Are you looking at your problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyndale/in-the-midst-of-trials-and-discouragements-it-s-more-important-than/)

[Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyndale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/tyndale-16725_faith_in-the-midst-of-trials-and-discouragemen_2747504.jpg)

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