Patrick Geddes

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 of the entire civilized world.

Scottish Scientist

Candace Camp

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.

American Writer

Harvey V. Fineberg

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.

Educator

Samoa Joe

People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I've kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.

American Wrestler

Adriana Trigiani

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.

American Novelist

Brandon Sanderson

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

Gabriel Batistuta

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.

Argentinian Athlete

Scott Parker

I remember the first time I got paid, I went out and spent my wages on clothes. Style has always been a massive focal point for me.

Hunter Tylo

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

American Actress

Frank Ocean

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

American Musician

The word 'focal' implies something that captures or deserves most attention in a particular context.

Attention Center

'Focal' doesn't mean something is good or bad, just that it's the central or most important element.

Not Always Positive

'Focal' in physics emphasizes the intensity and concentration of something, like light or heat.

Intensity Highlight

When 'focal' is used in technical fields, it usually goes with specific jargon like 'focal distance'.

Technical Term

'Focal' in photography is about the clarity and range of the image captured due to lens adjustments.

Lens Adjustment

'Focal length' affects how close or distant subjects appear in a photograph.

Image Depth

In medicine, 'focal' describes something that's confined to a specific part of the body.

Specific Location

'Focal' can imply that an issue is localized, not affecting the whole system or body.

Localized Problem

 No one asked why I was limping. So I didn't say anything. It took me over a decade to internalize the severity of HIBM, even as basic tasks and functions became increasingly difficult. Yet, I continued to pursue my dream of working all over the world, and was even appointed as a disability focal point

Cara E. Yar Khan: The...

 consistent point of view but on the other hand it's very difficult for somebody to do that typically the the normal action when somebody takes a panorama is like this which is moving both the it's both rotating and moving the focal point at the same time but here we're making lemonade out of that

Photosynth 2: Exploring...

 A, because it sustained me, and B, because it took me to these places, but the most important thing was the thing that I had missed to that point. I was so engaged in my own struggle and telling that story that I was missing everybody around me, so culture became a very focal point

After the Avalanche:...

 he has the responsibility for those things you need to stay alive in space power oxygen pressure heat water let's get our education to wind up do you guys okay now do we have instrumentation I'm realizing that I am the focal point of all this nothing to brag about can we

Houston, We Have A...

 So architecture maybe is not so big, like science, but through its focal point it can leverage in an Archimedian way what we think the world is really about. And often it takes just a building to change our experience of what could be done, what has been done,

Daniel Libeskind's 17...

 they could interpret the Arctic to the rest of the world. Um... another thing in this image, I think it was the first time I had experienced where I could see no horizon line. I just kept looking around and it was like you couldn't-- the focal point was this.

Erika Larsen: The...

 In this sense, the audience and the real world are the focus, underlined by the three figures looking straight at the viewer. But there is still another focal point. The line formed by the light fixtures leads to the center of the back wall

Why is this painting so...

 Finally, Pheidias turns to his primary responsibility, and the focal point of the entire temple. Covered in thick layers of gold, minutely decorated, and towering above her worshippers,

A day in the life of an...

 the focal points of social and cultural interaction are not weddings or births or even family dinners, but funerals. So these funerals are characterized by elaborate rituals

Kelli Swazey: Life that...

 silverback the silverback is the focal point of the whole family group he's incredibly