Display will wake but then sleep again.

I close the lid on my macbook and it and the 23" cinema display will go to sleep. On my wireless mighty mouse or wireless apple keyboard i will wake the display up. The display will wake and I can use the computer for about 10 seconds and then it sleeps it self again. How do I get it so it doesn't sleep its self.
ps. I got it set so the external display is the main display with the dock and menu bar.

Thanks. That worked. If you didnt tell me that i would of been stuck with my screen on my macbook open.
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