I don't think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. I think life generally is… — Tom Noonan Copy Share Image
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
One of the things historians do is we look for patterns. And in many ways, Donald Trump is a very easy read,… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our… — Anne Katherine Copy Share Image
Even when there's pressure and distractions and expectations from others or myself, it's a good thing. It just makes me a better… — Nick Goepper Copy Share Image
Even worthwhile endeavors need evaluation in order to determine if they have become distractions from the best goals. — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
Twitter is 1) An obsession. 2) A distraction. 3) A tracking device. 4) Where drama lives. 5) Everybodys diary. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything in life turns out to be a distraction from the real thing you want to do. There are a million distractions… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I was writing poems as I was walking. I was able to take that restlessness, that nomadic distraction, and use that distraction… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as… — Sarah Churchwell Copy Share Image
Reading for experience is the only reading that justifies excitement. Reading for facts is necessary bu the less said about it in… — Henry Seidel Canby Copy Share Image
People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“done, we will never work. There will always be one more amazing distraction. Our minds will do anything to avoid the challenge… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him. — Antonio Brown Copy Share Image
Narrator: You had to give it to him: he had a plan. And it started to make sense, in a Tyler sort… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me. — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
Silence. There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of… — Eric Lange Copy Share Image
“once in a cognitive tunnel, we lose our ability to direct our focus. Instead, we latch on to the easiest and most… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Omarosa is a distraction. She's always been a distraction. She's never been a positive influence on anything to do with Donald Trump. — Michael Caputo Copy Share Image
But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I'm a very focused person. If I'm focusing on something I don't like distractions and I like to just do that one… — Gunnar Nelson Copy Share Image
A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make. — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
“Visually and audibly, the world of today was designed to distract. Before you could give a name to your own feelings, there… — Courtney Maum Copy Share Image
Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The process of making films is so technically demanding that it's a distraction. You don't spend your time thinking about the philosophical… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Sometimes things might not go as you want them to, but you have to stay focused and fully concentrated. — Adama Traore Copy Share Image
People really get myopic as they get older. We're not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We're not ever good at… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
STAY FOCUSED! Do not become distracted! (A distraction is a fascination to an inappropriate attraction! — Rev Run Copy Share Image
Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead… — Derek Sivers Copy Share Image
The so-called modern conveniences may, in fact, be extremely inconvenient - everything seems to exist as a distraction from any sort of… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
As a writer, you play this daft game with yourself - you're constantly looking for distractions, anything to stop you from writing,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The obvious priority is to get your intonation together. Your sound and your pitch should be inspiring to people, not a distraction. — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
Everyone's entitled to their opinion about my father. Some people think he's a distraction and takes some of my shine away, but,… — Chris Eubank Jr Copy Share Image
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