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
Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere — Bruce Lee 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
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
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
I don't pay attention to accolades or any of that stuff because I think it can serve as a distraction, so for… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
Many women in particular fail to see the positive benefits they might gain from engaging in the political process because they find… — Cathy Newman Copy Share Image
Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present. — Ed Seykota Copy Share Image
My grandfather used to say, "Learn to like art, music and literature deeply and passionately. They will be your friends when things… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I think, on both sides of the camera or the novel: Distraction. I'm obsessed with: Can I get this actress or my… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't read newspapers too much , just because they tend to make me feel I have a political obligation that I… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
An effective leader creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others. They remove distractions; grasps the bigger picture,… — Ken Wyatt Copy Share Image
You can cook when you're hungry or cook to make a living or to feel creative or even just as a distraction,… — Kim Severson Copy Share Image
Distractions can take us in an exciting direction but most often borrow our attention briefly without much resistance and take their sweet… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and… — Joe Kraus Copy Share Image
“Can I do anything for you? Bake you cookies? Walk your dogs? Throw snowballs? Just generally be a distraction?” — Dee Henderson Copy Share Image
I think the guys that are successful might be a little more relaxed and able to deal with the distractions. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
“Your genius is its own distraction. It consumes you in ways nothing else can. It pulls you away like a jealous lover.” — Brian Knapp Copy Share Image
I think we work well when there are absolutely no distractions whatsoever, because we tend to come up with the best ideas… — Ed MacFarlane 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
“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
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
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
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 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
Twitter is 1) An obsession. 2) A distraction. 3) A tracking device. 4) Where drama lives. 5) Everybodys diary. — Anonymous 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
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon. — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
The world around you is some kind of distraction at best, and evil at worst, and you should be turning away from… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Yoga nidra is the yoga of aware sleep. In this lies the secret of self healing. Yoga Nidra is a pratyahara technique… — Satyananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Watching a gorgeous vampire and buff werewolf battle for a girl's love is the perfect distraction from my inability to meet a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't get too comfortable. We are here for a certain period of time, and how much of your life are you gonna… — David Chase Copy Share Image
“Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction… We regain the world by withdrawing from it just a little… — David Ulin Copy Share Image
If there was a distraction I'd get up and jump out the window. I was quite out of hand. In schools like… — Diane Cilento Copy Share Image
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