#distract

It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

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I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything. ↗

— Asafa Powell

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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. ↗

— Manuel Puig

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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation. ↗

— James Daly

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Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

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I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily. ↗

— LeBron James

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I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax? ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

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I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps. ↗

— Payne Stewart

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I am guilty of buying way too many gadgets - way too many! And though I try to keep things nice and orderly, sometimes I get distracted and stick saucepans where the stockpots should go. ↗

— Paula Deen

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