#distracted

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

#birth #could #distracted #done #every

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. ↗

— Colin Powell

#distracted #doubly #everyone #leader #mind

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

— Noam Chomsky

#consumption #control #distracted #force #own

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

— James Daly

#misinformation #noise #you

If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better. ↗

— George Dzundza

#bit #distracted #focus #get #going

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

— LeBron James

#easily #get #i #joke #laugh

We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#birth #distracted #ethical #fellow #his

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#draws #himself #hindered #man #outward

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#aid #campaign #care #countries #distracted

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#easily #fast #get #go #hectic