#distracted

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

The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arab #department #distracted #fixed #followers

Sometimes you really dig a girl, the moment you kiss her, And then you get distracted by her older sister. ↗

— John Sebastian

#distracted #get #girl #her #kiss

She told me she loved me. She told me a lot of things. Some of those things were true, and some of those may or may not have been true. It’s kind of hard to tell, because to be honest, I wasn’t listening.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#distracted #distraction #funny #humor #listening

You've just got to focus on excellence and try not to be distracted by the news and the rumors and the absurdities of the stories that were coming out. ↗

— James Daly

#distracted #excellence #focus #got #just

I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you. ↗

— Eric Bana

#distracted #either #going #i #i think

Whenever Percy stopped by to see [Annabeth], she was so lost in thought that the conversation went something like this: Percy: 'Hey, how's it going?' Annabeth: 'Uh, no thanks.' Percy: 'Okay...have you eaten anything today?' Annabeth: 'I think Leo is on duty. Ask him.' Percy: 'So, my hair is on fire.' Annabeth: 'Okay, in a while. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cute #distracted #hair-on-fire #mark-of-athena #not-listening

I have a very beautiful room that in my house that we bought in Princeton. It's glass on three sides, and you'd think that's the perfect place to write. Somehow in that nice room I feel too exposed, and I can notice I'm too distracted by things going on, so I end up writing in a not-very-nice office bedroom. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#bedroom #bought #distracted #end #exposed

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#debate #distracted #easy #get #healthcare