#distracted

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. ↗

— Tony Levin

#decide #distracted #means #others

We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#embittered #lands #other #other lands #our

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

— Noam Chomsky

#consumption #control #distracted #force #own

She usually worked at night, claiming that the racket he made about the house distracted her during the day; she needed silence, total silence, in which to pursue her inspiration - else it fled away and left her with a splitting headache to show for it. ↗

— Helen Hodgman

#headache #inspiration #silence #inspirational

I'm easily distracted by other things in the world around me. ↗

— Boz Scaggs

#distracted #easily #i #me #other

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#awards #because #distracted #done #film

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance. ↗

— Ken Burns

#being #critic #direct #distracted #expectations

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

Sometimes when you're trying to do a record too close to home, you can get really distracted. ↗

— Norah Jones

#distracted #get #home #really #record

I've trained all my life not to be distracted by distractions. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#distractions #i #life #my life #trained