#distracted

This motion-picture muddle had distracted me from my writing. ↗

— Zane Grey

#had #me #muddle #writing

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

— Carl Hiaasen

#debate #distracted #easy #get #healthcare

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found. ↗

— William Stafford

#found #getting #going #like #lost

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

— Tony Levin

#decide #distracted #means #others

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#constitutional #conversation #couch #distracted #easily

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

— Noam Chomsky

#consumption #control #distracted #force #own

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

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 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

#aware #being #distracted #easily #focused

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