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Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present.
I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.
Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.
I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.
I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me.
I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.
The capacity to be overwhelmed by the beautiful is astonishingly sturdy and survives amidst the harshest distractions.
Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.
I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction.
The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.
Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.
There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.
All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.
I'm happy as a book publisher. I loved my 19 years being a C.E.O. I loved it to distraction, but I couldn't do it till I'm 80.
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
Nostalgia is a sweet place for a poet and writer to be in. But it's an indulgence; a distraction. You can't live in a distraction.
As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.
When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved.
Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
There are people who think I'm a Bolshevik, and this is all a major distraction at best and heresy at worst. But I really don't care.
Omarosa is a distraction. She's always been a distraction. She's never been a positive influence on anything to do with Donald Trump.
Literally, from the moment I wake up from the moment I go to sleep, I'm just working without distraction. It's just the way I'm wired.
Spanish Harlem is like every ghetto in America. There's every distraction possible. To make it up out of there is really a task itself.
Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.
I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.
Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.
It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.
I'm not a media personality, I'm an actress. I want to protect that thing: the suspension of disbelief. The rest of it is just distraction.
We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.
I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when I paint.
[On filling out a grant application:] I seek an extended period of time, free from all distractions, so that I might be free to be distracted.
Sometimes entrepreneurs, successful people, need to put their blinders back on. They're losing their day to distraction, to faulty obligations.
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master's doing.
Daily Mojo: Your main competitors are not others in your industry. Your main competitors are distractions. Don't let them beat you - stay focused
A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.
When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our lives.
I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.
Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience.
Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again.
Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men.
Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
I love movies. That's still my favorite form of escape, and I usually end up going alone. I love to go and sit in the theater by myself, no distractions.
If I'm not emotionally stable, should I put myself in a relationship? Because wouldn't that mean that I'm just using it as a distraction from my problems?
Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!