I am quite a dreamer, and usually when someone tells a story, I tend to get distracted easily.

I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.

Don’t get distracted by the shiny object [and if a crisis comes], execute on the fundamentals.

Liberal and conservative have lost their meaning in America. I represent the distracted center.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

We are so distracted and focused on what's next, we can fail to see what is actually in front of us.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

We must not become perpetually distracted from the great challenges facing our country and the world.

Education is the most important thing and a lot of kids in south London get distracted from education.

I work better the more I am confined and the less I am distracted. My ultimate place would be a closet.

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

Children are born with pureness, and gradually become distracted with all the little pressures going on.

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

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Our brains are designed to solve some of our most complex problems when we're distracted by routine habits.

Not much could have distracted me from coffee, but hearing Julius Caesar quoted at Spencer’s certainly did.

When I'm writing, I don't read much crime at all - you don't want to get distracted by other people's plots.

When you have a laser focus, and you get distracted by what other people say, you can lose that laser focus.

I started doing a Twitter feed when my father was dying. I was very distracted, preoccupied. It was upsetting.

I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.

Sometimes it's best to speak from ignorance: that way, you can see the wood without being distracted by the trees.

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

It is better to be fully present and rested and engaged for one thing than rushed, distracted, and scattered for ten.

That's a big part of the process: making the right choice from the beginning. Not getting distracted by shiny things.

I sometimes read on the subway, but I'm a hopeless eavesdropper and get easily distracted by strangers' conversations.

I prefer home school because you learn more by yourself than when you're around other people because you get distracted.

I was in so much emotional pain as a young girl that whatever distracted me from how I felt about myself was fine by me.

You have to do a good job controlling the things you can control for performance and not get distracted by all the noise.

I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."

We continue to focus on actually solving problems that real people have and not being distracted by what power users want.

Sometimes you can get distracted by figures that are thrown out there and you're doing things you wouldn't normally try to do.

I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just that thing.

What you see is not what we see. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years.

Kissing on screen is just - funny enough, you're just acting, so you're distracted by that more than anything. Or at least I am.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

I don't really like encouraging people to go on the Internet too much, we're constantly distracted with the Internet and computers.

I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here talking to me, getting an autograph.

That's the problem with working and living in the same space - my studio is downstairs, so I often get distracted by domestic things.

Even today, I am easily distracted by reading material and will pick up articles on virtually any factual material if I have the time.

I think a lot of times we can get distracted and not be in the moment with people and be missing all the life happening in the moment.

This is football, and one cannot be distracted at any moment because the opposition can put you in difficulty and compromise a result.

I didn't start boxing until I was 18 but I believe that is a big advantage now. If you start too young, it's easy to become distracted.

Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else.

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.

I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible.

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style.

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention of allowing myself be distracted.

I want to take a long-term view. Being distracted by short term things can be dangerous when you are making cold, calm, long-term decisions.

I get up, get coffee, and go into my home office. I check email and Twitter before I start work, but I have to try not to get too distracted.

Whether my film becomes commercially successful or not, only God can tell, or the box-office numbers. So why worry about it and get distracted?

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