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It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.
I don't get Twitter or social media. I really don't understand it or read it. I see it as a distraction.
Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.
I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.
One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.
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 work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.
I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me.
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.
There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.
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.
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.
If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction.
Omarosa is a distraction. She's always been a distraction. She's never been a positive influence on anything to do with Donald Trump.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.
[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.
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.
Sometimes entrepreneurs, successful people, need to put their blinders back on. They're losing their day to distraction, to faulty obligations.
The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the distractions.
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.