Elon Musk

The X is an amazing car, but we kind of got carried away with the art and technology. Obviously, you want great art. You want great technology. But we did get a little distracted from our mission, which was to advance the cause of electric vehicles. And it probably delayed us a little bit with the Model 3 as well.

South African Businessman

Geoff Ryman

The trouble with writing for the web is that writing is about getting people to forget they're reading. Anything that reminds them they are reading, or which annoys or distracts them, bounces them out of the world. And the web, it seems to me, is all bounce. A very, very difficult medium to write for.

Canadian Writer

Isaac Wright Jr.

When I went through what I was going through in prison, one of the things that was very distracting was the issue that it's a very dangerous environment. Moving through that process, I had to develop such an intense focus that I had to change my character and be someone else.

Viola Davis

I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too thick. And for me, I don't want anything to distract from the character.

American Actress

Ilaiyaraaja

You may go to the temple for mental peace. But you may be distracted there and forget the purpose of your visit. But this does not happen when you hear good music.

Indian Musician

Jason Marsden

I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in.

American Actor

Jessica Long

I think in today's world, we're so busy, and we're so distracted. But it's also really important to slow down.

American Athlete

Joyce Meyer

I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.

American Author

Nik Wallenda

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

American Entertainer

Boz Scaggs

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

American Musician

Using 'distract' implies that multitasking can reduce the quality of work or study.

Avoid Multitasking

Emphasize how unexpected events can distract and disrupt focus.

Interruption Impact

Express how emotions or personal worries can distract from tasks at hand.

Emotional Influence

Describe how one's surroundings, like a messy room, can distract.

Environmental Factors

Mention how 'distract' can also mean to calm or soothe by diverting attention.

Soothing Effect

Note that 'distract' conveys using fun activities to redirect attention.

Playful Diversion

Indicate 'distract' is a deliberate technique in therapy.

Therapeutic Technique

Clarify that 'distract' is the opposite of being centered and present.

Mindfulness Opposite

Signal that 'distract' can imply legal consequences for failure to act.

Legal Consequences

Inform learners this legal definition of 'distract' is rarely used today.

Rare Usage

 when our brain subliminally takes in an environment while we're distracted by one particular object. When our attention returns, we feel as if we've been here before. For example, just now you focused on the fork and didn't observe the tablecloth or the falling waiter. Although your brain has been recording everything in your peripheral vision,

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 you have so much to offer the world on the upside on the vision side don't don't waste your time getting getting distracted by these these battles that bring out negativity and and and make people feel that you're being defensive or like people don't like fights especially with with powerful government authorities they'd

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 about something else because you're distracted and you're in a big city you can get hurt more than that more than that you might miss something really important and this is what anyone leads you leave you with to prepare for impact you might be missing your soulmate if you're looking down at your phone

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 So we can help them tap into their inherent capacity to be curiously aware right when that urge to smoke or stress eat or whatever arises. So if you don't smoke or stress eat, maybe the next time you feel this urge to check your email when you're bored, or you're trying to distract yourself from work,

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 that distract the brain from the tinnitus sound. Another, called energetic masking, uses sounds with the same frequency as the patient’s tinnitus to occupy the neurons that would otherwise deliver the tinnitus signal. Practiced alongside counseling, these interventions allow people to re-evaluate

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 but rather, how they approached the task. Which parts of the image did they focus on or ignore? Did they see the image moving? Did the color on some inkblots help them give better answers, or distract and overwhelm them?

How does the Rorschach...

 Studies like this are exceedingly rare. Almost all projects of this kind fall apart within a decade because too many people drop out of the study, or funding for the research dries up, or the researchers get distracted,

Robert Waldinger: What...

 by one each young man steps up to the sacred pole and submits his hands to the swarm their agony is unmistakable to help distract them the medicine man leads them in a dance around the pole to

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 and like any tool, it can and will be abused. To borrow a concept from my country's CIA, it helps you to soften up your audience. It distracts them with pretty pictures, irrelevant data.

John Bohannon: Dance vs....

 one distracts as the other steals the jewels spy bowerbird can only observe as they clean out the bower gem by precious gem back home with their stolen goods they

Distract