Lindsay Duncan

I have done some wonderful television, but you know, there's not as much exceptional material as there is in the theatre. So I do a lot of theatre, but really, as with most actors, I just love going from one to another. It's stimulating, it's diverting, it's a different way of life, and you know, I dearly like a good mix.

Scottish Actress

James E. Faust

I personally claim no special insight into Satan's methods, but I have at times been able to identify his influence and his actions in my life and in the lives of others. When I was on my first mission, Satan sought to divert me from my future path and, if possible, to destroy my usefulness in the Lord's work.

American Clergyman

Pete Buttigieg

Like anyone who follows politics, I am sometimes mesmerized by the twisted and relentless drama playing out in Washington. But I also know about the price of distraction - the consequences of our attention being diverted from how politics affects daily life.

American Politician

Alicia Garza

There has to be a readjustment of resources that is being diverted to police and policing as opposed to community health services, and there certainly has to be control over the police by the communities that they are supposed to protect and serve.

American Activist

Charles Duhigg

The discovery of the habit loop is important because it reveals a basic truth: When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other tasks.

American Journalist

Victoria Strauss

There is an enormous shadow industry of scammers and amateurs who prey on aspiring writers, who divert people from the real publishing industry into this shadow world of vanity publishing and fee-charging agents.

American Author

Virat Kohli

I don't really read a lot of newspapers. I don't pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I've had lots of experiences in the past when I got too much into it. That sort of diverts your focus.

Indian Cricketer

Abraham Lincoln

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

American President

Anita Brookner

Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.

English Historian

Rebecca Hall

I think I have a job, which is to present a character in a story and entertain you and divert you with my work - that's it.

English Actress

Use 'divert' when referring to the physical redirection of objects or paths.

Physical Redirection

'Divert' often implies an action taken to prevent a problem or hazard.

Preventive Action

'Divert' suggests a change that may be temporary or permanent.

Change Happens

Use 'divert' to describe shifting someone's attention or focus elsewhere.

Shift Focus

'Divert' can imply a gentle or unobtrusive way to change the subject.

Subtle Distraction

Think of 'divert' when resources are reassigned from one area to another.

Resource Management

'Divert' can indicate a shift in priorities or focus in resource allocation.

Priority Shift

 Scientists are currently monitoring the world's active volcanoes, and procedures for predicting eruptions, conducting evacuations and diverting lava flows have improved over the years. But the massive scale and global reach of a supervolcano means that for many people there would be nowhere to run.

The colossal consequences...

 any long pin smells no longer smell to date okay and this would be their habitat this is definitely their habitat and we're trying to understand why their abundances are so low and whether there's anything we can do to help save the population nowadays because we divert so much water

The Water Crisis PIPE...

 probably the defining moment is when the Titanes feels like its life is in danger once the terror bird gets the idea that it's in a sense outnumbered at a strategic level it's probably not going to expend this energy over that carcass is probably going to divert its energy

Terror Bird vs. Wolves PIPE...

 shrimp to migrate upstream and downstream same with the fishes same with the snails when you start planting you know where do you divert the water and do you have a dam in the channel or a reservoir off channel those are important decisions for maintaining these species

Thanks to Shrimp, These...

 by diverting blood flow to the affected area, but this isn’t a perfect solution. Eventually, the oxygen-deprived cells will start to die, leading to brain damage that may be severe or permanent. That’s why it’s important to get medical care as fast as possible.

What happens during a...

 divert bones of animals and others are colored dirt from different parts of the world those diverse pigments have one thing in common their color is a result of what they're made of and the relationship with light is simple they

Understanding the colors...

 and we've done everything from divert gang violence in real time to help find people jobs to mentoring homeless youth. And the reason why we needed to do this is because there was a severe lack of trust in the black community

A Black man goes...

 And if technology can, in the next decade or two, increase the pleasant life, the good life and the meaningful life, it will be good enough. If entertainment can be diverted to also increase positive emotion,

The new era of positive...

 They focus exclusively on extreme outcomes, assigning those outcomes a degree of certainty or inevitability that rarely corresponds to reality. They divert attention from other, more likely possibilities,

Can you outsmart the...

 the snow buntings name reflects the kind of weather that often adorns this landscape and red grouse keep them company however by diverting your attention from