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The office is more important than any individual person. So for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that’s too much of a sideshow and distraction, he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process. – Asa Hutchinson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It depends on the individual, if it turns into a distraction more than mindfulness, accountability or behavioral support, then you just want to rework things. You can kind of tinker with things until you find what works. – Billy Roberts	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For some people, getting back to business is what it’s all about. And it’s a healthy distraction from what they’re experiencing, for other people, there’s no way that they’re going to get back to business so early. – Michael Addis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
GOD is connection, USB is distraction. – Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 1 year ago
I expect that the president will capitulate to the Communist Party of China. It should be pretty apparent to anybody that's been alive for the past five years that the Biden family is completely compromised by the Communist Party of China, it's been a grift for a very long time, and instead of going after the Communist Party of China, they're happy to change the text words of Jim Jordan that were on his phone, so that's all a distraction to keep the American people from focusing on what really is actionable intelligence and actual evidence like you said in plain sight that the DOJ should be pursuing right now. – Scott Perry	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We don't want to be any sort of distraction to Jayland and the mourning and the grief that his family is feeling. – Dan Horrigan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter is the latest development in a weeks-long saga that is simply a distraction from the many challenges facing Tesla itself, elon Musk should focus on Tesla and not waste time attempting to acquire and manage [ Twitter ]. – David Trainer	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Any time you have something that’s not what you’re doing it’s going to distract you, but for me, I don’t think it was too much of a distraction. Maybe it was, I don’t know. I can’t really answer that. – Dustin Johnson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There’s a lot of chatter suggesting that if China is going to move on Taiwan that now would be the opportune time, the Russia conflict plays into this because of course it’s a big distraction for the United States. – Michael Beckley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
James Gallagher knows that James Gallagher’s in trouble, and James Gallagher’s using this as a sideshow distraction to introduce another gun law, so hopefully people will not see and pay attention to James Gallagher terrible record on their quality of life, the governor needs to focus his efforts on things that will lower the cost of living for Californians, actually solve homelessness, instead of one-off gestures that are n’t going to do anything to stop gun violence. – Gavin Newsom	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The race card is not the only one of the left's go-to weapons of choice against an America they've grown to despise, but it's also a tool of distraction from their myriad policy failures, the fact is, for decades now, Democrats have spectacularly failed — failed the very people they claim to be helping with all this racial hectoring. – Black Americans	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. No political maneuver, no media campaign, no distraction can deter me from this goal to bring justice for President Jovenel Moïse. – Prime Minister Henry	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I never resigned because I said I did something wrong, i said, I'm resigning because I don't want to be a distraction. – Andrew Cuomo	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is a distraction that we shouldn't be engaged in, we should be focused on truly who our opponents are. – Dan Newhouse	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That’s not what that was about, i think that was taken out of context, just like you’re taking it out of context and trying to make it a story for yourself, which has a negative connotation to it, which I don’t appreciate. It was meant to be something different than that. The fact it’s a distraction or you’re bringing it up is not something I want to be talking about. – Tom Brady	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Millions of people are struggling to pay the bills, but Boris Johnson and Boris Johnson government are too wrapped up in scandal to do anything about it, boris Johnson is a national distraction. Conservative MPs should stop propping Boris Johnson up and Boris Johnson should finally do the decent thing and resign. – Angela Rayner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I decline this entity’s request and will continue to fight the failures of the radical Left who desperately seek distraction from their abject failures of crushing inflation, a humiliating surrender in Afghanistan, and the horrendous crisis they created at our border. – Scott Perry	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We do not recommend any lights. At a minimum they are a distraction to you and other drivers. – Richard Reina	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Ilhan Omar, i have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. – Lauren Boebert	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Today’s fine represents a direct and necessary response to the failure of the club to follow up and address the 2010 incident in a timely and appropriate manner, the report makes clear that senior management’s handling of the alleged incident included a failure to report the matter to Chicago ownership, both as to what was alleged and how it was being handled. Bowman said he was stepping aside because he didn’t want to be a distraction for the team. – Gary Bettman	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I GAVE THE WORLD THE TERM-TECHNOTYRANNICAL SOCIETY-SOME YEARS AGO. NOW I SEE ITS EFFECTS GLOBALLY. I WILL WARN:- MOST OF THOSE ONLINE SITES ARE A DISTRACTION AND A DECEPTION TO GETTING FOLKS HOOKED INTO AN ADDICTION FROM WHICH THERE WILL BE NO EXTRICATION. WHAT WE ALLOW THEM TO CREATE WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE OUR FATE. I AM RAS CARDO. – RAS CARDO REGGAE	added by jahmantafari1 3 years ago
With Abbott's announcement, now they'll have employees saying,' The governor says I don't need to be vaccinated,' there will likely to be lawsuits, even if they turn out to be nuisance lawsuits. At a minimum, it creates a lot of distraction for employees and employers. – Brian Kropp	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, i love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone. – John Gruden	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone. – Jon Gruden	Found on FOX News 3 years ago

The office is more important than any individual person. So for the sake of the office of the presidency, I do think that’s too much of a sideshow and distraction, he needs to be able to concentrate on his due process.

– Asa Hutchinson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It depends on the individual, if it turns into a distraction more than mindfulness, accountability or behavioral support, then you just want to rework things. You can kind of tinker with things until you find what works.

– Billy Roberts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For some people, getting back to business is what it’s all about. And it’s a healthy distraction from what they’re experiencing, for other people, there’s no way that they’re going to get back to business so early.

– Michael Addis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

GOD is connection, USB is distraction.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

I expect that the president will capitulate to the Communist Party of China. It should be pretty apparent to anybody that's been alive for the past five years that the Biden family is completely compromised by the Communist Party of China, it's been a grift for a very long time, and instead of going after the Communist Party of China, they're happy to change the text words of Jim Jordan that were on his phone, so that's all a distraction to keep the American people from focusing on what really is actionable intelligence and actual evidence like you said in plain sight that the DOJ should be pursuing right now.

– Scott Perry

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We don't want to be any sort of distraction to Jayland and the mourning and the grief that his family is feeling.

– Dan Horrigan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter is the latest development in a weeks-long saga that is simply a distraction from the many challenges facing Tesla itself, elon Musk should focus on Tesla and not waste time attempting to acquire and manage [ Twitter ].

– David Trainer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Any time you have something that’s not what you’re doing it’s going to distract you, but for me, I don’t think it was too much of a distraction. Maybe it was, I don’t know. I can’t really answer that.

– Dustin Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There’s a lot of chatter suggesting that if China is going to move on Taiwan that now would be the opportune time, the Russia conflict plays into this because of course it’s a big distraction for the United States.

– Michael Beckley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

James Gallagher knows that James Gallagher’s in trouble, and James Gallagher’s using this as a sideshow distraction to introduce another gun law, so hopefully people will not see and pay attention to James Gallagher terrible record on their quality of life, the governor needs to focus his efforts on things that will lower the cost of living for Californians, actually solve homelessness, instead of one-off gestures that are n’t going to do anything to stop gun violence.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The race card is not the only one of the left's go-to weapons of choice against an America they've grown to despise, but it's also a tool of distraction from their myriad policy failures, the fact is, for decades now, Democrats have spectacularly failed — failed the very people they claim to be helping with all this racial hectoring.

– Black Americans

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. No political maneuver, no media campaign, no distraction can deter me from this goal to bring justice for President Jovenel Moïse.

– Prime Minister Henry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I never resigned because I said I did something wrong, i said, I'm resigning because I don't want to be a distraction.

– Andrew Cuomo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is a distraction that we shouldn't be engaged in, we should be focused on truly who our opponents are.

– Dan Newhouse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That’s not what that was about, i think that was taken out of context, just like you’re taking it out of context and trying to make it a story for yourself, which has a negative connotation to it, which I don’t appreciate. It was meant to be something different than that. The fact it’s a distraction or you’re bringing it up is not something I want to be talking about.

– Tom Brady

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Millions of people are struggling to pay the bills, but Boris Johnson and Boris Johnson government are too wrapped up in scandal to do anything about it, boris Johnson is a national distraction. Conservative MPs should stop propping Boris Johnson up and Boris Johnson should finally do the decent thing and resign.

– Angela Rayner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I decline this entity’s request and will continue to fight the failures of the radical Left who desperately seek distraction from their abject failures of crushing inflation, a humiliating surrender in Afghanistan, and the horrendous crisis they created at our border.

– Scott Perry

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We do not recommend any lights. At a minimum they are a distraction to you and other drivers.

– Richard Reina

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Ilhan Omar, i have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.

– Lauren Boebert

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Today’s fine represents a direct and necessary response to the failure of the club to follow up and address the 2010 incident in a timely and appropriate manner, the report makes clear that senior management’s handling of the alleged incident included a failure to report the matter to Chicago ownership, both as to what was alleged and how it was being handled. Bowman said he was stepping aside because he didn’t want to be a distraction for the team.

– Gary Bettman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I GAVE THE WORLD THE TERM-TECHNOTYRANNICAL SOCIETY-SOME YEARS AGO. NOW I SEE ITS EFFECTS GLOBALLY. I WILL WARN:- MOST OF THOSE ONLINE SITES ARE A DISTRACTION AND A DECEPTION TO GETTING FOLKS HOOKED INTO AN ADDICTION FROM WHICH THERE WILL BE NO EXTRICATION. WHAT WE ALLOW THEM TO CREATE WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE OUR FATE. I AM RAS CARDO.

– RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by jahmantafari1
3 years ago

With Abbott's announcement, now they'll have employees saying,' The governor says I don't need to be vaccinated,' there will likely to be lawsuits, even if they turn out to be nuisance lawsuits. At a minimum, it creates a lot of distraction for employees and employers.

– Brian Kropp

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, i love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.

– John Gruden

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I have resigned as Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction. Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.

– Jon Gruden

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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