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If you don't provide something that is useful, people will just use their smartphones, and we all know that's the biggest driver distraction there is. – Mark Dahncke	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Jane Mayer’s piece details the many moving and uncontrolled parts of the torture debate, which has become chronic and will flare up again and again, the ‘distraction’ will not go away. I would avoid ever being drawn into commenting on any aspect. – Sid Blumenthal	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In the U.S., sports are looked at as part of education, whereas in China it's been split as a distraction from education; the belief in the U.S. is 'strong body, strong mind'. – Tom Byer	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is unfortunately a needless distraction for me. Now I'll be spending time answering to the regulator and stock exchange on what happened. – Narendra Surana	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The theory also ignores the reality of our industry and as a matter of fact it actually risks distraction from the real issues around energy transition needs, if there will be no further investments in oil production, the gap between supply and demand could be 70 million barrels per day by 2040 ... we will need sustained and substantial investment just to meet the demand to fuel economic growth especially in the developing world. – Van Beurden	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have seen more than six decades of tobacco industry distraction products, promotions and deceptions, they revelled in advertising that implied both reduced risks and even health benefits. – Mike Daube	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We have seen more than six decades of tobacco industry distraction products, promotions and deceptions, they reveled in advertising that implied both reduced risks and even health benefits. – Mike Daube	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I feel that the connection with children and mothers is so strong in places where there are not so many ‘things’ to get in the way, no electronic distraction devices, no high-tech baby equipment, just a mother carrying her little one everywhere, sharing a family bed and having the help of all the other women around to raise the baby. – Milla Jovovich	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
However, he wasn't a distraction until Nancy Gordeuk made his presence a distraction. – Suzette Walden Cole	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Even with the distraction of the merger still out there, they were still able to execute. – Joseph Eshoo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Although laws that ban texting while driving appear to be somewhat effective in reducing this dangerous behavior by teen drivers, much more needs to be done to effectively eliminate this major distraction, frankly there are simple solutions technologically. – Alexis Tchaconas	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A classic emerald cut like this one allows for a wide expanse of pure material to be viewed without the distraction of a more complex facet arrangement, it's almost like looking at the glimmer of a reflecting pool. – Gary Schuler	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Defeating Islamic terrorists, shrinking government, growing the economy -- these are the issues that matter most, these are the issues that matter most. Instead we're debating social issues like abortion and gay rights. They are a distraction, and will only help elect Hillary. – George Pataki	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th District with the high standards that they deserve and which I have set for myself. – Aaron Schock	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
All of this is a distraction away from the point here. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I deeply regret that this situation has become a distraction from the important work of our state and look forward to your review and its conclusions. – John Kitzhaber	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Given it has become such a distraction, we're not going to ask Congress to pass the 529 provision so that they can instead focus on delivering a larger package of education tax relief. – White House	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is an incredible result, and a nice distraction from everything that's been going on for the past couple of weeks, to have this enormous success going into the holiday season. – Jeff Goldstein	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
(Energy is) the main distraction for the market. The good news is that this is a tailwind for the consumer. That's a positive that's being ignored. – Arthur Hogan	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
America is addicted to wars of distraction. – Barbara Ehrenreich	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments. – Rainer Maria Rilke	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Alas! While the speculative honourable professor explains the entire existence has he in distraction forgotten his own name, that he is a man, purely and simply a man, not a fantastic 38 of a paragraph. – Søren Kierkegaard, Asluttende uvidenskabeligt Efterskrift	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy. – Jean de la Bruyere	added by anonymous 14 years ago

If you don't provide something that is useful, people will just use their smartphones, and we all know that's the biggest driver distraction there is.

– Mark Dahncke

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Jane Mayer’s piece details the many moving and uncontrolled parts of the torture debate, which has become chronic and will flare up again and again, the ‘distraction’ will not go away. I would avoid ever being drawn into commenting on any aspect.

– Sid Blumenthal

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In the U.S., sports are looked at as part of education, whereas in China it's been split as a distraction from education; the belief in the U.S. is 'strong body, strong mind'.

– Tom Byer

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is unfortunately a needless distraction for me. Now I'll be spending time answering to the regulator and stock exchange on what happened.

– Narendra Surana

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The theory also ignores the reality of our industry and as a matter of fact it actually risks distraction from the real issues around energy transition needs, if there will be no further investments in oil production, the gap between supply and demand could be 70 million barrels per day by 2040 ... we will need sustained and substantial investment just to meet the demand to fuel economic growth especially in the developing world.

– Van Beurden

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have seen more than six decades of tobacco industry distraction products, promotions and deceptions, they revelled in advertising that implied both reduced risks and even health benefits.

– Mike Daube

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have seen more than six decades of tobacco industry distraction products, promotions and deceptions, they reveled in advertising that implied both reduced risks and even health benefits.

– Mike Daube

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I feel that the connection with children and mothers is so strong in places where there are not so many ‘things’ to get in the way, no electronic distraction devices, no high-tech baby equipment, just a mother carrying her little one everywhere, sharing a family bed and having the help of all the other women around to raise the baby.

– Milla Jovovich

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

However, he wasn't a distraction until Nancy Gordeuk made his presence a distraction.

– Suzette Walden Cole

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Even with the distraction of the merger still out there, they were still able to execute.

– Joseph Eshoo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Although laws that ban texting while driving appear to be somewhat effective in reducing this dangerous behavior by teen drivers, much more needs to be done to effectively eliminate this major distraction, frankly there are simple solutions technologically.

– Alexis Tchaconas

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

A classic emerald cut like this one allows for a wide expanse of pure material to be viewed without the distraction of a more complex facet arrangement, it's almost like looking at the glimmer of a reflecting pool.

– Gary Schuler

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Defeating Islamic terrorists, shrinking government, growing the economy -- these are the issues that matter most, these are the issues that matter most. Instead we're debating social issues like abortion and gay rights. They are a distraction, and will only help elect Hillary.

– George Pataki

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the people of the 18th District with the high standards that they deserve and which I have set for myself.

– Aaron Schock

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

All of this is a distraction away from the point here.

– Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I deeply regret that this situation has become a distraction from the important work of our state and look forward to your review and its conclusions.

– John Kitzhaber

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Given it has become such a distraction, we're not going to ask Congress to pass the 529 provision so that they can instead focus on delivering a larger package of education tax relief.

– White House

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This is an incredible result, and a nice distraction from everything that's been going on for the past couple of weeks, to have this enormous success going into the holiday season.

– Jeff Goldstein

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

(Energy is) the main distraction for the market. The good news is that this is a tailwind for the consumer. That's a positive that's being ignored.

– Arthur Hogan

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

America is addicted to wars of distraction.

– Barbara Ehrenreich

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.

– Rainer Maria Rilke

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Alas! While the speculative honourable professor explains the entire existence has he in distraction forgotten his own name, that he is a man, purely and simply a man, not a fantastic 38 of a paragraph.

– Søren Kierkegaard, Asluttende uvidenskabeligt Efterskrift

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several--from foolish vanity, from ignorance of what is due to others, from indolence, from stupidity, from distraction of thought, from contempt of others, from jealousy.

– Jean de la Bruyere

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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