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Go to a chair in the room or go to a separate room and do something that's relaxing but distracting. – Wendy Troxel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It's not my practice to impose time limits, i find them distracting. – Ketanji Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP left Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP hand on the middle of my thigh until I physically removed it, the only reason Dan Snyder removed Dan Snyder hand from my back and stopped pushing me towards Dan Snyder limo was because Dan Snyder attorney intervened and said, ‘ Dan Snyder, Dan Snyder, this is a bad idea. ’ ... I learned that I should remove Tiffani Johnston from Dan's grip while Dan Snyder attorney was distracting him. – Tiffani Johnston	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For China, as North Korea's military power increases, the US has to pay more attention to the Korean Peninsula, so it can be expected to have the effect of distracting attention on Taiwan in this region. – Park Won-gon	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Students have to' Zoom in' from a variety of settings, and requiring cameras to be on unfairly magnifies socio-economic differences and is also ableist, i wouldn't say it's distracting to have webcams off. It is just rather disheartening and lonely to talk to a screen full of black rectangles. – Julia Raz	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Meme coins are a little distracting, but I guess it's part of the libertarian side of crypto, there will be a lot of tokens ranging from silly to serious and many in between. – Greg King	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s uncomfortable, it’s distracting and you just try to tune it out, but I know it’s a different series. – La Russa	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It’s definitely a different series, it’s uncomfortable, it’s distracting and you just try to tune it out, but I know it’s a different series. – La Russa	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
While everyone else is playing catch up and distracting consumers with stale sandwich drops, we are listening and bringing exciting flavors and bold ingredients forward to help fans avoid the McStake of settling for the same boring chicken sandwiches from other fast food joints. – Carl Loredo	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long time I think you know that. I didn't support the President in the initial election, and I work hard to try to make sure that I'm able to represent my state well that I'm able to work with any administration and any president, he is our duly elected President I will continue to work with him. I will continue to work with this administration but I think right now as we are all struggling to find ways to express the words that need to be expressed appropriately, questions about who I'm going to vote for not going to vote for I think are distracting at the moment. – Lisa Murkowski	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It could be distracting if the campaign becomes more about the allegations of corruption within the Biden family. – Donald Green	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Our president has an unfortunate habit of distracting with tweets, it's just silliness. But the economy is not silly. It's doing great, and I am afraid if we don't re-elect the president, that will stop. – Elise Kay	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
My shorts covered EVERYTHING but apparently was too distracting to enter the plane. – Tisha Rowe	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It should be noted that this a very different market today than it was in 2017, 2017 saw an overwhelming number of ICOs (initial coin offerings), which was very distracting. 2019 has less distractions. It's also a different space because the CME bitcoin futures product wasn't available until December 2017. – Michael Moro	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic. – Norval Morris	added by Normando 4 years ago
You need a place to visually display that information to the driver in a way that is effective and not distracting. So you need real estate. – Abe Chen	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We're distracting from the main issue, what the issue was is the President calling journalists' fake news.' That was the beginning of the question, and suddenly, he diverted to Bill McCraven, and now everyone is talking about insults on Bill McCraven as opposed to freedom of the press. – Mark Hertling	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Brexit debate is capturing the entire Europe, which is not going to accelerate technological growth, the Brexit debate's distracting us. – Martin Hofmann	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's a great illustration of' Distracting Donald.' This was one of the lowest moments in the history of the American presidency -- that press conference, trump blinked this week. He's Putin's poodle. And that's the reality. – Democratic National Committee	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Even the lesser burdens of a criminal investigation – including preparing for questioning by criminal investigators – are time-consuming and distracting. Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the President’s focus away from his or Paula Jones responsibilities to the people, and a President who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as President. – Brett Kavanaugh	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
When my personal situation becomes distracting to our core mission of electing Democrats and making Florida better, it is time for me to step aside, i am proud of what we have built as a Party and the wins we have had for Florida families, but I apologize for all who have felt uncomfortable during my tenure at Florida Democratic Party. – Stephen Bittel	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Hillary Clinton is not in government anymore or a candidate for office, so none of this is going to succeed in distracting the public from the active FBI investigation into President Trump. – Brian Fallon	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There has been some roller coasters this week, of course it's been distracting. I'm happy to share that whoever's fault it is ... any time you're dealing with this much stuff, you are having to spend energy, time and resources, which means by proxy it is a distraction from the other things you're doing. – Mark Walker	Found on CNN 6 years ago
He needs to ask for advice from his advisers and he needs to listen to that advice. We're four months into this new administration, little over that, and he needs to right the ship. We cannot have this constant chaos and serious questions being raised virtually every single day. It is distracting from the ability to work on certain issues like health care reform, and the administration needs to get its house in order. – Susan Collins	Found on CNN 6 years ago

Go to a chair in the room or go to a separate room and do something that's relaxing but distracting.

– Wendy Troxel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It's not my practice to impose time limits, i find them distracting.

– Ketanji Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP left Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP hand on the middle of my thigh until I physically removed it, the only reason Dan Snyder removed Dan Snyder hand from my back and stopped pushing me towards Dan Snyder limo was because Dan Snyder attorney intervened and said, ‘ Dan Snyder, Dan Snyder, this is a bad idea. ’ ... I learned that I should remove Tiffani Johnston from Dan's grip while Dan Snyder attorney was distracting him.

– Tiffani Johnston

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For China, as North Korea's military power increases, the US has to pay more attention to the Korean Peninsula, so it can be expected to have the effect of distracting attention on Taiwan in this region.

– Park Won-gon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Students have to' Zoom in' from a variety of settings, and requiring cameras to be on unfairly magnifies socio-economic differences and is also ableist, i wouldn't say it's distracting to have webcams off. It is just rather disheartening and lonely to talk to a screen full of black rectangles.

– Julia Raz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Meme coins are a little distracting, but I guess it's part of the libertarian side of crypto, there will be a lot of tokens ranging from silly to serious and many in between.

– Greg King

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s uncomfortable, it’s distracting and you just try to tune it out, but I know it’s a different series.

– La Russa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s definitely a different series, it’s uncomfortable, it’s distracting and you just try to tune it out, but I know it’s a different series.

– La Russa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While everyone else is playing catch up and distracting consumers with stale sandwich drops, we are listening and bringing exciting flavors and bold ingredients forward to help fans avoid the McStake of settling for the same boring chicken sandwiches from other fast food joints.

– Carl Loredo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I am struggling with it. I have struggled with it for a long time I think you know that. I didn't support the President in the initial election, and I work hard to try to make sure that I'm able to represent my state well that I'm able to work with any administration and any president, he is our duly elected President I will continue to work with him. I will continue to work with this administration but I think right now as we are all struggling to find ways to express the words that need to be expressed appropriately, questions about who I'm going to vote for not going to vote for I think are distracting at the moment.

– Lisa Murkowski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It could be distracting if the campaign becomes more about the allegations of corruption within the Biden family.

– Donald Green

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our president has an unfortunate habit of distracting with tweets, it's just silliness. But the economy is not silly. It's doing great, and I am afraid if we don't re-elect the president, that will stop.

– Elise Kay

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My shorts covered EVERYTHING but apparently was too distracting to enter the plane.

– Tisha Rowe

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It should be noted that this a very different market today than it was in 2017, 2017 saw an overwhelming number of ICOs (initial coin offerings), which was very distracting. 2019 has less distractions. It's also a different space because the CME bitcoin futures product wasn't available until December 2017.

– Michael Moro

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic.

– Norval Morris

added by Normando
4 years ago

You need a place to visually display that information to the driver in a way that is effective and not distracting. So you need real estate.

– Abe Chen

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We're distracting from the main issue, what the issue was is the President calling journalists' fake news.' That was the beginning of the question, and suddenly, he diverted to Bill McCraven, and now everyone is talking about insults on Bill McCraven as opposed to freedom of the press.

– Mark Hertling

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Brexit debate is capturing the entire Europe, which is not going to accelerate technological growth, the Brexit debate's distracting us.

– Martin Hofmann

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's a great illustration of' Distracting Donald.' This was one of the lowest moments in the history of the American presidency -- that press conference, trump blinked this week. He's Putin's poodle. And that's the reality.

– Democratic National Committee

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Even the lesser burdens of a criminal investigation – including preparing for questioning by criminal investigators – are time-consuming and distracting. Like civil suits, criminal investigations take the President’s focus away from his or Paula Jones responsibilities to the people, and a President who is concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation is almost inevitably going to do a worse job as President.

– Brett Kavanaugh

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

When my personal situation becomes distracting to our core mission of electing Democrats and making Florida better, it is time for me to step aside, i am proud of what we have built as a Party and the wins we have had for Florida families, but I apologize for all who have felt uncomfortable during my tenure at Florida Democratic Party.

– Stephen Bittel

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Hillary Clinton is not in government anymore or a candidate for office, so none of this is going to succeed in distracting the public from the active FBI investigation into President Trump.

– Brian Fallon

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There has been some roller coasters this week, of course it's been distracting. I'm happy to share that whoever's fault it is ... any time you're dealing with this much stuff, you are having to spend energy, time and resources, which means by proxy it is a distraction from the other things you're doing.

– Mark Walker

Found on CNN
6 years ago

He needs to ask for advice from his advisers and he needs to listen to that advice. We're four months into this new administration, little over that, and he needs to right the ship. We cannot have this constant chaos and serious questions being raised virtually every single day. It is distracting from the ability to work on certain issues like health care reform, and the administration needs to get its house in order.

– Susan Collins

Found on CNN
6 years ago

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