A Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

P. J. O'Rourke

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P. J. O'Rourke
American - Comedian
Born: November 14, 1947

A picador is the guy in a bullfight who helps make sure the matador doesn't get killed by distracting the bull. That's what TV writing is. You're just distracting the bull long enough to stick around for the next set of commercials.

Christopher Lloyd

I find it terribly distracting in movies when people do accents, I must say, unless it's terribly serious and the story is rooted in South Africa and you're doing a South African accent. But in period movies I think nothing can be more distracting than people doing accents.

Paul W. S. Anderson

Most people manage pain by eating, drinking, smoking, distracting themselves, working harder. That's just managing pain, the pain that comes from not feeling fully alive from not growing.

Tony Robbins

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

Gautama Buddha

There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accomplish your goals instead of distracting you from them.

Po Bronson

I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.

Rain Phoenix

The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.

Sharon Salzberg

I famously had a huge television producer say to me one time, 'Can you please stop doing that to your face? It's very distracting and unattractive.' And I was like, 'You mean move it? Okay, sorry, I guess we're not going to work together.'

Katee Sackhoff

I don't find it distracting to be me.

Adam Rippon

Foul!" yelled Jamie, who seemed extremely happy not to be the one facing a blade. "Distracting technique! Put your shirt back on right now.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.

Margaret Atwood

Big productions, to me, are great - like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows - but I think that sometimes it's distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.

Pink

I think a lot of the high technology is distracting.

Kool Keith

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

Khaled Hosseini

I've tried writing with music on, but I find it distracting.

John Grisham

When I feel comfortable, I just like to sing and hum, and I don't even know I'm doing it. But sometimes someone will come over to me like, 'I love that song you were singing, but it's distracting.'

Daisy Ridley

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