Don't distract me while I am studying.

Don't distract me while I am studying.

Have you not seen that they wander distract in every valley,

Have you not seen that they wander distract in every valley,

Violence will not distract us from the main goal of building a democratic, pluralistic, federal and unified Iraq.

My favorite being, Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats will distract the female, but not the male.

It's got to be philanthropic, because profits distract biotech, but it's basically got a 90 percent chance, I think, of succeeding in this.

O believers! Do not let your wealth or your children distract you from remembrance of God. Those who do so will be the losers.

O believers! Do not let your wealth or your children distract you from remembrance of God. Those who do so will be the losers.

O you who believe! Let neither your possessions nor your children distract you from the remembrance of God. Whoever does that these are the losers.

O you who believe! Let neither your possessions nor your children distract you from the remembrance of God. Whoever does that these are the losers.

O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.

O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers.

However, reforms in other fields are equally important and the enlargement of the Security Council should not distract from consultations on other important reform proposals.

We understand that both sides have domestic concerns and demands to address. But that cannot distract our attention from the parties' responsibilities to each other.

Fund raising activities add to the secretariat's workload and distract already over extended staff from core activities, often without the pledges being proportionate to the time invested.

It is important that the international community not permit Israel to use prevarication and procrastination to distract it while completing its colonial settlement plan for the West Bank.

He said, My Lord! I swear by the fact that You sent me astray, I shall distract them in the earth, and I shall lead all of them astray.

He said, My Lord! I swear by the fact that You sent me astray, I shall distract them in the earth, and I shall lead all of them astray.

One delegation expressed concern over any shift from the problems of economic growth to a human rights based approach to programming, as this could distract from matters of development.

O you who have faith! Do not let your possessions and children distract you from the remembrance of Allah, and whoever does that it is they who are the losers.

O you who have faith! Do not let your possessions and children distract you from the remembrance of Allah, and whoever does that it is they who are the losers.

We distract ourselves from our misery by running around somewhere, but basically we all have this common misery that we are sort of stuck inside our skins and everyone else is out there.

This shrimp is actually spewing light out of its mouth like a fire breathing dragon in order to blind or distract this viperfish so that the shrimp can swim away into the darkness.

Moreover, some have expressed concern that the tsunami disaster might distract people's attention from other issues, especially the concerns of the small island developing States and this year's review of the Millennium Development Goals.

And the way you should do that is study the furniture, let it marinate in your mind, distract yourself, and then a few days later, go with your gut, because unconsciously you've figured it out.

Although nowadays it exercises its functions in a broad variety of fields, those activities should not distract us from the sine qua non of the Organization's existence, that is, the quest for peace among nations.

Exchanges of views might help narrow differences in perceptions. But some calls for international coordination are less useful, particularly when the aim is to blame foreigners in order to distract attention from domestic constraints and disagreements.

We would also like to express our concern that this hasty approach will sidetrack our leaders in September 2005 and distract them from discussing important and pressing issues of interest and concern to the overwhelming majority of Member States.

As a result, Pakistan s reliance on China has been strengthened, not weakened. And, instead of reducing the chances of a nuclear standoff in South Asia, the White House plan served only to distract attention from efforts to address tensions between India and Pakistan.

The prediction in his report (ibid., para. 11) that Israel would drag out decisions on the future of Gaza to distract world attention from its territorial expansion in the West Bank through the construction of the wall and settlements had proven accurate.

Extraneous events cannot and should not  be used to distract the Commission from the mandate given to it by the Security Council to help identify the perpetrators, sponsors, organizers and accomplices in the terrorist act which was perpetrated in Beirut on 14 February 2005.

Let me say at the outset that, while Canada regards Security Council enlargement as a worthy objective, we urge Member States not to allow this single issue to distract us unduly from the many other crucial subjects with which we want leaders to deal decisively in September.

In the Gulf oil spill's aftermath, Lisa Margonelli says drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract from the issue at its heart our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off of oil by confronting consumers with its real cost.

Moreover, he never misses an opportunity to remind the world that Russia remains a major power, able and willing to act on behalf of its perceived interests. It is also possible that he sought to distract domestic attention from a shrinking economy and the rising cost of intervention in Ukraine.

For both Europe and America, the danger now is that politicians and markets believe that monetary policy can revive the economy. Unfortunately, its main impact at this point is to distract attention from measures that would truly stimulate growth, including an expansionary fiscal policy and financial sector reforms that boost lending.

Most economists stress the superiority of the free trade model and point to the power of lobbies and interest groups to explain its unpopularity in practice. As US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has argued, trade expansion inevitably creates some losers, whose protests distract attention from the benefits of globalization.

Thus, anything that may distract China from its focus on peace, stability, and development has been strongly resisted. This may help explain why T3 in Beijing is such a success, and why Chinese are now more united than ever before in condemning attempts to hijack or sully the Olympics for ulterior motives.

This was a tactical move that allowed Obama to address the conflict without having to put any additional skin in the game, while advancing his visit s underlying objective of reducing Israel s ability to distract from his domestic goals. The price of Obama s approach is that it denies any potential for progress toward peace.

After all, severe environmental conditions in much of the Middle East and North Africa s Sahel region contribute to the sense of desperation that fuels Islamic extremism. Given this, arranging the attacks in such a way that could distract from efforts to ameliorate those conditions while advancing the terrorists other goals, of course would seem like a winning strategy.

As a good lawyer, Obama weighs the pros and cons, aware that it is impossible to do nothing in the Syrian crisis but remaining viscerally disinclined to leap into any foreign entanglement that would distract attention from his agenda of domestic reform. More important, he seems to lack a coherent long term strategic vision of America s role in the world.