When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being productive. We are, indeed, being busy. But in reality we're simply giving ourselves extra work.

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ALAN HARRIS I think my mom used to wonder, 'What are you saying when you're saying that?'
ALAN HARRIS create more difficulty than solving the problem.
ALAN HARRIS In a large telescope the motion would be perceptible against any stars in the field more or less in ...
ALAN HARRIS Because of the nature of the orbit, we cannot predict thousands of years into the future for this ob...
ALAN HARRIS If I'm crazy, I'm blissfully so!
EMMYLOU HARRIS Bluegrass has a very, very strict musical form. Once you start to dilute it, it disappears.
EMMYLOU HARRIS From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate ...
CALVIN HARRIS While the struggle for religious liberty had proceeded without large-scale bloodshed in New England ...
PAUL HARRIS The real vibe with us, like everybody's saying, is that this is best team that has ever played footb...
AARON HARRIS We can't play them any time soon anyway. I know we're not playing them next week.
AARON HARRIS I could care less. Oklahoma wouldn't care.
AARON HARRIS Our plan was to get him in situations where he's not comfortable. We just wanted to get to him and f...
AARON HARRIS I signed up for it. It's going to be fun.
AARON HARRIS I guess we'd feel like Auburn did last year. I guess I'd call them and ask them how they felt.
AARON HARRIS We definitely see Tech on the same level with Oklahoma and Texas A&M.
AARON HARRIS I'm tired of having to go home and hear about losing to them. You never want to lose to any team mor...
AARON HARRIS He's like a disease. He's like an infection. He just spreads.
AARON HARRIS

When we think we're multitasking we're actually multiswitching. That is what the brain is very good at doing - quickly diverting its attention from one place to the next. We think we're being productive. We are, indeed, being busy. But in reality we're simply giving ourselves extra work.

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