Distraction Quotes - Page 17

• Life is short for those who are truly able to understand that one day the entire world will come to a complete end. Not everyone is capable of that. Not everyone has the ability to comprehend what going away for all eternity really implies. There are too many distractions, hour by hour, minute by minute, to hinder such an understanding.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Life Is Short, Understanding, One Day

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “The Orange Girl”, p.71, Hachette UK

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• It was exactly what I wanted-beautiful distraction.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Beautiful, Wanted

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.245, Scholastic UK

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• Fine. Everybody wears seatbelts. No radio. No distractions.” Ben shot Hi a stern look. “No running commentary.” “Your loss,” Hi said. “To the pimp ride!

  Kathy Reichs

  Running, Loss, Pimp

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• I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Fear, Another Life, Alleviate

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• So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are ready and willing to do the right thing, just as Jack was. Their distractions are greater, though. There's no more simple life with simple choices for the young.

  Johnny Cash

  Kids, Simple, Choices

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• Because sometimes there's more worth in silence than noise. Sometimes everything you need to know is contained in that small quiet space. Sometimes we get so caught up in distraction and noise and seeking other people's approval we forget the quiet seed of truth that lives in our hearts. But just because we fail to tune in to it, doesn't mean it's not there.

  Alyson Noel

  Heart, Mean, Space

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• It hurt me to be away from him. Some days I went crazy wondering what he was doing. And when I couldn't handle it, I practiced music. I really had Aspen to thank for me being the musician that I was. He drove me to distraction. And that was bad.

  Kiera Cass

  Hurt, Crazy, Musician

  Kiera Cass (2012). “The Selection”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• What’s a little calming distraction for your girlfriend in the midst of world entertainment domination?” “I’d stop the world from spinning for you.” That silly line oddly touched me. “I love you.” “Liked that one, did you?

  Sylvia Day

  Girlfriend, Silly, Love You

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.650, Penguin

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• Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at this special network, will be allowed to focus on the issues that matter without the distraction of myself or my ill-judged comments.

  Martin Bashir

  Reflection, Issues, Focus

  "Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC" by Tommy Christopher, www.mediaite.com. December 4, 2013.

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• Let us imagine, for example, that a mother is still in such a state of consciousness that she has forgotten the rest of the world while discovering her baby; suddenly somebody appears with two clamps and a pair of scissors in order to cut the cord. This distraction is a dangerous interference with the physiological processes.

  Michel Odent

  Mother, Baby, Cutting

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• Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in relationships of all kinds. It means taking life as it is.

  Duane Elgin

  Mean, Simplicity, Faces

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• My books are not really books; theyre endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles.

  Mary Roach

  Book, Databases, Medical

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• Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]

  Baruch Spinoza

  Gratitude, Attitude, Two Sides

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• Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?

  Norah Vincent

  Prayer, Real, Athletic

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• Girls are a distraction and can easily cost points.

  Boris Becker

  Girl, Tennis, Cost

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• Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it's just noise that can be a distraction.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspiring, Stronger, Looks

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• While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.

  Nancy Gibbs

  Regret, Years, Justice

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• I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

  Derek Jeter

  New York, Unnecessary, Attributes

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• Last time I failed is when I fell in love with distractions.

  Lil B

  Rap, Hip Hop, Lasts

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• I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter.

  Herman Cain

  Hurt, Presidential, Campaigns

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• They were perfectly suited. They would speak of books the livelong day and night and bore everyone else but themselves to distraction.

  Loretta Chase

  Book, Night, Speak

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• We can know what love is. It´s adults who have forgotten, so they cling to their poor substitute and yell at kids who dare to live with real love. Pure Love. Love without compromise or distraction.

  Barry Lyga

  Real, Kids, Love Is

  Barry Lyga (2009). “Boy Toy”, p.386, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Thinking, Imagination, Solitude

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• People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Lying, Heart, Talking

  Theodore Dreiser (2004). “Sister Carrie”, p.83, Courier Corporation

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• Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Mind, Gone, Wander

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti”, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

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