Distraction Quotes - Page 20

• When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

  Blaise Pascal

  Pain, Men, Facts

  Blaise Pascal (2007). “Thoughts”, p.52, Cosimo, Inc.

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• But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.

  Roald Dahl

  Love, Impossible, Persons

  "Switch Bitch".

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• This is not a problem. I'm making everybody very calm, distracted by my bad results and then I'm going to shoot. One good result and I'm coming back. This is a distraction, it's the calm before the storm.

  Ernests Gulbis

  Storm, Calm, Problem

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• The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction.

  Russell Baker

  Bridges, Television, Dinner

  Russell Baker (1965). “All Things Considered”

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• Watching movies is my one distraction.

  Marilyn Manson

  "Freak or unique?". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2003.

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• Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven where our King Jesus — the Lamb of God who was crucified in our place and raised gloriously from the dead — now sits interceding for us. Not only so, but it calls us forward to that final day when heaven will be filled with the roaring noise of millions upon millions of forgiven voices hailing him as crucified Savior and risen King.

  Greg Gilbert

  Jesus, Kings, Irritation

  Greg Gilbert, D. A. Carson (2010). “What Is the Gospel?”, p.71, Crossway

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• The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.

  John Kendrick Bangs

  Brother, Selfishness, Care

  John Kendrick Bangs (1920). “The Cheery Way: A Bit of Verse for Every Day”

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• Hard work's a good distraction.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Hard Work, Hard

  Scott Westerfeld (2015). “Uglies & Pretties: Uglies; Pretties”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't want the stage. I'm terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a very important movement.

  Edward Snowden

  Talking, Giving, Important

  www.wired.com.

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• Any disease could be healed in a matter of days - any disease - if distraction from it could occur and a different vibration dominate.

  Esther Hicks

  Healing, Different, Disease

  Esther Hicks, Jerry Hicks (2009). “Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires”, p.382, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

  Virat Kohli

  Passion, Successful, Empowering

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• I am of Russian-Jewish distraction.

  Delmore Schwartz

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• We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to prove us; temptations and distractions to try us; disappointments, discouragements, reverses, failures and all kinds of situations to determine our character.

  Robert E. Wells

  Disappointment, Character, Temptation

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• After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

  Robert Breault

  Deep Thought, Important, Life Is

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• Your life is too important to give it to distractions.

  Robin Sharma

  Giving, Important, Life Is

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Apr 09, 2014

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• I have no statistics to prove it, but I'm sure the American workplace will be adversely affected on Monday, the day after XXIV. The game will be the focus of conversation, and distractions happy and sad will be the order of the day, not to mention millions of hangovers. I wouldn't buy a toaster or a parachute manufactured the day after Super Bowl XXIV. You cannot engender such torrid anticipation for an event so great that it requires Roman numerals as a suffix, then expect there to be no social repercussions at its end.

  Robert Klein

  Monday, Hangover, Order

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• In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and distractions, of slowing down and simply being alone with our thoughts.

  Carl Honore

  Art, Media, Background Noise

  Carl Honoré (2004). “In praise of slow: how a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed”, A.A. Knopf Canada

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• The political topicality of my October paintings means almost nothing to me, but in many reviews it is the first or only thing that arouses interest, and the response to the pictures varies according to current political circumstance. I find this rather a distraction.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Mean, Political

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for.

  Steve Leveen

  Reading, Opportunity, Land

  Steve Leveen (2005). “The Little Guide to Your Well-read Life”

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• A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.

  Michael Dolan

  Perspective, Soul, Kind

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• Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?

  Richard G. Scott

  Powerful, People, Priorities

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• In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is brief and tender.

  Candy Chang

  Perspective, Important, Age

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• It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

  Hugh Howey

  Goal, Horizon, Easy

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• I always hear people say I give the same answers or I don’t give you much. No, I just don’t give you much negativity. When people are negative a lot, it starts to creep into your mind, and then you start having doubts, and I don’t like that. If there’s another way, show me. My job is to stay positive. My job is to limit distractions. And if you get annoyed by that, I don’t expect you to understand because you’re not in my shoes.

  Derek Jeter

  Jobs, Shoes, People

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• Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control.

  Daniel Goleman

  Self, Attention, Digital

  "Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence". Book by Daniel Goleman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 8, 2013.

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