Distraction Quotes - Page 28

• It was like noticing the sun. You couldn't help but see it, to turn to face the heat of it, to bask in the glory of it. But often when the sun is high in the sky, the moon is up there, too. A dim memory of what she will be in the night, but there, nonetheless, dim and misty, hard and white. At night, there is only the moon, the sun is nowhere to be seen. There are no distractions when the moon rules the sky.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Memories, Moon, Night

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2010). “Cerulean Sins”, p.275, Hachette UK

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• War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living.

  Francesca Lia Block

  War, Moments, Illusion

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• After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of the usual distractions from a dismal presidential record.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Stars, Tired, Presidential

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• Throughout my career, my mind rarely wandered, and I was never sidetracked by distractions, no matter what I was going through off the court.

  Pete Sampras

  Careers, Focus, Tennis

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.10, Crown Archetype

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• They say you don't get over someone until you find someone or something better. As humans, we don't deal well with emptiness. Any empty space must be filled. Immediately. The pain of emptiness is too strong. It compels the victim to fill that place. A single moment with that empty spot causes excruciating pain. That's why we run from distraction to distraction and from attachment to attachment.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Running, Strong, Pain

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• I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Silly, Issues

  "Barack Obama Speech Text: Read The President’s Democratic Convention Remarks", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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