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• At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Men, Self, Might

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• The Democrats had long labeled the impeachment debate a distraction from the urgent business of a great nation. But the Republicans argued that the pursuit of justice is the business of a great nation. In winning this point, they caught the falling flag, producing a triumph for the rule of law, a reassertion of the belief that no man is above it, and a rebuke for an arrogance that had grown imperial.

  Peggy Noonan

  Fall, Winning, Men

  "The Good Guys Finally Won" by Peggy Noonan, www.wsj.com. December 21, 1998.

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• I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

  Scott Weiland

  Hands, Feelings

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• In a word, they failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions.

  Aldous Huxley

  Men, Infinite, Appetite

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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• The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

  Aristotle

  States, Factions, Threat

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• Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Meditation, Mind

  Ramana (Maharshi.), Paul Brunton, Mungala Venkataramiah (1984). “Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Ramana Maharshi”

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• The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future. Cut loose the past; it is dead weight. Let the Extirpation continue. Let it never end.

  Stephen Baxter

  Cutting, Past, Envy

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• Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.

  Billy Collins

  Voice, Perfect, Radio

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• Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Simplicity, Spirit, Conquer

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• The people who live the life of their dreams know that it's not about how much money they have, but how much passion, willingness and dedication they have to make their dreams come true. And on top of that they know that no one defines what's true for them except them. And on top of that they know that Plan B is not an option, because it's a distraction from Plan A. And on top of that they just don't give up because that is who the hell they are!

  Mastin Kipp

  Dream, Giving Up, Live Life

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• I tend to gravitate to the darkest or most obscure part of any venue in an effort to have my own space to experience the music on my own, free from unwanted conversations and other distractions.

  Henry Rollins

  Space, Effort, Obscure

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• Usually when I'm painting something it takes a lot of focus. I have the room I go into called the white room. In my imagination when I'm really focused I go into that white room and all that's there is me, my painting, and my tools. There's no distraction. When I'm really concentrated I like to have it silent but when I'm doing something that doesn't have to be necessarily perfect, I can just go for it.

  Autumn de Forest

  Perfect, Imagination, Focus

  Source: keymagfw.com

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• Play becomes a distraction, something you don't really need to do. It's not for serious people. They work hard, they don't play hard. Yes, you can say play hard, but that really means, keep working hard, right?

  Ian Bogost

  Hard Work, Mean, Play Hard

  Source: app.longform.org

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• Art is not an amusement, nor a distraction, nor is it, as many men maintain, an escape from life. On the contrary, it is a high training of the soul, essential to the soul's growth, to its unfoldment.

  Lawren Harris

  Art, Men, Soul

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• Men have always been a prey to distractions, which arethe original sins of the mind; but never before today has an attempt been made to organize and exploit distractions, to make of them, because of their economic importance, the core and vital center of human life, to idealize them as the highest manifestations of mental activity. Ours is an age of systematized irrelevances, and the imbecile within us has become one of the Titans, upon whose shoulders rests the weight of the social and economic system

  Aldous Huxley

  Men, Irrelevance, Origin Of Life

  Aldous Huxley (1992). “Huxley and God: essays”, Harpercollins

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• When something is bothering me, I seek refuge. No need to travel far; a trip to the realm of literary memory will suffice. For where can one find more noble distraction, more entertaining company, more delightful enchantment than in literature?

  Muriel Barbery

  Memories, Enchantment, Needs

  Muriel Barbery (2013). “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”, p.96, Gallic Books

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• I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord's Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace, and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally, and good eternally.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Joy

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• The human mind is scattered. We have become negligent about our distractions, inertia, confusion, doubt, fear, and anger.

  Rajmani Tigunait

  Confusion, Doubt, Mind

  "The Secret of the Yoga Sutra: A Q&A with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait". SYF Interview, sedonayogafestival.com. April 25, 2014.

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• What is pronounced these days is staying on the Internet for hours. It's really about distraction. We are living in such an over stimulated culture. There's a nervous energy of always having to be focused out there. People have a hard time just being happy, settled, and content. We're not taught how to just be by ourselves, be present. We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable.

  Geneen Roth

  Hard Times, People, Mind

  Interview with Suza Scalora, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Evil, Anarchy, States

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• You've got to develop mental strength. And you develop mental strength with the will. The will is the mental faculty that gives you the ability to hold one idea under the screen of your mind to the exclusion of all outside distractions.

  Bob Proctor

  Ideas, Giving, Mind

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Oct 20, 2012

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• Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century.

  James Victore

  Disease, Century, 20th Century

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• A focused Mind is a result Of a little Effort To tell Your Distractions To sleep for A couple of hours While you are at WORK.

  Sujit Lalwani

  Couple, Sleep, Effort

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• A person who is trained to consider his actions, to undertake them deliberately, is in so far forth disciplined. Add to this ability a power to endure in an intelligently chosen course in the face of distraction, confusion, and difficulty, and you have the essence of discipline.

  John Dewey

  Essence, Discipline, Confusion

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education: Top American Authors”, p.98, 谷月社

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• Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Creativity, Study, Exciting

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