#distract

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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Working is hard and distracts from having fun. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

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The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion. ↗

— Malcolm De Chazal

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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. ↗

— Barney Frank

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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

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If I didn't have children I'd be a much better actress. I wouldn't be so distracted. I could pour 100 percent of my energies into it, to promote the investigation which acting is. ↗

— Jessica Lange

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If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. ↗

— Tony Levin

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When I am rehearsing for a play, I try to read nothing that might distract my concentration from the work in progress. ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

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