#distraction

To choose art means to turn one's back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

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I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. ↗

— David McCullough

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Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them. ↗

— Dylan McDermott

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The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction. ↗

— Michael Moore

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Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn't feel like a job. So I did that. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#choice #dad #did #distraction #feel

Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. ↗

— Joel Osteen

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My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life. ↗

— Sally Pearson

#any #bring #day #distractions #every

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#contact #distraction #good #gratifying #i

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#countrymen #depressed #distraction #done #fellow

I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#because #day #distraction #dumb #everyday