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“What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart. Jobs won't be lost. Kids will not run crazy in one day. Lovers won't stop speaking to you. Husbands and wives are not going to disappear. Just take that one day and think. Don't read. Don't write. No television, no radio, no distractions. Sit down and think. . . . Go sit in a church, or in the park, or take a long walk and think. Call it a healing day.”

“The purpose of propaganda is not to provide interesting distraction for blasé young gentlemen, but to convince... the masses. But the masses are slow moving, and they always require a certain time before they are ready even to notice a thing, and only after the simplest ideas are repeated thousands of times will the masses finally remember them.”

Ideas Remember Moving Young Purpose Certain Interesting Media Ready Mass Propaganda Gentleman Convince Distraction Simplest Young Gentlemen

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf

“The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.”

Mind Film Media Television Offers Succeed Demand Mass Madness Aim Presses Radio Disaster Concentration Boss Distraction Maximum Antidote Mass Media Film And Television

Book:Art against ideology

Source: Art against ideology

“Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!”

Littles Happens Running New York Paris Distraction Running Away Things Change

Author:Malcolm Mclaren

“It is my PRIDE, my damned, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 - 20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such; --or DIE --perplexing alternative!”

Knows May Dies My Own Pride Slave Alternatives Servant Native Sentiments Distraction Composition Plunge Unconquerable Unconquerable Will

Author:Thomas Chatterton

“We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.”

Years Two Wanted Fall Chance Healing Nice Brother Months My Brother Distraction Falling Apart Really Nice Passed Away Two Months Cathartic Taj Mahal Mahal

Author:Bonnie Raitt

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

Voice Perfect Radio Mediums Visuals Distraction Transmission

Author:Billy Collins

“I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.”

Writing I Can Consequence Distraction Listening To Music

Author:Lincoln Child

“You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.”

Ifs Want Believe Kids Jobs Goal Business Vision Doubt Wife Security Succeed Madness Following Temptation Encounters No Doubt Distraction Belive Hang In There

Author:Larry Flynt

“I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.”

Knows Looks Parent Know How Events Rings Distraction Fiance My Fiance

Author:Jessica Ennis

“Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.”

Writing Father Process Internet Equal Findings Alcohol Helpful Distraction Adultery

Author:Adam Gopnik

“You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.”

People Knows Want Light Loses Know How Path Awakening Distraction

Author:Jhene Aiko

“Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.”

Productive Distraction Seattle

Author:Donald Byrd

“Not all spiritual paths lead to the harmonious Oneness. Indeed, most are detours and distractions, nothing more.”

Spiritual Path Awareness Oneness Distraction Harmonious Spiritual Path Detours

Book:Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu

Source: Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu

“I carried this problem around in my head basically the whole time. I would wake up with it first thing in the morning, I would be thinking about it all day, and I would be thinking about it when I went to sleep. Without distraction I would have the same thing going round and round in my mind.”

Thinking Mind Firsts Whole Problem Would Be Science Sleep Morning Wake Up Rounds Distraction

Author:Andrew Wiles

“Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions.”

Risk China Opening Reform Confused Distraction Opening Up

Author:Hu Jintao

“TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction.”

People Used Results Company Management Add Awful Executives Distraction Compensation Taxpayers Hiring Tarp Executive Compensation

Author:Edward Whitacre, Jr.

“I think that we can often be eating and not even really acknowledging that we are putting something about our mouths. I think there is lot to be said about eating dinner and not having the distraction of the TV.”

Thinking Said Tvs Eating Mouths Dinner Distraction Often Is Eating Dinner

Author:Patsy Kensit

“The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions.”

Social Media Obvious Social Media Aggressive Distraction Drawbacks

Author:Bill Keller