Quotes with distraction

  • At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
  • The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.
  • It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of ''culture.''
  • Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy.
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich America is addicted to wars of distraction.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • John Cage It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of ''culture.''
    John Cage
    American composer and music (1912 - 1992)
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  • J. Cage It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of `culture'.
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  • Doug Horton Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
    Doug Horton
    American Protestant clergyman
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  • Barney Frank 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
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Billy Collins 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
    American poet (1941 - )
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  • Bryan Adams Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Ernst Fischer 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.
    Ernst Fischer
    Austrian journalist, writer and politician (1899 - 1972)
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  • Ray Bradbury The Internet is a big distraction.
    Ray Bradbury
    American science-fiction writer (1920 - 2012)
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  • C. Wright Mills The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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