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The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Quote by Dean Acheson about attention, public, man

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about impossible

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

Quote by Orson Scott

Life here is an incredible distraction. It's very easy to get off track.

Quote by Richard Gere about life

I do the work that I think is absolutely fascinating. There's not nearly as much distraction for me now as there used to be.

Quote by Tom Hanks about work

Evil is whatever distracts.

Quote by Franz Kafka

In your toughest final, the most distractingly attractive student in class will sit next to you for the first time.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about education, time

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about life, problems, people

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end...

Quote by Ron Paul about war, real estate, end

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about literature, silence, books, being

Culture is life-saving, because it is irreplaceable in opening minds, making them more tolerant and also distracting them.

Quote by Nicolas Laugero about culture, life