271 Quotes About Distraction
- Author Marian Deegan
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Distraction leaches the authenticity out of our communications. When we are not emotionally present, we are gliding over the surface of our interactions and we never tangle in the depths where the nuances of our skills are tested and refined.
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- Author Flannery O'Connor
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Some people might enjoy drain water if they were told it was vodka.
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- Author Bernard Beckett
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Just listening to you makes my back hurt. Why do you think that is?""Your body is trying to distract your brain from things it doesn't want to hear. That's the problem with machines built by chance. Once a design flaw has become entrenched, it's so difficult to correct it.
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- Author Sherry Turkle
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Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.
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- Author Jina S. Bazzar
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They not only left me for the wolves, but they did it to cover their scents while the wolves were busy ravaging me –and they took cover.
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- Author Evan Sutter
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We do not know how to just do nothing; this is a bigger problem than we care to think about. In the west we are taught to seek our answers in external things and, as a result, we never need to take the time to look within. We have a poor connection with ourselves because our whole lives we have been looking outward; we are a society bent on distraction, and the modern world is only amplifying this.
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- Author Louisa Thomsen Brits
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It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside.
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- Author Ethan Castro
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The addictive nature of social media and technology sends people into a pitfall of:-Dopamine Hits-Distractions-Meaningless Actions
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- Author A.D. Aliwat
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These damn things! They distract then don’t work, they’re altogether terrible! Phones!
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