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> [It's not supposed to make you distracted from your life, it's supposed to make you challenge the ongoing distraction with focused intention. Simply discussing how asleep we can be gives credence to the possibility of finding moments of true honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/it-s-not-supposed-to-make-you-distracted-from-your-life-it-s-supposed/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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> [We're constantly dealing with old problems under the circumstance of new variables, so just things like greed and fear and anger and inequality are issues that humanity has constantly dealt with. The parameters and the variables change but these are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/we-re-constantly-dealing-with-old-problems-under-the-circumstance-of/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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## More by Dan Mangan

> [There's when a phrase circles in my head in a number of ways for any number of days, weeks, or months, and then that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/there-s-when-a-phrase-circles-in-my-head-in-a-number-of-ways-for-any/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any topic -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/when-you-put-a-halo-on-concepts-gender-roles-religion-nationality-or/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [ What frustrated us about the song \[Robots\] was not that it existed - we owe a lot to that song and have had a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/what-frustrated-us-about-the-song-robots-was-not-that-it-existed-we/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [If the point of good art is to be somewhat subtle then it's not going to catch everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/if-the-point-of-good-art-is-to-be-somewhat-subtle-then-it-s-not-going/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [You feel the weight of the world and you take things in and you are acting out from a place of being pushed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/you-feel-the-weight-of-the-world-and-you-take-things-in-and-you-are/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-m-influenced-in-a-million-different-ways-by-a-million-songs-that-i/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I remember somebody saying, "I feel really bad for kids growing up around iPads right now. It's just too complicated. Life's too complicated." I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-remember-somebody-saying-i-feel-really-bad-for-kids-growing-up/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just finish a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/more-than-anything-being-an-english-major-made-me-more-appreciative/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/if-you-make-everything-really-on-the-nose-so-everyone-knows-exactly/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-think-the-future-and-the-past-are-equally-hypothetical/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I feel like songwriting changed from something that I liked doing to something that, I feel, is a very important outlet for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-feel-like-songwriting-changed-from-something-that-i-liked-doing-to/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [It's not supposed to make you distracted from your life, it's supposed to make you challenge the ongoing distraction with focused intention. Simply discussing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/it-s-not-supposed-to-make-you-distracted-from-your-life-it-s-supposed/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/we-talk-about-the-past-like-it-s-the-strangest-dream-then-we-repeat/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [The most rewarding possible thing that a songwriter or an artist of any kind can experience is to hear firsthand from the mouth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/the-most-rewarding-possible-thing-that-a-songwriter-or-an-artist-of/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

> [I grew up with a rotary phone in my house and that seems a world away, but that's what I was used to as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/i-grew-up-with-a-rotary-phone-in-my-house-and-that-seems-a-world-away/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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