I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
You're playing a character in a drama who happens to be based on someone who existed. It's never going to 'be' that… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
The outcome of my days is always the same; an infinite desire for what one never gets; a void one cannot fill;… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by God's Word throughout the day because… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Simplicity means taking charge of a life that is too busy, too stressed, and too fragmented. An uncluttered simplicity means cutting back… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I walk into a situation and I know somebody is going to provoke me - not maybe, I know he will… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
But I will add, there's one thing I will not do, ever: I will never talk to you about things you cannot… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
“What are we all looking for? Happiness? One knows that doesn't last. Distraction, perhaps distraction from the ugly facts: that there is… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
For most of us, there is only the unattended Moment, the moment in and out of time, The distraction fit, lost in… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The R.E.M and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in… — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
I was struck by the fact that I hadn't been awed in a while. Did that mean awesome things had disappeared from… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
...the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I… — Marlo Morgan Copy Share Image
We knew before we came (to earth) that there would be many adverse circumstances to test us: accidents, sickness, and disease to… — Robert E. Wells Copy Share Image
“In trying times, such as the ones we currently find ourselves mired in the middle of, one wants a distraction from one’s… — Jill Conner Browne Copy Share Image
There isn't but this is, in some ways, perhaps, a useful distraction from other things, giving [Donald Trump] more space to make… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“Welcome the distraction with a “Hello, restless mind” or “Hello, soreness,” and explore the present-moment experience. Chances are excellent that paying attention… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Even today, in retirement, I find it very distracting if there is conversation during a run. I work out as much for… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
Who can know her, and himself, and entertain much hope? Who can see and know such a creature, and not love her… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Keith's [Briffa] series...differs in large part in exactly the opposite direction that Phil's [Jones] does from ours. This is the problem we… — Michael E. Mann Copy Share Image
Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because… — Guy Picciotto Copy Share Image
In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if… — Steve Leveen Copy Share Image
You've got to block out all distractions when you train. Your focus has to be 100% into the rep. You've got to… — Mike Matarazzo Copy Share Image
The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
One thing that's great about having kids, especially given my career, is that it forces you out of your narcissism. I mean,… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
“I'm not going to be a distraction for you, or allow you to be one for me." "A distraction?" He folded his… — Kady Cross Copy Share Image
I typically don't adopt the ascetic approach. In part, that's because I do use the Net for research even as I'm writing… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Music can be a distraction and an escape. Sometimes a welcome escape. You need it. But music can also serve a very… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
One of the problems of modern society, or the post-Internet age, is that there are so many things bombarding us that we… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
There are tons of things in your home and life that you don't use, need, or even particularly want. They just came… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that-stuff I'm not ashamed of, but that doesn't represent my legacy… — Chrissie Hynde Copy Share Image
It is a tragic hour, that hour when we are finally driven to reckon with ourselves, when every avenue of mental distraction… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
My distraction's my defense against this lack of inspiration Against this slow deflation Yeah the further the horizon The more it holds… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction -- a process which,… — Caroline Emelia Stephen Copy Share Image
I go to work as others rush to see their mistresses, and when I leave, I take back with me to my… — Eugene Delacroix Copy Share Image
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