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title: "4 Occupying Mind Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The hard part of not working is occupying the mind. If an actor doesn't work, he grows stale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-heflin/the-hard-part-of-not-working-is-occupying-the-mind-if-an-actor-doesn/)

[Van Heflin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-heflin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/van-heflin-7784_actor_the-hard-part-of-not-working-is-occupyin_1847800.png)

> [Never allow any unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. This is more easily said than done. You cannot make your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/never-allow-any-unnecessary-or-vain-thought-to-occupy-your-mind-this/)

[H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aca/h-p-blavatsky-9600_analysis_never-allow-any-unnecessary-or-vain-thou_2476721.jpg)

> [Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyn-saks/occupying-my-mind-with-complex-problems-has-been-my-best-and-most/)

[Elyn Saks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyn-saks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/elyn-saks-31421_complex-problems_occupying-my-mind-with-complex-problems_2886834.png)

> [“May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupying your mind-set needs to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-d-gonsalves/may-the-economic-discrimination-you-impose-on-your-own-people-bloat/)

[Gloria D. Gonsalves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-d-gonsalves/)

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