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“Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world… Focus on your main duty”

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We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women…

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He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.

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One should not be too distracted by definitions. Ideas transcend definitions.

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I would make a genuinely terrible guide. I can't remember things. I would get half way through telling a story or explaining something and…

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We are distracted from our greatness because are greatness is what scares us. Right where you are…God is.

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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

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I dipped into his brain. He wasn't happy that I wasn't wearing a bra, because my boobs distracted him. He was thinking I was…

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It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation.…

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