Quotes about Distraction

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. Votes: 4

You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one. Votes: 4

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists. Votes: 4

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. Votes: 4

Art is the fatal net which catches these strange moments on the wing like mysterious butterflies, fleeing the innocence and distraction of common men. Votes: 4

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Votes: 4

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears. Votes: 4

The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster. Votes: 4

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it. Votes: 3

Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state. Votes: 3

Distraction is the most corrosive disease of the 20th century. Votes: 3

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction. Votes: 3

Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries. Votes: 3

Distraction is the main problem for us all - what the Buddha called the monkey mind. We need to tame this monkey mind. Votes: 3

For without you, I swear, the town Has become like a prison to me. Distraction and the mountain And the desert, all I desire. Votes: 3

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy. Votes: 3

Many things have been written, including by me, linking humor and pain. Mostly, in my case, the humor part keeps me sane. If I spent all my hours writing things like "Fatal Distraction," I'd become a brooding, erratic melancholic. I'd be Raskolnikov. Votes: 3

Distraction and procrastination come in a variety of flavors... when I'm distracted and I walk over and stare out the window, it's a very different experience than when I feed the distraction by cramming in a few emails or make a phone call. Votes: 3

Distracted from distraction by distraction Votes: 2

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself. Votes: 2

America is addicted to wars of distraction. Votes: 2

Girls were always my biggest distraction in school. Votes: 2

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Votes: 2

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Votes: 2

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation. Votes: 2

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain. Votes: 2

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. Votes: 2

Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction. Votes: 2

I've never done heroin, but I totally understood what would drive people to that distraction-to need that so much. Votes: 2

The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction. Votes: 2

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. Votes: 2

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates. Votes: 2

The idea is to improve somebody's day. That's how I've always viewed my job. I'm a distraction therapist. I make people's problems go away for just a little bit. Votes: 2

When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays because dishevelment and distraction have become an art form. Votes: 2

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it's just noise that can be a distraction. Votes: 2

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown. Votes: 2

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present. Votes: 2

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction. Votes: 2

We go to the movies to forget about time, to be in a dream state. And it's entertainment, distraction, from the fact that everything is kind of crumbling in front of our eyes. Votes: 2

Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction. Votes: 2

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything. Votes: 2

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength. Votes: 2

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax? Votes: 2

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. Votes: 2

If you dream of something worth doing and then simply go to work on it and don't think anything of personalities, or emotional conflicts, or of money, or of family distractions; it is amazing how quickly you get through those 5,000 steps. Votes: 2

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again. Votes: 2

Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness. Votes: 2

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. Votes: 2

It is my PRIDE, my damned, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 - 20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such; --or DIE --perplexing alternative! Votes: 2

Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of 'like' has spread through the idiom of the young. And it's true that in some cases the term has become simultaneously a crutch and a tic, driving out the rest of the vocabulary as candy expels vegetables. Votes: 2

You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path. Votes: 2

Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup. Votes: 2

I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic. Votes: 2

These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics. Votes: 0

Acclaim is a distraction. Votes: 0

Hard work's a good distraction. Votes: 0

I am of Russian-Jewish distraction. Votes: 0

Love, you drive me to distraction. Votes: 0

The abundance of books is distraction Votes: 0

Watching movies is my one distraction. Votes: 0

Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Votes: 0

Now I will have less distraction. Votes: 0

It was exactly what I wanted-beautiful distraction. Votes: 0

I love you to pieces, distraction, etc. Votes: 0

A gladiator's first distraction is his last. Votes: 0

Genitals are a great distraction to scholarship Votes: 0

Beauty is not required. Beauty is accuracy's distraction. Votes: 0

Life is not entertainment. Life is not distraction. Votes: 0

I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear. Votes: 0

Girls are a distraction and can easily cost points. Votes: 0

A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction. Votes: 0

A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction. Votes: 0

For success, focus has utmost importance, but distraction is disastrous. Votes: 0

Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction. Votes: 0

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction Votes: 0

When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens. Votes: 0

The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God. Votes: 0

Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction. Votes: 0

An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production. Votes: 0

Reading (...) is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction. Votes: 0

You don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction. Votes: 0

This culture of distraction was nothing new. Christianity was born into one. Votes: 0

The stock market is a giant distraction to the business of investing. Votes: 0

What the book does as a technology is shield us from distraction. Votes: 0

Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly. Votes: 0

Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster. Votes: 0

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form. Votes: 0

If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state. Votes: 0

If someone around you is multitasking, you pick up distraction like second-hand smoke. Votes: 0

Words are a distraction to enlightenment. Getting rid of conceptual thinking means enlightenment. Votes: 0

I'm here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction. Votes: 0

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. Votes: 0

This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction. Votes: 0

Thinking is good for your mind, but too much thinking leads to distraction. Votes: 0

Historically, war has often been used as a distraction for problems at home. Votes: 0

I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction. Votes: 0

Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person. Votes: 0

Examine your heart and put away any distraction so you can worship God freely. Votes: 0

Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. Votes: 0

My family is not a distraction. They're the most important thing in my life. Votes: 0

I suspect that money is a far greater distraction for the artist than hunger. Votes: 0

Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction. Votes: 0

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil. Votes: 0

This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. Votes: 0

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. Votes: 0

I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences. Votes: 0

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work. Votes: 0

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions. Votes: 0

Enough of this foreign fiasco distraction. Get back to work. It is time to bomb Obamacare. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, women are a distraction. Whether you realize it or not. Votes: 0

O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! Votes: 0

I want to make a positive point of Ikea. It makes income inequality a minor distraction. Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump seems to be begging for a fight or is it begging for a distraction? Votes: 0

To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger. Votes: 0

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying. Votes: 0

I'm not the distraction in the room.' 'Oh? And what might be?' -Nora & Patch (PG 242) Votes: 0

Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living. Votes: 0

The biggest distraction in life to one's focus is often near locus standing people saying all hocus-pocus. Votes: 0

It is good to love in a moderate degree; but it is not good to love to distraction. Votes: 0

There is a purpose to our lives that each day tugs at our sleeve as an annoying distraction. Votes: 0

Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction. Votes: 0

Working to anticipate the future can be a distraction from the important task of dealing with the present. Votes: 0

The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere. Votes: 0

He [Abram] believes that the PRESENT is the only real thing and everything else is an illusiona distraction Votes: 0

The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction. Votes: 0

Some opportunities are a calling. Others are a distraction. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Votes: 0

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important. Votes: 0

Solitude scares me. It makes me think about love, death, and war. I need distraction from anxious, black thoughts. Votes: 0

It may be decades until we know what living in a state of constant distraction will do to us, Votes: 0

Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer? Votes: 0

We live in such an age of chatter and distraction. Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes. Votes: 0

I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly. Votes: 0

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function. Votes: 0

I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction. Votes: 0

Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. Votes: 0

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves. Votes: 0

Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon. Votes: 0

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate. Votes: 0

Working memory capacity is really the ability to hold and manipulate information while you're actively trying to block out distraction. Votes: 0

Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing? Votes: 0

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two." Votes: 0

A sweet disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction; Votes: 0

I intentionally abandoned the hard stuff early on because not only do I think it's useless, I think it's a distraction. Votes: 0

My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game. Votes: 0

The obstacles were intended to be a distraction from the goal.You must keep a persistence focus to realise the goal. Votes: 0

It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction. Votes: 0

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others. Votes: 0

A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make. Votes: 0

True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction. Votes: 0

Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction. Votes: 0

They were perfectly suited. They would speak of books the livelong day and night and bore everyone else but themselves to distraction. Votes: 0

The obvious priority is to get your intonation together. Your sound and your pitch should be inspiring to people, not a distraction. Votes: 0

If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can't influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It's merely a distraction. Votes: 0

Those who are actively seeking enlightenment will not find it because the act of looking for it is the distraction from it. Votes: 0

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. Votes: 0

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind. Votes: 0

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard. Votes: 0

Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied, 'and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision. Votes: 0

The world around you is some kind of distraction at best, and evil at worst, and you should be turning away from it. Votes: 0

The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles. Votes: 0

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration. Votes: 0

To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction. Votes: 0

Regrets... Regrets are bootless. A vain trick of the mind. An impotent raging against what cannot be changed anyway. A distraction from the moment. Votes: 0

People really get myopic as they get older. We're not a culture that encourages dreaming or distraction. We're not ever good at just being. Votes: 0

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone. Votes: 0

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction. Votes: 0

My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently in renewables. Votes: 0

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience. Votes: 0

Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and becomes itself again. Votes: 0

The writer cannot make the seas of distraction stand still, but he [or she] can at times come between the madly distracted and the distractions. Votes: 0

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. Votes: 0

Any disease could be healed in a matter of days - any disease - if distraction from it could occur and a different vibration dominate. Votes: 0

I don't want the stage. I'm terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a very important movement. Votes: 0

Any situation, circumstance or challenge is just a distraction and as you remain true to your goals and trust in God they will fall away. Votes: 0

I presume my work has also always been about reduction without any distraction or after effects, outside emotions, or intimacy or complicity with the subject ... Votes: 0

Silence. There are times it's the only thing I want and I wonder how I'll ever go back to the world of noise and distraction. Votes: 0

If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution. Votes: 0

Entire books are being written about the distractions of social media. I don't believe media compel distraction, but I think it's clear that they afford it. Votes: 0

I'm painting so much that I don't listen to much music. Because music is another creative outlet, it's a huge distraction for me when I paint. Votes: 0

The familiar childhood admonition of 'counting to 10' before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management -- time and distraction. Votes: 0

Not knowing how to feed the spirit, we try to muffle its demands in distraction...What matters is that one be for a time inwardly attentive. Votes: 0

I am one of a team of Iraqi weapons inspectors currently travelling through the United Kingdom under very difficult conditions searching for weapons of mass distraction. Votes: 0

I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going. Votes: 0

An Active mind didn't need distraction in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe some cheese and crackers. Votes: 0

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. Votes: 0

Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots. Votes: 0

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free. Votes: 0

I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction or a character. Votes: 0

The process of making films is so technically demanding that it's a distraction. You don't spend your time thinking about the philosophical content, which is often very depressing. Votes: 0

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength. Votes: 0

All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches of other people. Votes: 0

Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth. Votes: 0

[Smoking] was a comfort, an occupation, a drug, a casual habit, a distraction, a way to not eat, a way to not pay attention, a way to not feel. Votes: 0

As for Twitter, I've found that you have to learn how to make it add value rather than subtract hours from one's day. Certainly, it affords narcissism and distraction. Votes: 0

Isn't it obvious in in today's world from people's preoccupation with self-medication, drug and alcohol use, rationalization and avoidance distraction that the truth doesn't just hurt, it's extremely painful. Votes: 0

My favourite place to write is at my desk in my house in the mountains of Crete. I produce more there because one big distraction is missing: the Internet. Votes: 0

Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul. Votes: 0

When you can see a tiny light in a vision you believe in, you've got to kill every iota of distraction, set your focus on it and die for it Votes: 0

As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket. Votes: 0

If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you so there is no distraction. Votes: 0

Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. Votes: 0

You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says poor mind, and hopefully tosses up another distraction. Votes: 0

Some days are hard on us. Life gets serious and shit sucks. But you're my favorite distraction, attraction and human being. And, I can't wait to love you more tomorrow. Votes: 0

I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing. Votes: 0

Don't puzzle the mind with too many inquiries. One finds it difficult to put one single thing into practising, but dares invite distraction by filling the mind with too many things. Votes: 0

Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life! Votes: 0

I think a lot of the national Democrats believe that, you know, Iraq is a distraction and not part of the War on Terror. They've said so. And I strongly disagree. Votes: 0

The fans motivated me. They gave me the incentive to want to play and to want to win and to continue to play as my career progressed. They were never a distraction. Votes: 0

Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as much as they do to be annoying. Votes: 0

To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's distraction, is within the hands and grasp of the pianist. Votes: 0

Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish. Votes: 0

We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure. Votes: 0

Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child. Votes: 0

Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them. Votes: 0

My books are not really books; theyre endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles. Votes: 0

My books are not really books; they're endless chains of distraction shoved inside a cover. Many of them begin at the search box of Pub Med, an Internet database of medical journal articles. Votes: 0

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought. Votes: 0

Australia's is a special kind of philistinism, an immovable materialism which puts art and ideas of any kind deliberately and firmly to one side to let the serious business of living proceed without distraction. Votes: 0

I think growing up, you just deal with 'I'm ugly,' or 'I don't look right,' or 'my hair is wrong,' and it's such a distraction from what can really elevate you. Votes: 0

People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction. Votes: 0

He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. Votes: 0

I was writing poems as I was walking. I was able to take that restlessness, that nomadic distraction, and use that distraction in the world and turn that distraction into observations and then into poems. Votes: 0

Mother of mercy,"said Tovar."And that caused the riot?" "It's the other way around,"said Kira sheepishly."We started the riot as a distraction for the jaibreak." Tovar whistled."You don't mess aroud." P303 Votes: 0

At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own nothingness. Votes: 0

In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as camouflaged racism, we will continue to be distracted by the spectre of race. Votes: 0