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Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.

~Adam Gopnik

Topics: Adultery Alcohol Distract Distractions Equal Fathers Finding Helpful Internet None Our Process Something Which Writing You

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While I'm working, I stick with music that won't distract me - the dub stylings of Scientist and King Tubby, maybe some Beethoven string quartets.

~Adam Mansbach

Topics: Beethoven Distract King Maybe Me Music Scientist Some Stick String While Working

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Billions have been spent for one purpose and one purpose only: to obscure and distract from the fact that Mitt Romney is backing the identical agenda George W. Bush did.

~Adam Mckay

Topics: Agenda Backing Been Billions Bush Did Distract Fact George George W George W. Bush Identical Mitt Mitt Romney Obscure Only Purpose Romney Spent

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For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Distract Friendships Important Incredibly Me Person Writing

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You can be whoever you want to be. Don't let those voices or noises, whether they're inside or outside, distract you.

~Ally Brooke

Topics: Distract Inside Noises Outside Those Voices Want Whether Whoever You

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President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip.

~Alveda King

Topics: About Again American American People Around Bill Country Discussion Distract Establishment Fail Failed Gossip Having Honest Instead Obama Once People Plan President President Obama Proposing Rather Stimulus Traveling Whether Will Would

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To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

~Andrew Sean Greer

Topics: Back Bob Character Distract Dylan Know Like Much Myself Now Older Pages Should Singing Than Then Thought Write Writing You Younger

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I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything.

~Asafa Powell

Topics: About Car Distract Everything Good Good Way Mind Myself Off Relax Take Think Try Way Your I Think

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I've seen a lot of people - for example, Lindsay Lohan - who got into the wrong crowd. I always have my eye on what I want. And I don't want anything to distract me from that.

~Ashley Benson

Topics: Always Anything Crowd Distract Example Eye For Example Got Lindsay Lot Me People Seen Want Who Wrong

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The only thing I want to think about the moments before a race is competing. I don't want the little things to distract me.

~Ashton Eaton

Topics: About Before Competing Distract Little Little Things Me Moments Only Race The Only Thing Thing Things Think Want

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