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1 " During the Allied invasion of World War II, hundreds of life-like rubber dummy paratroopers were dropped into the French countryside. These distractions drew German fire away from the Allies and wasted a great deal of the Germans' ammunition and other military resources. While the Germans were busy firing at dummies, Allied troops were busy sneaking behind enemy lines. The real battle was taking place elsewhere, while the unwitting Germans were squandering their firepower and energy on mere rubber dummies.1 I submit to you, as Christians we are attacking the “rubber dummy” of evolution, while the real enemy slips past us unnoticed and unchallenged. How will we answer God on judgment day when He asks us why we pointlessly besieged so many distractions, meanwhile the real battle was taking place elsewhere? "
2 " A focused Mind is a result Of a little Effort To tell Your Distractions To sleep for A couple of hours While you are at WORK. "
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3 " War is being reminded that you are completely at the mercy of death at every moment, without the illusion that you are not. Without the distractions that make life worth living. "
― Francesca Lia Block , House of Dolls
4 " Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world. "
― Edna O'Brien
5 " Ennui had more distractions far more amusing than the automatons of a watchmaker in Mühlenberg. "
― Steven Millhauser
6 " If you keep focusing on what people have to say or will say about you, you will lose focus of what God has called you to do. Never let distractions bother you...if you do, you will only be giving your energy to an unworthy cause. "
― Kemi Sogunle
7 " Owing to the shape of a bell curve, the education system is geared to the mean. Unfortunately, that kind of education is virtually calculated to bore and alienate gifted minds. But instead of making exceptions where it would do the most good, the educational bureaucracy often prefers not to be bothered.In my case, for example, much of the schooling to which I was subjected was probably worse than nothing. It consisted not of real education, but of repetition and oppressive socialization (entirely superfluous given the dose of oppression I was getting away from school). Had I been left alone, preferably with access to a good library and a minimal amount of high-quality instruction, I would at least have been free to learn without useless distractions and gratuitous indoctrination. But alas, no such luck.Let’s try to break the problem down a bit. The education system […] is committed to a warm and fuzzy but scientifically counterfactual form of egalitarianism which attributes all intellectual differences to environmental factors rather than biology, implying that the so-called 'gifted' are just pampered brats who, unless their parents can afford private schooling, should atone for their undeserved good fortune by staying behind and enriching the classroom environments of less privileged students.This approach may appear admirable, but its effects on our educational and intellectual standards, and all that depends on them, have already proven to be overwhelmingly negative. This clearly betrays an ulterior motive, suggesting that it has more to do with social engineering than education. There is an obvious difference between saying that poor students have all of the human dignity and basic rights of better students, and saying that there are no inherent educationally and socially relevant differences among students. The first statement makes sense, while the second does not.The gifted population accounts for a very large part of the world’s intellectual resources. As such, they can obviously be put to better use than smoothing the ruffled feathers of average or below-average students and their parents by decorating classroom environments which prevent the gifted from learning at their natural pace. The higher we go on the scale of intellectual brilliance – and we’re not necessarily talking just about IQ – the less support is offered by the education system, yet the more likely are conceptual syntheses and grand intellectual achievements of the kind seldom produced by any group of markedly less intelligent people. In some cases, the education system is discouraging or blocking such achievements, and thus cheating humanity of their benefits. "
― Christopher Langan
8 " When introverts go to church, we crave sanctuary in every sense of the word, as we flee from the disorienting distractions of twenty-first-century life. We desire to escape from superficial relationships, trivial communications and the constant noise that pervade our world, and find rest in the probing depths of God's love. "
― Adam S. McHugh , Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture
9 " How tragic it is to find that an entire lifetime is wasted in pursuit of distractions while purpose is neglected. "
― , How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
10 " Your ability to overcome distractions will determine how long you can stay in solitude. "
11 " Eliminate all distractions and focus on things that add value to your life "
12 " An active mind didn't need distractions in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe some cheese and crackers. "
― J.R. Ward , Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #5)
13 " We are so much distracted nowadays. There is so much distractions in the world today call it internet, media, football matches etc. but don't let it consume you. "
― Patience Johnson, , Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
14 " Focus means exercising the self-discipline required to keep your time, energy and attention directed towards the outcomes you have chosen whilst avoiding all distractions – good or bad. "
― Mensah Oteh , The Good Life: Transform your life through one good day
15 " Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment. "
― Craig Groeschel , Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
16 " Eliminate distractions and focus on priorities. "
17 " The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with every conceivable measure of safety and comfort under the sun. But that isn't what being in nature is all about. Rather, it's about feeling free, unbounded, shedding the distractions and barriers of our civilization—not bringing them with us. "
― , The Ultralight Backpacker: The Complete Guide to Simplicity and Comfort on the Trail
18 " Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time. Time to dream, time to contemplate what's working and what's not, so that we can make changes for the better. (January 17) "
― Sarah Ban Breathnach , Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
19 " There is one truth that we all are born with, The Death. In between the birth and the death, we are given an opportunity to seek the source of the ultimate truth. But the distractions and our ego often limits our existence to our shape and intellect, which grows with time but just like desires to live more. "
20 " An entire planet pretending to be uncomfortable with the humanitarian crisis while engrossed in distractions on their mobile screens. Humanity ignoring their inevitable existential crisis. "
― , Crocodile Chamber