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distractions
«We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.»
Author: Hilaire Belloc
| About:
Fulfilment,
Travel
| Keywords:
distraction, distractions, fulfillment, wander
«Production and consumption are the nipples of modern society. Thus suckled, humanity grows in strength and beauty; rising standard of living, all modern conveniences, distractions of all kinds, culture for all, the comfort of your dreams.»
Author: Raoul Vaneigem
| Keywords:
conveniences, distractions, modern society, nipple, nipples, production, rising, standard, suckle, suckled, suckling
«Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.»
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
| Keywords:
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«People don?t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.»
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
(Journalist, Novelist, Satirist)
| About:
Life,
Problems
| Keywords:
cleaned, cleaned up, distractions, dramas, fixed, messed, resolved, scarier, scariest, scary, solved, stories, the Big, unknown
«The sound shivers through the walls, through the table, through the window frame, and into my finger. These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics. Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed... and this being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.»
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
(Journalist, Novelist, Satirist)
| Keywords:
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