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• That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election.

  Will Rogers

  Election, Trouble, Politician

  Will Rogers (1980). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”

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• Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums.

  Julie Schumacher

  Book, Village, Groups

  Julie Schumacher (2012). “The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls”, p.151, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Hi, Tad!' she said. 'Hi, Jeff! Hey, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?' 'Uh, no,' I said. 'We were just...I mean, Tad was...uh, nope.' 'So what were you guys talking about?' 'Well,' I said, 'it's very complicated. We were discussing...umm...hats. You know, hats. Like, the head kind.' 'There's another kind?' Lindsey asked. 'Hey, Jeff?' Tad said. 'If your mom needs any evidence to prove that you're retarded, let me know. I'd be glad to record you talking to Lindsey. I'm pretty sure that would do the trick.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Mom, Mean, Talking

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2012). “After Ever After”, p.53, Scholastic Inc.

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• Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game." Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.

  Rick Riordan

  Kids, Games, Layers

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• Over the summer we chatted one night while Angie stripped a bed, changed wet sheets, comforted and repajamaed a toddler, and chased down a car of speeding teenagers while shaking a brick at them, never once interrupting the conversation or setting down her margarita. The only reason this woman isn't president of General Motors is because she's chosen not to be.

  Jen Lancaster

  Summer, Teenager, Night

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• Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt, or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I continue to live in a world the way a religious person lives in the world; I keep living in a world that I know to be enchanted, and not left alone. I doubt; I am uncertain; I am restless, prone to wander. And yet glimmers of holy keep interrupting my gaze.

  Lauren F. Winner

  Religious, Doubt, World

  Lauren F. Winner (2012). “Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move forward all at once. Interruptions happen, change rushes in, we juggle three or ten balls at once. Readers don’t expect continuous narratives.

  Elizabeth Sims

  Moving, Writing, Plot

  "7 Ways to Add Great Subplots to Your Novel". www.writersdigest.com. December 17, 2012.

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• The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. The yogi is a conqueror of the grief associated with death. By control of mind and life force and the development of wisdom, he makes friends with the change of consciousness called death-he becomes familiar with the state of inner calmness and aloofness from identification with the mortal body.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Death, Grief, Men

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• The concern that some women show at the absence of their husbands, does not arise from their not seeing them and being with them, but from their apprehension that their husbands are enjoying pleasures in which they do not participate, and which, from their being at a distance, they have not the power of interrupting.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Marriage, Husband, Distance

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• Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  People, Tasks, Literature

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• It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.

  Regina Brett

  Kids, Iphone, Order

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• From behind Lissa, I heard Christian say, "Worst. Timing. Ever." Adrian studied Lissa and then looked at Christain sprawling on the bed on the far side of the suite. "Huh," Adrian said, letting himself in. "So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea." Christian sat up and strolled toward them. "Yeah, that's exactly it. You're interrupting official Council business.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Ideas, Family Problems

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• Oh my God. What in—” I was going to be killed by two generations of beautiful women. While naked. “Mom,” Isabel snapped, interrupting. “Do you mind not staring? It’s totally perv.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Beautiful, Mom, Two

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.359, Scholastic Inc.

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• Now lemme get this straight," she said in a throaty, nasal voice. "You put the lime in the cocanut and drink 'em both up--whoa, long faces. What am I interrupting?

  Lauren Kate

  Voice, Long, Ems

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.168, Delacorte Press

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• Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other.

  Paul Ryan

  Thinking, People, President

  Paul Ryan at Vice-Presidential Debate at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, www.washingtonpost.com. October 11, 2012.

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• It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

  Dana Spiotta

  Writing, Long, Novel

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• Repentance is a divine gift, and there should be a smile on our faces when we speak of it. It points us to freedom, confidence, and peace. Rather than interrupting the celebration, the gift of repentance is the cause for true celebration.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Faces, Causes, Celebration

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• Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

  Seth Godin

  Motivation, People, Marketing

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• You can smoke or drink on a golf course without interrupting the game, and you can take a leak - something you can't do on a squash court and shouldn't do in a swimming pool.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Golf, Swimming, Games

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.507, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• I kept interrupting the movie by asking a lot of questions that Xavier managed to answer with endless patience. "How old do you think Bell is supposed to be?" "I don't know, probably our age." "I think the beast is sweet, don't you?" "Do I have to answer that?" "Why does the crockery talk?" "Because they're really the prince's servants that the beggar woman put a spell on." Xavier frowned suddenly and looked mortified. "I can't believe I know that.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Sweet, Believe, Thinking

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• Dresden. Am I interrupting something?" "Well, I was going to settle down with a porn video and a bottle of baby oil, but I really don't have enough for two.

  Jim Butcher

  Baby, Two, Oil

  Jim Butcher (2002). “Summer Knight: Book four of The Dresden Files”, p.112, Penguin

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• The horrible truth is we are linear beings; we can't multitask, and we shouldn't keep interrupting important connections to each other with the latest message coming in.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Important, Connections, Messages

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• For me to praise is interrupting praise.

  Rumi

  Love, Praise

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• Don't talk to me while I'm interrupting.

  Michael Curtiz

  Talk To Me, Don't Talk To Me

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• I'm from Kentucky. I used to be very personable and make eye contact and smile at people, and now all I do is look down. When I'm at dinner and one person after another keeps interrupting to take pictures, it's like, "I can't live like this."

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Eye, Kentucky, People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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