Maria Montessori

We await the successsive births in the soul of the child. We give all possible material, that nothing may lack to the groping soul, and then we watch for the perfect faculty to come, safeguarding the child from interruption so that it may carry its efforts through.

Italian Educator

Deborah Moggach

Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been stuck in a sterile office. This way, I had welcome distractions. I had to load the washing machine, I had to go out and buy lemons.

English Writer

Bernard Beckett

I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back to it, and your life becomes a bit of an interruption. I would love readers to feel like that.

New Zealander Writer

Doug Aitken

I don't really care about interruptions. I accept technology, and I don't turn things off. I've found a peace with fragmentation and a harmony with switching gears quickly to other things.

American Artist

Ian Ziering

I can't walk down the street anywhere in the world without being stopped. It can be an interruption, but on the whole, it's flattering.

American Actor

Lewis Mumford

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.

American Sociologist

Om Malik

I want fewer interruptions in my day. I have eliminated a lot of things from my life. I'm on a declining scale of wanting things.

Indian Writer

W. Edwards Deming

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.

American Scientist

Tim Ferriss

In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.

American Author

Alain Badiou

Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.

French Philosopher

Interruptions in conversations can seem rude; respect the flow to maintain politeness.

Conversation Flow

Use 'interruption' to suggest something was not planned and disrupted continuity.

Unexpected Events

In storytelling, interruption creates tension or a twist, capturing the audience's interest.

Narrative Tension

Highlighting an 'interruption' often indicates the desire for privacy or concentration.

Privacy Importance

When causing an interruption, it's polite to acknowledge and apologize for it.

Apologize if Necessary

An 'interruption' in technical contexts often means there's a problem needing attention.

Technical Problems

Technical interruptions imply a temporary issue, usually with an expectation of a fix.

Temporary Issue

 That's pretty much what managers are for. They're for interrupting people. They don't really do the work, so they make sure everyone else is doing work, which is an interruption. We have lots of managers in the world now, and a lot of people in the world, and a lot of interruptions by these managers.

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 and he suspended a sword from the ceiling so that if he raised his shoulder, it would hurt. To speak more clearly despite a lisp, he went through his speeches with stones in his mouth. He built an underground room where he could practice without interruptions and not disturb other people.

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 They've endured some pain or grief, they get smaller, they get angrier, resentful, they lash out. As the saying is, "Pain that is not transformed gets transmitted." But other people are broken open. Suffering's great power is that it's an interruption of life.

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 triggered a massive improvement in laptop battery life. This is because deferring interruptions lets a system check everything at once, then quickly re-enter a low-power state. As with computers, so it is with us. Perhaps adopting a similar approach

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 I thought my rightness justified my rudeness -- harsh tones, raised voices, insults, interruptions -- but that strategy is ultimately counterproductive. Dialing up the volume and the snark is natural in stressful situations,

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 even with strangers. So, here it is. When you talk to strangers, you're making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily life and theirs. You're making unexpected connections.

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 It's just one email. But there's a real cost to these interruptions, and there are smart strategies we can all take to better protect our time. These moments seem so small at the time,

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