Avoid Distractions

Question

Got this puzzle from my colleague, which he says he made it and says use whatever means to solve, so no problem with posting here.

Trying to solve this puzzle but unable to get with it.

Hint 1:

Avoid distractions

Hint 2:

Hidden text is a quote

Hint 3:

The hidden text does not use all characters available, and it has no spaces

Hi Abdul, and welcome to Puzzling :) Where is this puzzle from, please? All puzzles from elsewhere need to have their source accredited or they may end up being closed. Also, do you have any ideas about this puzzle yourself? What have you tried so far? This would be useful for us to know... Thanks! — Stiv, Oct 8 '19 at 10:50
@Stiv yes its a puzzle given by one of colleagues, and we have been trying to solve it. — Abdul Kawee, Oct 8 '19 at 10:52
Are you sure you've given everything involved for this puzzle? Some bits of information, like the name of an image or description on the file, text in the email etc etc could be relevant. — Lio Elbammalf, Oct 8 '19 at 13:21
@LioElbammalf yes I am sure, thats what he only gave those 3 hints are all we got — Abdul Kawee, Oct 8 '19 at 13:48
New hint is that its going to be a complete sentence but without spaces like, ThisIsStackOverflow @Stiv — Abdul Kawee, Oct 9 '19 at 10:35

HTM · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-12 22:17:37Z

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We were unable to solve this puzzle, so our colleague who made this puzzle gave us the answer.

The answer is

"BETHESMARTESTPERSONINTHEROOM"

"BE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM"

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answered Oct 11 '19 at 10:13

Abdul Kawee

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$\begingroup$ Ah, that's actually quite cool! Nice mechanism. Thanks for sharing the answer - always happy when a puzzle is closed off nicely! +1 $\endgroup$ – Stiv Oct 11 '19 at 10:16
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$\begingroup$ Definitely cool! I can't figure out if the wingdings play a part in the logic of solving it, or if they are just placeholders? $\endgroup$ – Tonks Oct 11 '19 at 10:46
$\begingroup$ Is it obtained by putting alternate black and white letters until e meaningful sentence is formed? Or any other analysis was necessary? $\endgroup$ – SamRoy Oct 11 '19 at 11:01

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