Avoid Quotes

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such… — Margaret Atwood
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in… — Margaret Atwood
I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs. — Paul Auster
Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them. — Richard Bach
I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile… — Christian Bale
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. — Joey Adams
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we… — Martha Beck
The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot… — Conrad Black
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. — William Blake
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. — Napoleon Bonaparte
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I do my very best to avoid shark fin. — Anthony Bourdain
I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical… — Anthony Bourdain
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all… — Tony Abbott
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte
The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to… — Joyce Brothers
Enough people have now mentioned Bill Nye the Science Guy to me that I now desperately avoid it all costs. — Alton Brown
To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to… — James Buchanan
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it,… — Alan Alda

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