Avoid Quotes
2552 quotes by 1849 authors
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I avoid looking in the mirror.
— Marina Warner
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As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.
— Rachel Roy
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From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to…
— Hideki Tojo
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A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not secure…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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An author who sets about to depict events of the past that have run their course is suspected of wishing to avoid the problems of…
— Lion Feuchtwanger
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How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
— Ben Bernanke
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I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and…
— Yanni
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To have a high IQ, you tend to specialize, think deep thoughts. You avoid trivia.
— Christopher Langan
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As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure…
— Leon Trotsky
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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still…
— Andrew Sullivan
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But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know,…
— Norton Juster
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When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to…
— Gary Zukav
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Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid.…
— Wilhelm Reich
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You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love…
— Iyanla Vanzant
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Self-centeredness will bring on the destruction of our world. National pride separates people. All people need the same thing. When you really get down to…
— Jacque Fresco
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My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully…
— Kevin DeYoung
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If the many and the One be indeed the same Reality, then it is not all modes of worship alone, but equally all modes of…
— Sister Nivedita
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As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest,…
— Omar Khayyam
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I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to…
— Lawrence Block
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Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
— Elmore Leonard
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