Avoid Quotes

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Let's just call things what they are. When a man's love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding… — Matthew Scully
....avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!" -Angela — Christopher Paolini
While archetypes may emanate through us for short periods of time, in what we call numinous experience, no woman can emanate an archetype continuously. Only… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got responsibilities. — Richard Bach
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when youâ€™re tired. You look… — Leonard Cohen
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and… — Pope Benedict XVI
We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and space may not really be proofs that… — Arthur Machen
Deeply buried in the mind, there lies a mechanism that accepts what the mind experiences as beautiful and pleasant and rejects those experiences that are… — Henepola Gunaratana
She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a… — Jane Austen
Death is the end of the fear of death. [...] To avoid it we must not stop fearing it and so life is fear. Death… — Tao Lin
If untimely death came only those who deserved that fate, Keturah, where would choice be? No one would do good for its own sake, but… — Martine Leavitt
By the time she got back to work, the only thing Gabby knew for certain was that as forgiving as he'd been, she'd never live… — Nicholas Sparks
They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly… — Jane Austen
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. — Ayn Rand
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox of dreams. 'Vegeance… — Neil Gaiman
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself- to serve. — William P. Young
... I am more of an ambler. I once overheard my old boss in Dublin describe me as very "hello trees, hello flowers." It was… — Marian Keyes
Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as it really is,… — Carl Sagan
Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear… — Charlotte Bronte

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