Avoid Quotes

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How many people do you know who are obsessed with their work, who are type A or have stress related diseases and who canâ€™t slow… — James Redfield
In the time since the Baudelaire parents' death, most of the Baudelaire orphans' friends had fallen by the wayside, an expression wich here means "they… — Daniel Handler
HARRY, THIS IS NO TIME TO BE A GENTLEMAN!" Wood roared as Harry swerved to avoid collision. "KNOCK HER OFF HER BROOM IF YOU HAVE… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It's why I get miffed at all the dashing around in recent zombie films. It completely misses the point; transforms the threat to a straightforward… — Simon Pegg
Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. Theyâ€™re an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make maps… — Douglas Coupland
I wonder if it's ever really possible to know the truth about someone else, or if the best we can do is just stumble into… — Lauren Oliver
Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat… — Anthony Bourdain
Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire. — Dan Brown
Yes, she's bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out. — Cassandra Clare
There are people whose eyes you must avoid, whose attention you must not draw to yourself. They are strange, parasitic creatures, lost souls seeking to… — John Connolly
A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are superficial and whose… — Stanley Hauerwas
Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
We must come together in ways that respect the solitude of the soul that avoid the unconscious violence we do when we try to save… — Parker J. Palmer
Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women.… — Naomi Wolf
I know,â€ said Peter. â€œPerhaps better than anyone. But you canâ€™t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echoâ€™s Well is to choose… — James A. Owen
When we realize that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or… — Robert Walser
She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but all… — Anne Ursu
I really tried, or so I thought, to avoid lying, but it seemed to me that they forced it on me by the difference in… — Mary McCarthy
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102) — Cornel West
In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot) — Agatha Christie

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