Avoidance Quotes

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The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. — Thomas Hardy
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. — Seamus Heaney
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. — John Maynard Keynes
America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and… — Richard Lamm
When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So… — Alanis Morissette
I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs. — Alanis Morissette
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. — Theodore Roosevelt
I'm always aware of writing around things I can't do, and I've come to think that that's actually what 'style' is - an avoidance of… — George Saunders
Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance… — William S. Burroughs
But it is imperative, for our own survival, that we avoiid one another, and what more successful means of avoidance are there than words? Language… — Janet Frame
Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for… — John Piper
Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking. — Peter Straub
Life, she realized, so often became a determined, relentless avoidance of pain-of one's own, of other people's. But sometimes pain had to be acknowledged and… — Mary Balogh
The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, and anguished or mocking… — Harold Pinter
Oh. No wonder I'd been sick. I hadn't eaten anything since then. I'm a girl who likes her meals, so it hadn't been a weight-loss… — Charlaine Harris
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be… — David Sedaris
There is no avoidance in delay. — Aeschylus
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can… — Frank Herbert
Avoidance is a wonderful therapy — Maggie Stiefvater
Neurosis is the natural by-product of pain avoidance. — Carl Jung

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