Quotes with avoid

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  • John Lennon The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.
    John Lennon
    British musician (1940 - 1980)
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  • James Baldwin The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Seng-Ts'an The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing.
    Seng-Ts'an
    Chinese third patriarch of Zen Buddhism
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  • Bill Cosby The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Richard Bach The way to avoid responsibility is to say, ''I've got responsibilities.''
    Richard Bach
    American author (1936 - )
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  • Marcus Aurelius The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Bill Murray There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Carl Sagan Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. They avoid rather than confront the world. But those with the courage to explore the weave and structure of the Cosmos, even where it differs profoundly from their wishes and prejudices, will penetrate its deepest mysteries.
    Cosmos (1980)
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ari Fleischer To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.
    Ari Fleischer
    American media consultant and political aide (1960 - )
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  • Elbert Hubbard To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Elbert Hubbard To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Ben Bernanke To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare, less spending on everything else from education to defense, or some combination of the above.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • André Maurois To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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  • Sir Anthony Eden We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.
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  • Martin Buber We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.
    Martin Buber
    Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher (1878 - 1965)
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  • Henry Fielding We endeavor to avoid censure by concealing our Vices under an Appearance of their opposite Virtues
    Joseph Andrews preface
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Napoleon We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • William E. Rothschild What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to this question are objectives. How will you go about achieving your desire results? The answer to this you can call strategy.
    William E. Rothschild
    American author (1933 - )
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