Quotes with avoid

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  • Paul Auster What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes.
    The Book of Illusions (2009) 32
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Ben Shahn When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us.
    Ben Shahn
    Lithuanian-born American artist (1898 - 1969)
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  • Bill Moseley When I grew up, there was still black and white TV. I was told to never get out of bed once you're put to bed. I'd sneak down the hallway, try to avoid the creaking floor boards and go in and watch the 'Midnight Movie.'
    Bill Moseley
    American film actor and musician (1951 - )
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  • John B. S. Haldane While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Franz Kafka You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Denis Waitley You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • William Wycherley Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Fred A. Allen A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Andre Breton The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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