Avoiding Quotes - Page 6

• If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Art, War, Fate

  "The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 45), 1955.

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• The ambition of instantaneous photography... was that of preserving the spontaneity of action and avoiding any indication that the presence of the picture taker had a modifying influence on what was going on.

  Rudolf Arnheim

  Photography, Ambition, Action

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• Across the nation, thousands of people are lining up in hospital waiting rooms, out the doors, down the steps, around the corners, and behind the hedges, waiting for their inoculations. Here's another idea for avoiding the flu: DON'T stand outside in the cold for hours around lots of other people.

  Jon Stewart

  Waiting Rooms, Doors, Ideas

  "The Daily Show". www.imdb.com. 1996.

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• It was troubling that one of the few people she trusted was a man she spent so much time avoiding

  Steig Larsson

  Men, People, Trusted

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• Talk of revolution is one of avoiding reality.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Reality, Revolution

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• One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than accepting guilt. If we can convince ourselves that the people we betrayed or enslaved were subhuman monsters in the first place, then our guilt isn't nearly so black as we secretly know that it is. Humans are very, very good at shifting blame and avoiding guilt.

  David Eddings

  Betrayal, Hate, Acceptance

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• Einstein and the Quantum is delightful to read, with numerous historical details that were new to me and cham1ing vignettes of Einstein and his colleagues. By avoiding mathematics, Stone makes his book accessible to general readers, but even physicists who are well versed in Einstein and his physics are likely to find new insights into the most remarkable mind of the modern era.

  Daniel Kleppner

  Book, Historical, Mind

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• I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.

  Sarah Dessen

  Going Away, Miles, Chosen

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.71, Penguin

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• Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

  Danielle Steel

  Long Distance Relationship, Way, Intimacy

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• Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered

  Mindy Kaling

  Sleep, Steps, Guides

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• To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• [N]either in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there is no doubt that if a man will throw away his arms, and fall on his knees before his pursuers, he may escape death; and in other dangers there are other ways of escaping death, if a man is willing to say and do anything. The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

  Socrates

  Running, War, Fall

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• Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place.

  Iain Banks

  Mean, Self, Common Sense

  "Consider Phlebas (The Culture, Book 1)". Book by Iain Banks (Chapter 4 "Temple of Light", p. 96), 1987.

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• When dealing with problems, seek not to "change" some aspect of your life but instead, choose who you want to become as a path to what you want. Transformation and healing then take place as a process of becoming versus avoiding.

  Bill Crawford

  Healing, Want, Path

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• People who fail, excel at avoiding opportunity.

  Adam Carolla

  Opportunity, People, Failing

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• For an infrequent action to become a habit, the user must perceive a high degree of utility, either from gaining pleasure or avoiding pain.

  Nir Eyal

  Pain, Degrees, Action

  Nir Eyal (2014). “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products”, p.23, Penguin Canada

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• There are so many ways to lose, but so few ways to win. Perhaps the best way to achieve victory is to master all the rules for disaster, and then concentrate on avoiding them.

  Victor Niederhoffer

  Winning, Victory, Way

  Victor Niederhoffer (1998). “The Education of a Speculator”, p.85, John Wiley & Sons

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• One problem that I kept in mind was that in avoiding the BODY BEAUTIFUL as exhibited in the pseudo-lesbians of David Hamilton or J. Frederick Smith, I ran the risk of reinforcing negative myths, i.e. that lesbians are women who cannot attract men because they do not conform to society's standard of beauty.

  Tee Corinne

  Beautiful, Men, Risk

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• I'm getting better at avoiding this, but when something sets me off, I tend to punch first and then find out who I actually his later.

  Richelle Mead

  Get Better, Firsts

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.187, Penguin

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• I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.

  William Beckett

  Song, Standpoint, Written

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• You don't write the kitchen scene just because you're eager to do it that day and you're avoiding something else. I think it has to move slowly, step by step. I pride myself on the construction of my stories but it's not something I impose on them.

  T.C. Boyle

  Moving, Writing, Pride

  Source: therumpus.net

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• No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable. ... Cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible: avoiding occasions of expence (and) avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt ... not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen which we ourselves ought to bear.

  George Washington

  Use, Credit, Delay

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• The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding these two extremes, leads to peace of mind, wisdom, & complete liberation from the dissatisfactions of life.

  Henepola Gunaratana

  Simple, Two, Self

  Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Thinking, Avoiding Death, People

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• Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.

  Warren Buffett

  Long, Decision, Dumb

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