Avoiding Quotes - Page 3

• I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.

  Syd Barrett

  Disappear

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not concerned about avoiding anything that happened three years ago or worried about letdowns or things of that nature. When you use the term 'letdown' you proceed with the assumption that this is a continuation of something that happened in the past.

  Mike Tomlin

  Past, Years, Use

  "Tomlin Looks Ahead". Interview with Ed Bouchette, www.post-gazette.com. August 01, 2009.

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• Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Patience, Religious, Islamic

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• Commit to growing yourself. Do not avoid problems and or complain about problems. Don't let them bother you. In fact, don't even call them problems; refer to them as "challenges" or "situations". Let go of the emotion and drama you create when you don't get what you want. Just stay present and handle one situation at a time with an open mind and an open heart. Trust yourself and in the universe that everything will work out in the end.

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Feb 05, 2014

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• God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the called. In the long run, avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

  Helen Keller

  Running, Long, Risk

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• There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him. 2. The man who knows, but doesn't know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows. 3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him. 4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.

  Solomon Ibn Gabirol

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.

  Umar

  Friendship, True Friend, Islamic

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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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• Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.

  Michael Haneke

  Drama, Issues, Trying

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• I know that disavowal is an unusal form of betrayal. From the outside it is impossible to tell if you are disowning someone or simply exercising discretion, being considerate, avoiding embarrassments and sources of irritation. But you, who are doing the disowning, you know what you're doing. And disavowal pulls the underpinnings away from a relationship just as surely as other more flamboyant types of betrayal.

  Bernhard Schlink

  Betrayal, Exercise, Irritation

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.74, Vintage

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• Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Best Practices, Cost, Reduction

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• But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.

  John Frusciante

  Talking, People, Frustrating

  Interview with Evan C Chase, www.scenepointblank.com. October 16, 2010.

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• I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

  Brigitte Bardot

  Pregnancy, Joy, Way

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• We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

  Saint Augustine

  Pain, Animal, Class

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• Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.'

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Keys, Simplicity

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• There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Errands, Littles, Fool

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• I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring. ~Shin

  Ai Yazawa

  Caring, Thinking, Conflict

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• She was thrilling to a desire that urged her to go forward, to be in closer to that fire, to be squabbling with the dogs, and to be avoiding and dodging the stumbling feet of men.

  Jack London

  Dog, Men, Fire

  Jack London, JACK LONDON (2015). “White Fang (Arcadia Classics)”, p.49, Jack London

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• All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Mistake, Ambition, Greatness

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, chapter III: Of Mixed Princedoms, 1513.

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

  Danielle Steel

  Long Distance Relationship, Way, Intimacy

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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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• I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.

  Joe Perry

  Stupid, Doe, Looks

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