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The only behaviour that is truly common is to avoid doing something because you think others might consider it common.
I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.
Sometimes you do have to accept your second or third choice in order to avoid an outcome you consider to be even worse.
American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
When you get back from a trip, make a note of what you didn't wear. This will avoid packing it unnecessarily next time.
I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
I'm not a big texter anyway. I'm really slow at it and so I try to avoid it to avoid embarrassment, you know what I mean?
Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.
I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
It seems like just yesterday my son was hiding under the table to avoid reading. Now, he's writing books longer than mine!
Yes, you are under surveillance. Yes, it is odious. Yes, it should bother you. And yes, it's hard to know how to avoid it.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history.
You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.
I try and avoid the big comics in Edinburgh. You can see them on tour. Edinburgh is all about seeing the smaller comedians.
I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
You avoid the hype while you're working, you have to, but the premiere is the one night of the year where you can enjoy it.
If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.
To me, it's always interesting to see what people end up regretting, as a way maybe to avoid such regrets in your own life.
The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to do.
I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.
Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.
Do not rely on unplanned music; it comes out as though it were planned, but planned by someone you cross the street to avoid.
Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'
We don't take ourselves very seriously and view working at Barstool Sports as a way to avoid becoming slaves to cubicle life.
Every married man who wants peace in the relationship, should learn the trick to avoid that one question - 'How is the food?'
You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.
The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.
Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion.
Choosing to avoid uncomfortable feelings offers immediate short-term relief, but avoidance can lead to long-term consequences.
I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.
A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.
I would like to avoid dying if possible. I do like living! The worst, I think for me, though, would be a really bedridden death.
I love being a grandparent. I'm one of those you want to avoid - I pull out the iPhone and say, 'Hey, wanna see my camera roll?'
Believe it or not, lots of people change their majors and abandon their dreams just to avoid a couple of math classes in college.
Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates.
I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I do avoid different things I don't send any messages in doing so.
In my professional life I do not have to like everyone, but when I feel negative energy with someone I try and avoid that person.