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I avoided writers very carefully because they can perpetuate trouble as no one else can.
The illusion of purpose is to be avoided. The illuion of lack of purpose is to be avoided.
History is full of lessons for how water crises could have been avoided or better managed.
In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.
If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.
When I avoided interviews, it was mainly because I didn't want to speak only about my personal life.
I avoided as much work as possible in the classroom, but did all the work possible on the ball field.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.
I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.
A lot of fights in my life have been avoided through confidence and demeanor, so that's pretty masculine also.
I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.
It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!
When our jewellery business went into receivership we avoided bankruptcy by selling our houses and possessions.
Consider this on your birthday You've got life's struggle beaten For 60 years you've ate And avoided being eaten
The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.
For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
I wouldn't say that I'm the most avoided man in boxing, but a few guys might avoid me in the middleweight division.
I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.
I operated on too many people who could have avoided surgery if they'd simply made healthier choices earlier in life.
I wish I could have been more enlightened at 18 and learned more about men because I could have avoided all the traps.
Wars are like deaths, which, while they can be postponed, will come when they will come and cannot be finally avoided.
If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
I have the confidence to stay in my acting career for a long time because I have done all the titles other actors avoided.
Ballet Beautiful has made my pregnancy a joy. I've avoided back pain and swelling by keeping my core strong and body moving.
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
It sounds corny, but I never have avoided the challenges - I relish them - I think it's what make me tick, to a certain extent.
If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.
Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.
So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.
I've always avoided expressing an opinion about where I think the republican movement should go - if it should go anywhere at all.
I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.
I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.
There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.
What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.
TV and radio debates seem inflamed, with all that shouting, but real disagreement is always avoided; they conceal their lack of content.
I did not want to be labelled 'the designer who survived the atomic bomb,' and therefore I have always avoided questions about Hiroshima.
I avoided the party scene at the University of Miami. I came in to study musical theater, and I felt so behind. I literally knew nothing.
Once 'Uyir' created a controversy, I had several offers coming my way with prominence to my character. However, I avoided them purposefully.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
I was never a very convincing social conservative, and always avoided associating myself with that part of the broader conservative movement.
I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.
I have, I must admit, despised the English countryside for much of my life - despised it and avoided it for its want of danger and adventure.