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Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

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But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters. ↗

— David E. Price

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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap. ↗

— Richard Reeves

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A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

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I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself. ↗

— Boyd Rice

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Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

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The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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