#avoid

Many Japanese painters and calligraphers would change their names intentionally to keep their relationship to the art always fresh. This way, others' expectations can be avoided. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

#art #avoided #change #expectations #fresh

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#conservatives #lost #must #schism #siren

The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe. ↗

— Franjo Tudjman

#europe #islamic #state #wanted #west

Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight. ↗

— George C. Williams

#anything #avoidance #because #being #fight

The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#away #costs #could #director #fearful

Avoidance is a wonderful therapy ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#linger #love #love

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. ↗

— Stuart Chase

#avoid #concrete #cultivate #delightfully #first

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ↗

— Helen Keller

#avoiding #children #danger #daring #does

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#boredom #controlled #creative #creative man #directed

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#avoid #cannon #nations #precede #shots