#void

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic. ↗

— Patricia Meyer Spacks

#avoids #bears #even #faint #flavor

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#advantage #avoiding #only #others #postponed

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

It's better to not be afraid of things and not avoid things. ↗

— Noomi Rapace

#avoid #better #things

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#cannot #choose #completely #consequently #devoid

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings. ↗

— Quintus Tullius Cicero

#avoid #discussion #meetings #policy #public

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. ↗

— Quintilian

#barren #consequently #derive #devoid #more

When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#avoiding #being #feeling #i #just

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

— Franjo Tudjman

#europe #islamic #state #wanted #west