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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. ↗

— Roger Bacon

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The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone. ↗

— James Baldwin

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It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. ↗

— Michael Behe

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On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening. ↗

— Silvio Berlusconi

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How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression? ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know? ↗

— Corbin Bernsen

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Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

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We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

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