#avoid

Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they're avoiding commitment altogether. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#altogether #anyone #avoiding #because #certain time

The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#interesting #novel #out #seeks #sublime

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#books #characters #colorful #outside

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

#alone #artist #avoid #being #being alone

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

#american president #avoid #capabilities #contrary #convince

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

— Ben Bernanke

#depression #how #much #pay #second

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

#avoid #did #i #i tried #just

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

— Linus Torvalds

#avoid #doing #done #getting #intelligence

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