#avoided

There was a taboo as a result of the Holocaust that people respected that anti-Semitism was an ugly thing and should be avoided. Now that taboo seems to have been broken with impunity. ↗

— Steven T. Katz

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I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month. ↗

— Dean Koontz

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I mean, I was just one of the ones who got exposed, and because of the position I was in, where I was in my life, it went mainstream. A lot of people got out of it after my situation, not because I went to prison but because it was sad for them to see me go through something that was so pointless, that could have been avoided. ↗

— Michael Vick

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Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. ↗

— Mae West

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The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. ↗

— Chief Joseph

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In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

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In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

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There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. ↗

— R. D. Laing

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