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Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding...

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about conscience, opinion, virtue, light, public, being, good, good luck, people

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

I also tried to avoid doing obvious dance records.

Quote by Boy George about dance

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a...

Quote by Frank Herbert about being

I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about opinion, difficulties

You try to avoid the mistakes you made in the past.

You try to avoid the mistakes you made in the past.

Quote by Julio Iglesias about experience, past, contentment

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Quote by Franz Kafka about suffering, nature, contentment, world

Being taken attracts women. Being single makes them avoid...

Being taken attracts women. Being single makes them avoid you like the plague.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, being, contentment

If you are allergic to lead it is best to avoid a war zone.

If you are allergic to lead it is best to avoid a war zone.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, contentment

If at all possible, avoid any edible item that fire...

If at all possible, avoid any edible item that fire fighters prepare.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, fire, fire brigade

Schedule your days off to avoid working during full...

Schedule your days off to avoid working during full phases of the Moon.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, moon, day

The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about democracy, equality, state, faith

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there...

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

Quote by Satchel Paige about man, common sense, being

Young people are threatened by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about work, advertising, use, people

It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in...

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about animals, respect, time

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting...

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about happiness, victory, life

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the...

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about fight

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for...

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

Quote by M. Scott Peck about consequences, difficulties, pain

Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.

Quote by M. Scott Peck about power

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about guvernement, television, conflict

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

Quote by Dale Carnegie

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