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When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

~David Nevins

Topics: Ambition Avoid Expected Fences Hard Programming Risks Simple Storytelling Swinging Taking Taking Risks Than Try Very

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I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes.

~David Ogilvy

Topics: Advertising Avoid Awkward Cash Clients Factor Marginal Marketing Mix Need Only Other Purposes Raid Tendency Whenever Whom

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It may seem draconian, but the best recommendation I can make is to completely avoid grains.

~David Perlmutter

Topics: Avoid Best Grains Make May Recommendation Seem I Can

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But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters.

~David Price

Topics: Additional Against Attacks Avoid Between Colleagues Disasters Efforts Fail Homeland Natural Natural Disasters Our Ourselves Preparing Protect Protecting Responding Steps Take Terrorists Trade-Off Warn Will

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Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do in the present. By using experience, knowledge and insight, our ancestors recognized they could anticipate dangers and opportunities and take steps to exploit advantages and avoid hazards.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Advantages Ancestors Anticipate Avoid Brain Could Dangers Distinguished Enables Experience Exploit Future Hazards Humans Imagine Influence Insight Knowledge Massive Opportunities Other Our Present Recognized Species Steps Take Us Using

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I try to avoid large crowds.

~Dawn Olivieri

Topics: Avoid Crowds Large Try

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Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

~Dean Koontz

Topics: Avoid Courage Damn Desire Fool Gives Like Looking More Nothing Readily Than Us

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In my own writing, I avoid 'female' and try to say 'woman' because I feel that the word 'female' has connotations of not just biology but also non-human mammals. The idea of 'female' to me is more appropriate for a female animal.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Also Animal Appropriate Avoid Because Biology Feel Female Idea Just Mammals Me More My Own Own Say Try Woman Word Writing I Feel

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Conflict can't be avoided in our public lives any more than we can avoid conflict with people we love. One of the great strengths of our society is that we can express these conflicts openly.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Any Avoid Avoided Conflict Conflicts Express Great Lives Love More Openly Our People Public Society Strengths Than

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I made just about every mistake a person could make before God came into my heart. If some of those painful experiences can help someone avoid the same mistakes I made, then perhaps my heartache was not totally in vain.

~Delilah

Topics: About Avoid Before Came Could Every Experiences God Heart Heartache Help Just Made Make Mistake Mistakes Painful Perhaps Person Same Same Mistakes Some Someone Then Those Totally Vain

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