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I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

~Alanis Morissette

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When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

~Alanis Morissette

Topics: Aftermath Anger Avoidance Because Bit Deal Express Horrible Later Left Life Lyrics Men My Life Often Reaction Songs Terrified Therapy Through Tongue Would Younger

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The whole idea that vehicles in the future will communicate with each other is a really big deal. It's a big deal for safety... and it's an opportunity to engage the automobile in the work of ensuring collision avoidance.

~Anthony Foxx

Topics: Automobile Avoidance Big Big Deal Collision Communicate Deal Each Engage Ensuring Future Idea Opportunity Other Really Safety Vehicles Whole Will Work

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I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also - I have a theory about Jews growing up in the Midwest, that there is an ultimately sort of wonderful avoidance of a lot of things, and a great acceptance of whatever is happening.

~Bob Balaban

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I often work by avoidance.

~Brian Eno

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America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.

~Charles M. Blow

Topics: America Avoidance Better Critique Disappointed Fact Honest In Fact Love Measure Object Patriotism Pillar Realism Requires Simultaneously Sometimes Static Striving Than Wanting You Your

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As a vegetarian eating a plateful of eggs, I found myself in this weird place where I didn't want to think about where those eggs came from. I didn't want to think about the treatment of the animals who produced those eggs. When I find myself trying not to think about things, it seems to me that I'm practicing avoidance.

~Cory Booker

Topics: About Animals Avoidance Came Eating Eggs Find Found Me Myself Place Practicing Produced Seems Things Think Those Treatment Trying Vegetarian Want Weird Where Who

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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

~Cyril Connolly

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At some point, life starts to pass you by and becomes about avoidance. I want to stay clear from that situation, because I don't like that.

~Daniel Craig

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I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by tax avoidance, and who want to asset-strip the intellectual property of the British company and then dismember it.

~David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury Of Turville

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