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Michelangelo Antonioni

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MARK TWAIN Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
HANS SELYE Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
DR. HANS SELYE I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
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EDDIE LLOYD I try to avoid looking backward and keep looking upward.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.
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AYATOLLAH ALI Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite...
AYATOLLAH ALI Always try to avoid being limited by means of communication.
KEITH GRAFMAN Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.
DAVID ALAN GRIER I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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BLYTHE DANNER Some things must be done however much we wish to avoid them.
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DR. PAUL WILLIAMSON I was raised to be a girl Michelangelo.
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ADRIAN LYNE We're not going to try to avoid things,
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ANTHONY BOURDAIN Use not vain repetitions
BIBLE Try to keep order and security so that there will not be any negative side effects. Try to be polite...
AYATOLLAH ALI Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck."
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TATE DONOVAN Traders normally try to use the supply story to push rates higher.
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LISA UPHOFF I try to avoid stories that end with...and he was never seen again.
KEN POIROT I'm not a big texter anyway. I'm really slow at it and so I try to avoid it to avoid embarra...
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IM DONG-HYUN I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.
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CAROL CHASTANG I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I k...
CHILL WILLS Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you ...
BUBBA SMITH Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you unti...
BUBBA SMITH You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
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DARYL HALL Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch ...
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CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.
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RAFAEL NADAL It was designed to avoid any funding controversy.
KYLE CAVANAUGH It was written with lock-tight language to avoid any sort of lawsuit having any real chance of succe...
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CALEB FOLLOWILL Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.
HENRY SPENCER The best way to resolve a problem is not to try and avoid it.
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BARBARA KRUGER Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.
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QUENTIN BLAKE I just try to get a shot on net as quickly as possible, and tonight I got lucky.
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LIU BINYAN But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
D. H. LAWRENCE But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
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(Yet I am learning)
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