A Quote by Daryl Hall

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

Daryl Hall

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Daryl Hall
American - Musician
Born: October 11, 1946

I don't think there are any clichés I try to avoid. As soon as I spot a cliché, I go for it. I feel like clichés are the most useful thing in songwriting. They're the tool on which you build all the rest of the song.

Stephin Merritt

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.

Thomas Merton

Most people try to avoid cliches. It's my ambition in life to try to get 'em right!

Philip Schultz

When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. Unfortunately, when you're writing about marriage or family, all cliches seem to apply.

Dan Savage

I try to very hard to avoid a situation where I would be eating cat or dog; I've managed to gracefully avoid that. It's hypocritical of me and an arbitrary line, but one that I have managed to avoid crossing.

Anthony Bourdain

All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.

Macaulay Culkin

All the child-star clichés. I've tried very hard to avoid them all.

Macaulay Culkin

We try really hard to avoid those conventional experiences, these adrenaline rush, anger, competition, violence. We intentionally avoid that. We try to create a game that's serene and tranquil and filled with love.

Jenova Chen

I try not to be in situations where I'm being grabbed at. For the most part, you can avoid them.

Sam Shepard

I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

Amanda Shires

Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life.

Jack Nicholson

about clichés. Avoid them like the plague.

Khaled Hosseini

I went back to graduate school because I wanted to avoid being a professional, to try to piece together a life that would let me avoid the tenure race and full-time teaching.