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For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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In spite of the fact that at times I would challenge parents authority. They provided unconditional love. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Man is the weak being who, in spite of all his self-importance and pride of wealth and capital, is vanquished by the… — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani Copy Share Image
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Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
It was cold autumn weather, but in spite of the cold they wandered up and down the roads of the Park for… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
When the news first came that Japan had attacked us my first feeling was of relief that ... a crisis had come… — Henry L. Stimson Copy Share Image
There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I believe it, she's a very good person, kind. There's weariness there, but no bitterness or spite. When you're with a girl… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
In Quebec, in spite of police violence and threats, thousands of students demonstrated for months against a former right-wing government that wanted… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Nature consists of facts and of regularities, and is in itself neither moral nor immoral. It is we who impose our standards… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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It [will-making] is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition ... This last act of our… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Then you're a bigger fool than I thought. Since when has any man ever been worthy of the woman he loved? It's… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
For in spite of the snapdragons and the duty millers and the cherry blossoms, it was always winter. — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
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Will, therefore, is the unbroken determination to exercise free choice as well as self-restraint, in spite of the unavoidable experience of shame… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
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Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth. — Hugh MacDiarmid Copy Share Image
“It was gone now, the little smile, the glee that Spite gives. The Small-mindedness. The Self-righteousness. The Sadism. The four ‘S’s of… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
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To keep hope alive one must, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of the socialist camp. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
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you cannot confuse bravery or courage with lack of fear. Real courage, true bravery is doing things in spite of fear, knowing… — Maia Wojciechowska Copy Share Image
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