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John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast to… — Steve Schmidt
Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense. I believe that we will… — Wayne LaPierre
Copying is an art in itself, demanding the greatest technical ability, especially in watercolour. However well done, the copy invariably lacks that nascent, ineffable, but… — Walter J. Phillips
Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny… — Steve Almond
There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter… — William Osler
The Bible - the wisest document ever known in human existence, which defies the ravages of time and change because it contains the truth that… — Norman Vincent Peale
The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged with… — Walter Cronkite
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi
But Saudi Arabia is surprising in a lot of ways. Like any place, or any people, it relentlessly defies easy categorization. — Dave Eggers
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make… — Walter Lippmann
Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving… — Charles Stanley
A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped… — James Wolcott
I love the relationship that anyone has with music ... because there's something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes… — Nick Hornby
Painting something that defies the law of the land is good. Painting something that defies the law of the land and the law of gravity… — Banksy
The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter… — Christopher Paolini
...the basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is looking like a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation… — James Redfield
The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies — Kate Chopin
You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by… — Glenn Beck
Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is… — Saul Alinsky
Dad told Uncle Seth not to screw things up,” she informed me as we washed our hands. “He said even if Uncle Seth is famous,… — Richelle Mead
To practice space is thus to repeat the joyful and silent experience of childhood; it is, in a place, to be other and to move… — Michel de Certeau
There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your… — Judith McNaught
Truth lives in the spaces between words. It defies translation. — Ashok K. Banker
Something about first love defies duplication. Before it, your heart is blank. Unwritten. After, the walls are left inscribed and graffitied. When it ends, no… — Tammara Webber

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