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If you are among those who believe that the U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world - despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary… — Wendell Potter
Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more… — Napoleon Hill
Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not… — Scott McClellan
Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes,… — Hideki Tojo
It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should… — L. Ron Hubbard
A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not secure… — Victor Davis Hanson
The problem with deterrence - apparently sometimes forgotten by our former presidents - is that it is not static, but a creature of the moment,… — Victor Davis Hanson
What Americans cant face is that one of the reasons that the Russians and the Chinese were so impressed with us during the Cold War… — Robert D. Kaplan
Not conceding a goal at home is always important in a Cup tie. But despite that there is no doubt that this tie is still… — Roberto Mancini
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate… — Jared Diamond
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end. — Chris Patten
I had learned that every patient has the right to hope, despite long odds, and it was my role to help nurture that hope. — Jerome Groopman
Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public… — Michael Medved
Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author's own conscience. — Anton Chekhov
I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the world around us;… — Errol Morris
Despite the generous rewards that state juries dole out, in many cases, victims receive less than 50 cents on the dollar in settlements with the… — Pat Roberts
Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.… The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By daily… — Ammon Hennacy
There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel… — Howard Schultz
Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound fulfillment that suffuses… — Matthieu Ricard
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what… — Robert McKee
I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made… — John Fund
Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and… — Mike Moreno
There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and intellectual world or… — Thomas Piketty
In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements. — Mariella Frostrup
Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only to mark distance.… — Varg Vikernes

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