Despite Quotes
1296 quotes by 1034 authors
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Despite the forecast, live like it's Spring.
— Lilly Pulitzer
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Cannabis is remarkably safe. Although not harmless, it is surely less toxic than most of the conventional medicines it could replace if it were legally…
— Lester Grinspoon
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Today, people are talking about many things: the danger of war and frequent clashes, water and air pollution, hunger, the increasing erosion of moral values,…
— Fethullah Gulen
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I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important…
— Anthony Michael Hall
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Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in…
— Max Lerner
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Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life,…
— Stephen Leacock
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Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'.
— Arianna Huffington
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Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last…
— Dave Barry
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What an anchor is to a ship, hope is to the soul. Both ships and souls are kept safe by a firm, secure anchor that…
— June Hunt
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Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon -but we went right on.…
— Bob Dylan
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Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may…
— Joan Didion
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Estimates suggest that from 20 to 50 million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical supervision. Yet, despite this long…
— Frances M. Young
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He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.
— Thomas Paine
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Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You should be afraid to meet…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is…
— Mike Coffman
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Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of…
— Steve Kerr
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Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in America, despite the attempts by…
— Julian Bond
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The pavilion that seems to be hiding you from God may be fear of man rather than this desire to serve others. The Savior's only…
— Henry B. Eyring
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Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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