Despite Quotes

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The longer I lived, the more beautiful life became - despite my personal tragedies, the fire, despite my third wife and her dreadful taste. My… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now,… — Ehud Olmert
No one â€¦ can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be… — Karen Horney
Positive deviance means doing the right thing for sustainability, despite being surrounded by the wrong institutional structures, the wrong processes and stubbornly uncooperative people. That… — Sara Parkin
Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a… — Jim Costa
Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and… — Tony Visconti
Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball. — Jim Sensenbrenner
At about the age of seven â€¦ I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quoâ€¦ to give a voice to… — Shirley Chisholm
Marilyn always dreamt of being an actress. She didn't, by the way, dream of being just a star. She dreamt of being an actress. And… — Lee Strasberg
I don't think young people are as demoralized as the media and government would like us to think. The obvious sign of that is how… — Thom Yorke
My country's history, Mr. President, tells us that it is possible to fashion unity while cherishing diversity, that common action is possible despite the variety… — Henry A. Kissinger
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But… — Valentina Tereshkova
My sister accommodates me, never reproaches me with her doctrine, never tries to change me. She accepts and loves me, despite our differences. — Joy Harjo
Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to despair of men and events. — Tariq Ramadan
Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers. — Luis Bunuel
Despite all that good news, there's plenty of horror stories being told. All of them are untrue, but they're being told all over America, — Harry Reid
Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the… — Jeffrey Sachs
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and… — Camille Paglia

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