Despite Quotes
1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors
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We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to us since we…
— Wilma Mankiller
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She told her therapist it reminded her of coming home the summer after her freshman year at Rutgers, stepping back into the warm bath of…
— Tom Perrotta
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Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The…
— Bram Cohen
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In our human lives, we are often impatient, ill-tempered, inappropriate. We find it difficult to treat our intimates with the love we really hold for…
— Julia Cameron
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People tell me this is obvious. But it's ok to be obvious. Knowing and doing are different. Many people know many obvious things they completely…
— Scott Berkun
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed by a vote of 85, 13, despite a contentious but futile protest vote by democrats. By the way, for a fun…
— Jon Stewart
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It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly…
— Gary L. Francione
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
— Bashar al-Assad
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One has to keep in mind the countless human tragedies that played out in these days. Through the middle of a city, where several thousand…
— Willy Brandt
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Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe.
— P.D. James
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The streets of New York and some wards of its venerable institutions were packed with people who, despite being entirely forsaken, had episodes of glory…
— Mark Helprin
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a…
— Larry Page
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My interest is that there is a disconnect between the science and the size of the threat that people mention about nature, the planet and…
— Bruno Latour
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Despite all the troubles of our world, in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or…
— Marc Chagall
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Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place…
— Richard Russo
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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater…
— G. Stanley Hall
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Jobs did not know that Sculley had told Eisenstat he wanted to quit, but by then it didn't matter. Overnight, he had changed his mind…
— Walter Isaacson
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You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence.
— Kent Haruf
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Every Thanksgiving table should be blessed with the presence of a long-married pair who bring out the best in each other, are completely enamored despite…
— Martha Stewart
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Lord, you are God! You made us. Who better to know how to fix us when we've gone wrong? who better to set us to…
— Francine Rivers
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Despite some remaining puzzles, there's no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives
— Michael Behe
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Despite all the types of rejection, the most important part is to keep on moving forward and to not give up. If things are getting…
— Mark Edward
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Still, despite all our noise, this universe hinges on a melody, that’s the dismal truth of it. Oh, we can propagandize all we wish, it…
— Geoffrey Wood
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On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and…
— Andrzej Wajda
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Despite the high salaries involved, employing economists is a cost-effective way for banks, and stockbrokers to secure exposure in the media.
— Paul Ormerod
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