Despite Quotes
1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors
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Before we get too depressed about the state of our politics, let's remember our history ..... Many forms of Government have been tried, and will…
— Barack Obama
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In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there…
— Caroline Paul
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Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.
— Kim Du-han
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Students using astrophysical textbooks remain essentially ignorant of even the existence of plasma concepts, despite the fact that some of them have been known for…
— Hannes Alfven
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Most of the time you are growing up, people tell you what's wrong with you. Your coach tells you, your parents tell you, the teachers…
— Robert Ballard
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In every seed to breathe a flower, In every drop of dew To reverence a cloister star Within the distant blue; To wait the promise…
— John B. Tabb
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The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve…
— Andre Michel Lwoff
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Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise.…
— Dennis McKinsey
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A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the…
— John W. Gardner
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Exercise and sports are greatly affected by what goes into the mind, and the mind is greatly affected by sports and exercise as well. This…
— Grete Waitz
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To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel.
— Unknown Author
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Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You knew to veil…
— Therese of Lisieux
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Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.
— Camille Paglia
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Despite the changes which come into our lives and with gratitude in our hearts, may we fill our days-as much as we can-with those things…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Obviously, despite hard work and heroic efforts, many dreams don't come true. But if we don't dare to dream and then throw muscle, heart, and…
— Tom Peters
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As evangelical Christians, we have tended to relegate art to the very fringe of life. The rest of human life we feel is more important.…
— Francis Schaeffer
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Climate change is...a gross injustice-poor people in developing countries bear over 90% of the burden-through death, disease, destitution and financial loss-yet are least responsible for…
— Barbara Stocking
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Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or that humans are…
— David Suzuki
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Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.
— Steve Kanaly
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Tap into what you don't want to say. Tap into that secret place, despite the agony, despite the personal pain, over and above the fatigue.
— Arthur Penn
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Every year tens of thousands of animals suffer and die in laboratory tests of cosmetics and household products...despite the fact that the test results do…
— Woody Harrelson
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Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that…
— Kurt Vonnegut
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We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We…
— Joe McNally
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What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be…
— Peter Singer
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The modern joint stock firm is the outcome of innumerable decisions made by individual entrepreneurs, owners and managers. For these decision makers the choices among…
— Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
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