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There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil") — Julian Hawthorne

There is no "beginning" of feminism in the sense that there is no beginning to defiance in women. — Sheila Rowbotham

What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster? — Barry Lyga

Resist the suppressive pressure to contract, and instead expand in defiance. — Bryant McGill

He can make even the act of putting on his dressing gown appear as a gesture of defiance. — Vincent Tilsley

To dream a garden and then to plant it is an act of independence and even defiance to the greater world. — Stanley Crawford

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for. — Charles Maurice De Talleyrand

Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance. — Pankaj Mishra

libido, or concupiscence, a tending toward certain things in defiance of rational restraint. — Fulton J. Sheen

The stunt team were great on 'Defiance.' They were there, every day. — Stephanie Leonidas

Those same fists had always defied everything expected of her. — Kiersten White

I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job — Seamus Heaney

Fuck you and your memories."
"And fuck you and your defiance, Dayton. — Emma Hart

Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God. — Max Lucado

She thinks petting me is an honor. This is an unexpected position to take for a goddess of slaughter, but I applaud her defiance of convention. — Kevin Hearne

The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission. — Malcolm Gladwell

I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance. — Andre Gide

Defiance was only amusing when the stakes were low. — Courtney Milan

People tell you that you cannot, because they do not. — Tim Fargo

To trust in your own aliveness, in your own ability to sustain and be sustained - there are times when there is no greater act of defiance. — Jessica Fechtor

Hawk soared over our carriage, letting out a high, piercing cry of defiance, and I wanted to jump out of the window and fly with it — Stephanie Burgis

She wanted defiance in her face, and I wanted to wipe it away with a fuck so hard we'd both break. — C.D. Reiss

The wind howled in defiance as viscous clouds suffocated the moon, taking the night as their own. — J.D. Barker

Every great legend begins with that one person who raises an angry fist to the sky and flips off the gods in defiance. Acheron — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right." The — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive. — Gerard Way

He would never be able to emulate Richard's last gesture of defiance
gallant, glorious, and quite mad. — Sharon Kay Penman

PE is the sound of naked defiance. — Vernon Reid

As a champion of the Church Militant in a hostile secular society, Belloc would sometimes exhibit a siege mentality akin to the defiance of Pius IX. — Joseph Pearce

Defiance rose up like vomit. I swung back and yelled, Don't ever do that again! — Ellen Hopkins

A spark of defiance flickered over his face. — Marissa Meyer

Thou art God'. It's not a message of cheer and hope. It's a defiance - and an unafraid, unabashed assumption of personal responsibility. — Robert A. Heinlein

He looked like an idol consecrated to the gods of arrogance. Damned if I would bow. — Miles Watson

When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance and of the best quality. — Thomas Jefferson

This wasn't about the chase. We all knew who would win. It was about defiance. — Pepper Winters

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale. — Will Durst

Darkness enveloped us again, and for the first time in years, I welcomed it. — Melika Dannese Lux

Faith is actually spiritual defiance. It is righteous rebellion against your own "messed up" reality. — William H. Curtis

The grace of God is love freely shown toward guilty sinners, contrary to their merit and indeed in defiance of their demerit. — J.I. Packer

It was fine and good to be defiant to the end, but it was better not to get caught in the first place. — Julie Kagawa

Writing is a labor of love and also an act of defiance, a way to light a candle in a gale wind. — Alice Childress

Whatever happened to "In victory, magnanimity; in defeat, defiance." So said Frederick the Great. — George Carlin

The spirit of America is all about defiance, and the best music like mine is the freedom soundtrack. — Ted Nugent

I bow to no beast. — Keisha Keenleyside

I am certain that I speak on behalf of my entire nation when I say: September 11th we are all Americans - in grief, as in defiance. — Benjamin Netanyahu

Might as well go out flipping the bird to the powers that be killing us. — Rachel Caine

Despereaux marveled at his own bravery.
He admired his own defiance.
And then, reader, he fainted. — Kate DiCamillo

I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils — Leonardo Da Vinci

To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance. — Pat Conroy

I don't know, it is a very quiet rebellion. [ ... ] I don't get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'. — Bobbie Ann Mason

Her face reflecting the color of her dress, she glowed even in her disappointment ... perhaps the way of her defiance to the fate. — Madhu Vajpayee

Their monstrous forms represent the perverse defiance of normal categories and the confusion of identity associated with social and cosmic disorder. — Karen Armstrong

The way I look at it is this: If you try to obey the law, and the judges call you a criminal anyway, then you might as well live up to the name. — Ken Liu

In the face of such terror and dehumanization, human passion itself was an act of defiance. — Guillermo Del Toro

When your ideas shatter established thought, expect blowback. — Tim Fargo

I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense. — Rene Magritte

I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world's muteness. — Vladimir Nabokov

There was a marvelous, dark lyricism in his voice, the kind of defiance that is rooted in deep loneliness. — Tom Robbins

I write out of defiance. — Jamaica Kincaid

Ebrahim made him understand that, no matter what, he could not advance beyond the white line, for that would be in defiance of God's laws. — Freidoune Sahebjam

If you're going to make a desperate, hopeless act of defiance you should make it a good one. — Ann Leckie

A woman's duty: To look the whole world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes ... to speak and act in defiance of convention. — Margaret Sanger

Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alluding and attacking, summoning a courage, embodying a gallantry of defiance that hurt to see, it was so noble and so doomed. — Guy Gavriel Kay

Some might think you suicidal."
"Well, 'some' can stick it up their ass. — Charlaine Harris

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance. — Jamaica Kincaid

Wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit ... — John Geddes

Defiance means you got somebody with power over you. — Pearl Cleage

Are we going to do the best we can by tolerating this unwanted enemy or do we make a stand of defiance?" The — Adeodata O. Warner

It was so crazy, lucky, that 'Defiance' and 'Hemlock Grove' was shooting in Toronto at the same time. I got to be on both of them. — Kaniehtiio Horn

In War: Resolution,
In Defeat: Defiance,
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will. — Winston S. Churchill

Dare to dream, for in the daring there is defiance to live beyond your circumstances — Su Williams

There was no need to fake bitchy defiance. I had plenty of it to dish out. — Richelle Mead

My life's been too much of a self-created vocation. And there are times when I think I've done everything in the name of defiance. — Anne Rice

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. — Oliver Goldsmith

It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open. — Noam Chomsky

And always, always, it is worth it to sing alleluia in defiance of the devil, who surely hates the sound of it. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

News people were holding me up as a symbol of defiance to the boycott and I couldn't even run. — Gerry Lindgren

People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself. — Meryl Streep

Defiance: I see a little girl in pretend armour, fighting off all the things she doesn't want to be. Well — Nina George

Read about a few men who wear (or wore) bow ties as an act of defiance, and check out a tie that makes a strong statement. Bow ties are cool. — Matt Smith

The cigarette represents a simple pleasure coupled with self-destruction and defiance of death. Melodrama — Benjamin Doolin

Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance. — Rick Kaplan

Defiance through compliance. — Jasper Fforde

Under Clinton, the defiance of world order has become so extreme as to be of concern even to hawkish policy analysts. — Noam Chomsky

Hope is an act of desperate defiance against monstrous odds. — Ivo Andric

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control. — Millard Fillmore

You have a terrible beauty that scares me - a fierce defiance that won't be subdued - not that i want to tame you - I don't - I like to look ... — John Geddes

Scarlet loved wearing red. She treated it like an act of defiance given her red hair. Michelle — Marissa Meyer

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. — Emiliano Zapata

Mutual defiance made them alike. — Harper Lee

If they think they can stop me, I defy them to bring the best they have and I shall roast them over a pit of their own arrogant stupidity.
Maxis — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Iseult's nostrils twitched. Her face hardened. The defiance, the determination - they were back, and against his will, Aeduan's lips twitched upward. — Susan Dennard

Checkmate, bitch. — Richelle Mead

I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance. — Nancy Gibbs

Foolish defiance was his lifelong response to being ill. — Paul C. Nagel

How does someone domesticate a horse?" "They break it," I said with a hint of defiance. "Do I look broken to you?" "Looks — Robert J. Crane

Furious defiance burned under his skin. — Nalini Singh

What do we say to the Lord of Death?'

'Not today. — George R R Martin