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The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past. — Sushmita Banerjee

If you wait and watch, she's found, things so often reveal themselves, despite your adversary's best efforts. — Robert Jackson Bennett

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings. — Danielle Steel

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I shivered, despite the heat from the sun. "I'm married," I whispered. "I love my husband. — Sofia Grey

Despite our differences, I know that both Republicans and Democrats love America. — Marco Rubio

Despite the elder-hippie vibe, she was so attractive that I assumed we must be related. — Rick Riordan

The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity. — Charles Spurgeon

to meet, despite the time, the place, and despite the circumstances. — Amy Hatvany

Life, despite the accompanying loneliness that afflicts human without umbilical attachments, was to be cherished for the sheer joy of nature. — Aporva Kala

Imitate, and what is personal will eventually come despite yourself. — Jean Cocteau

People had hoarded the lead bullets from the time before sprayguns, despite the ban on the pleebs having any kind of gun at all. Snowman — Margaret Atwood

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear. — Susana Martinez

I was young, and, despite dread, full of animal spirits; it was impossible for me to take a dark view too long. — Jeffrey Eugenides

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite. — Shane Koyczan

Despite the well-deserved criticism, controlling public opinion became a central element in all future war planning. — Oliver Stone

Death is within anybody's grasp. The greater challenge is to live, and to love despite our error's and failings. — Grace Burrowes

She had been a teenager once, and she knew that, despite the apparent contradictions, a person's teenage years lasted well into their fifties. — Derek Landy

I follow up the quest despite of day and night and death and hell. — Alfred Tennyson

The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer. — John Amos

Despite our differences, we did have a history. No one understood where I was coming from the way he did. — Sarah Dessen

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it. — Hunter S. Thompson

Despite all the sadness, violence and misery, I still believe in universal peace, goodness, and beauty of humanity. — Debasish Mridha

But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect. — Patrick Rothfuss

Remember that despite the fact that I'm a traitor and mass murderer, one of us is expendable, and it isn't me. — Yoon Ha Lee

I have to be in a relationship in order to be intimate. I'm not the one-night-stand kind of girl. Despite the rumors. — Kim Kardashian

Despite appearances, Sym, Love is not a four-letter word. — Geraldine McCaughrean

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. — P.D. James

Despite Ace being apologetic, the devil lives inside of him and that would never go away. — Mz. Lady P

Will's eyes locked onto mine and despite everything, — Jojo Moyes

The GOP doesn't seem particularly afraid of being perceived as blocking reform, despite efforts by the Obama White House to establish that narrative. — Timothy Noah

Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. — Mason Cooley

Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air. — Romesh Gunesekera

And the cobwebs of time
would surrender,
dormant, so that the rainbows
of new eras can emerge
Despite the hollowness
of you. — Nema Al-Araby

A very short burst of thought was enough to convince Abdullah that his situation, despite the chains, would be very much worse if he became a toad. — Diana Wynne Jones

Despite of all my Sunday learnin', toward the bad I kept turning. — Merle Haggard

Despite his size and broad-shouldered build, there was a feline quality about him ... he was like a lazy but potentially deadly tiger. — Lisa Kleypas

And thought about the female who, despite being human, he was beginning to see as a friend — Anne Bishop

Despite the Saint-Nectaire, this analysis would be absolutely reasonable if it did not sin grievously by omission — Georges Perec

It was an unfortunate coincidence that despite the new television set's perfect rendition of color the first show that came on was all about zebras. — Anonymous

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books. — Terence Young

Because an illusion is an illusion. Reality always exists despite the facade. — Kasie West

Despite so many ordeals, my advanced age and the nobility of my soul make me conclude that all is well. — Sophocles

You know your relationship has run its course when, despite any feelings you may still harbour, it just is not worth the heartache anymore. — Shane K.P. O'Neill

For now I had begun to believe, despite all the talk of science around me, that there was a magic in spoken words. — Ralph Ellison

I was not, though, born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Despite what people seem to think. — Michael Audain

I've been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential. I am. — Billy Corgan

Despite my smooth moves (which, honestly, was just feeling her up in the kitchen), Perry didn't succumb to my advances. — Karina Halle

Despite all that I had taught, I had learned nothing about the world. — Melanie Benjamin

Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you. — Pope Francis

And yet, despite everything I just shared, I still couldn't admit to another person that I am lonely. — Kath C. Eustaquio-Derla

Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel
merely terribly, terribly good at his job. — Terry Pratchett

It made me hope he would tell me that he still needed me despite all that he had, that he really missed me and wanted me back, but he didn't. — Durjoy Datta

What if the actual sin was that despite the fact of knowing how cruel and unfair this world is; we still bring children to life? — Sandra Chami Kassis

I like you too, despite my better judgment." "You'd be surprised how often I hear that. — Marissa Meyer

But perhaps life has a tendency to converge on a pathway, something like a magnetic pull that draws it back despite temporary deviations. — Richard Dawkins

Most are unaware of their tremendous worth and boundless potential, despite possessing both. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. — Alan Guth

But here they were, despite death and everything, sitting in a car.
If this was fate, she was buying. — Tara Janzen

Sorry, but despite how I look, I really love this planet.-Gintoki — Hideaki Sorachi

Despite all of our efforts to control something, the world is much, much more powerful than us, and more deranged even than us. — Errol Morris

On every level, despite differences in personalities and jobs, every single human being needs recognition and support. — Adele Scheele

A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise. — Aesop

Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary. — Wayne Dyer

One thing we knew for certain- despite all our certainties, it was very difficult to guess what one individual was thinking at any given moment. — Joshua Ferris

Despite the heart numbing frost, my soul is blooming like spring. — Debasish Mridha

But despite the fact that life is full of risk, yet without taking risk, we stand a greater risk. — Sunday Adelaja

Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. They're about telling stories. — Seth Shostak

Despite its scientific
pretensions, economics still remains more of an art than a science — Robert Kuttner

when God created man and woman in his own image, he saw that "it was very good," and, despite the dark voices, no man or woman can ever change that. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

And always, I could see that, despite his weakness for her or because of it, he seemed uncatchable, as if he might slip away at any moment. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

Despite our enormous brains and jam-packed libraries, we germ hotels cannot expect to understand absolutely everything. — Kurt Vonnegut

Your destiny, forever kindred,
United you in life and death
Despite the origins that hindered
You from your loving in good faith. — Tatyana K. Varenko

My friend through many dangers. My lover who had healed my broken and weary soul. My mate who had waited for me against all hope, despite all odds. — Sarah J. Maas

Let me be clear: Despite Roger Clemens' statements to the contrary, I never injected Roger Clemens, or anyone else, with lidocaine or B-12. — Jim Lehrer

But despite the fact that the doctors treated him, bled him, and gave him medicines to drink
he recovered. — Leo Tolstoy

We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness. — Dalai Lama

Despite her best intentions, she was beginning to accept the reality of the attraction she felt for him. — Nicholas Sparks

Despite the increasingly presidential style of political leadership in our country, teamwork is essential. — Bob Ainsworth

Despite the goings-on in Congress, I don't believe the USA is bordering on madness. I believe Mexico and Canada are. — Robert Breault

Certain folks start playing Sindh Card despite having ravaged the life of the common Sindhi. — Imran Khan

Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted. — Charles Bass

It would be sweet to be cared for despite her faults, and to be wanted for her person rather than the power she comes with. — Kendare Blake

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. — Donald Rumsfeld

Despite the fact that we climbed a few flights of stairs, I still feel like I'm plunging to the earth. — Veronica Roth

Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a lot easier than it was. — Jessica Maxwell

People would be shocked to know ... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy. — James Lafferty

Despite the walls she surrounded herself with, the thief had somehow let her own heart get stolen. — C.L.Stone

I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it. — Rod Stryker

Despite good intentions, the result is troubling: Feeding the Beast becomes the central focus. — Ed Catmull

Opinions are like ugly children ... despite it all you love your own. — Scott Hutchins

We are sisters. Despite all we've been through, all that we have held against each other, we are sisters until death comes for us. — Marie Lu

Came. Despite the huge challenge, it was also a project right after my heart and fired my imagination too. We moved from the design — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It seemed that young people, despite their fundamental decency, now had to buy into a mind-set which made viciousness and treachery come easy. — Irvine Welsh

Despite the digital age, there is a very large number of venues and spaces that are looking for plays, and many of them are looking for new plays. — Tom Stoppard

Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable. — Diane Ackerman

Maybe the real miracle in any miracle is our ability to believe that despite our own depravity, in the eyes of God we are worthy of a miracle. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Despite what was happening, Victoria loved Alyssa.

Loved her enough to kill her. — Hollow Ryan

Faith is not primarily a function of how you feel. Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel. — Timothy Keller

He marveled at the indifference of the world, the way it kept on, despite everything. — Anthony Doerr