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Related There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their ... FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD On Love - Men love women for their virtues. Women love men in spite of their flaws. MARSHA HINDS Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. DON MARQUIS Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. DON MARQUIS faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances. C.S. LEWIS In spite of all their friends could say, / On a winter's morn, on a stormy day, / In a sieve they we... EDWARD LEAR Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moo... C.S. LEWIS And force them, though it was in spite
Of Nature and their stars, to write. SAMUEL BUTLER (1) The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive, but in spite of their reli... MARK TWAIN In spite of crossing guards blowing their whistles and waving their hands, (the driver) kept going, ... BILL SCHWARTZ My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite ... LARRY DRAKE You can always give your testimony of how you came to know Jesus. Certainly no one can argue with yo... HENRY HON in spite of the presence of that senior citizen on board. CURT BROWN The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. JAMES A. LAFOND-LEWIS in spite of the terrorism, in spite of the threats. HAMID KARZAI Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will thei... C.S. LEWIS Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretche... EMMA LAZARUS The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government b... VICTORIA WOODHULL When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them ... HERMANN HESSE The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave. - Novembe... JAMES A. LAFOND-LEWIS Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. VICTOR HUGO Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. VICTOR HUGO In spite of God's love for you, in spite of the spirit filling, in spite of your ability to speak in... SUNDAY ADELAJA For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately. VIRGINIA WOOLF Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reaso... C.S. LEWIS The Jews are known for their perseverance and this is what helps them achieve their goals. Persevera... H.W. CHARLES Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on in spite of it. SCOTT TUROW Children are natural mimics -- they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them g... SOURCE UNKNOWN Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good... Children are natural mimics. They act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them goo... UNKNOWN Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their ... DEAN KOONTZ My wicked heart will ramble on in spite of myself. (Arabella) THOMAS HARDY When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such... NICOLAS CHAMFORT When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such... SEBASTIAN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such... SéBASTIEN-ROCH NICOLAS DE CHAMFORT Cowards who hide their face and name while bashing others can’t help it. They’re prisoners of th... BOBBY W. MILLER There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them goo... ANONYMOUS In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense. AMIT KALANTRI It would assuredly make a difference if Christians, in their approach one to another, realized that,... ROLAND ALLEN A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and p... JOHN F. KENNEDY A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pre... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Free. We are not free from bad experiences or mean people, but we are free on how to respond to thos... JOHN B. BEJO For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really ... ALDOUS HUXLEY Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that Afric... DICK GREGORY I never saw anything more like real warfare in my life - only the attack was all on one side. The po... WALTER CRANE During the dance of Giants, common man gets stomped on. BEN OAK All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- a... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I don't expect them to change their views, and they shouldn't expect us to change our views. The iss... SANDY BERGER They rock against each other, holding on, and the birds in the forest raise their voices to drown ou... BARBARA KINGSOLVER In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the
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[Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux... BERTRAND BARERE In spite of the way many people are turning away from God, not for other gods, but for no god; in sp... EVA BURROWS ...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happen... RAYMOND E. FEIST ...and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might a... JACK KEROUAC This review is from: On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback) "I know t... AMAZON REVIEWER His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the d... J.K. ROWLING When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to ... DEAN KOONTZ Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If we truly love ourselves, in spite of our flaws, then we can love others in spite of theirs. STEPHEN RICHARDS I reason everything out, and usually analyze my tastes too well to succumb to them blindly. And that... GUY DE MAUPASSANT A person who says his expertise lies in selling only a particular product, but for other products so... ANUJ SOMANY The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters—it was something about the way they carried ... JHUMPA LAHIRI They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea: In spite of all their... EDWARD LEAR I laugh at people who think their spontaneous, yet plan their spontaneous moments. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Words can change their meaning, just by repeating them. DEYTH BANGER To be poetic is how u get somebody as a girl around you... "Dexter: You seem uncertain. I... DEYTH BANGER In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public bu... STEPHEN GARDINER No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The candle is the light of life that is constantly thriving to hang on and light up the darkness of ... ENOCK MAREGESI The whole time my mindset was always to try and get better in spite of what was going on, and in spi... WILLIAM GREEN A person who says his expertise lies in selling only a particular product, but for other products so... ANUJ SOMANY Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur th... WILLIAM JAMES Get pass your past, be a presence in your present, and let no one refute your future. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Do you wish to be accepted for who you are? Do you wish to be loved without condition? Do you wish f... AARON LEE YEAGER The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need ... WARWICK MIDDLETON Dr. Martin Luther King Jr whose father was named after the great Protestant reformer showed how to p... TROY J. GAINEY This land on which so many centuries have left their mark is merely an obligatory retreat for you, w... ALBERT CAMUS In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we a... OMAR BONGO In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. KATHLEEN NORRIS In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. LAURENCE J. PETER In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. KATHY NORRIS We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG For in spite of itself any movement that thinks and acts in terms of an JOHN DEWEY I leave with great pride in what I have been able to accomplish at a school that only verbally suppo... KYLE MACY Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-o... LEONARD MALTIN The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into ... IAN WATSON Courage is acting in spite of fear. HOWARD W. HUNTER Legend remains victorious in spite of history. SARAH BERNHARDT One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readi... RALPH WALDO EMERSON One can spread words easily about others but to look into their own life and speak of their truths i... STEPHANI MCLELLAN They hear what he has to deal with on the court. And they see how he succeeds in spite of it, and it... TYRONE SLAUGHTER It's a curious thing that the mental life seems to flourish with its roots in spite, ineffable and f... D.H. LAWRENCE The bullfight is a Spanish institution; it has not existed because of the foreigners and tourists, b... ERNEST HEMINGWAY
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