D Quotes
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“Despite an unimpressive first term in office, which featured huge tax cuts
for the wealthiest Americans and tax increases for everyone else, Reagan was
reelected in 1984 in an unprecedented landslide, winning forty-nine of the
fifty states against hapless Democrat Walter Mondale. While he has become
the patron saint of all Republicans, especially those who revel in wearing the
“conservative” mantle, Reagan’s record is far, far removed from his rhetoric.
Despite this, the collective delusion of his supporters is best exemplified by
noted Republican speechwriter Peggy Noonan’s claims, regarding his 1980
campaign promises, that they were “Done, done, done, done, done, done and
done. Every bit of it.”
Source: Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics
“Despite any warnings, she continued to move towards the flames he had ignited within her. Her limbs tingled as the fire spread, each touch of Alex's hands and lips caused a wave of cinders.”
Source: Disillusioned Love
“Despite appearances, our children hear everything going on around them.”
Source: I Am in Here: The Journey of a Child with Autism Who Cannot Speak but Finds Her Voice
“Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.”
“Despite being a delight to attract Mr/Mrs Right, it'll be a matter of insight not to expect all to be right with him/her. Expecting otherwise will be uptight or outright oversight. There'll always be a blight no matter how slight that when brought to the limelight can cause affection flight. Fight it with your might if you will, this birthright is our common plight. It is therefore, foresight to to hold on tight to what you've got. Marriage is a decision to manage the imperfections of a fellow imperfect person.”
“Despite being able to demonstrate a very large audience, major advertisers at first wouldn't touch Limbaugh.”
“Despite being English, they served an edible meal." -A Long Petal of the Sea, page 108”
“Despite being extremely professional, Michael Caine has a giggle which was lethal for me because once you catch his eyes, once you realize the other person is a giggler too, it's curtains.”
“Despite being from Ireland, I've always avoided writing about it, for two reasons. For a very small country, Ireland has produced an astonishing number of literary geniuses, and at some level I probably never felt, having left as a toddler, that I had the right to try and add my voice. That's part of it. But I also didn't want to write something that was the equivalent of the Irish theme pub. You find them all over the world. The idea of producing a novel that might replicate that type of ersatz really set my teeth on edge.”
“Despite being in showbiz, I have a very real approach to my life. It plays off with my social life.”
“Despite being required to work on mercury systems, the management team never sent me on an industry recognized mercury training course and I ended up with nasty mercury poisoning.”
“Despite being roughly twice as many characters, it requires a fraction of the mental effort when you read it”
Source: The Programmer's Brain
“Despite being surrounded by donors, caretakers and volunteers at all hours of the day, orphanage life can be lonely.”
Source: Forest In The Wilderness: Life Inside A Ghanaian Orphanage
“Despite being wealthy and having the two story houses of our American dreams, the marbled sink bathrooms, the offices with bay windows looking out at the water, their lives still lacked something. I became fascinated by the things hidden in dark corners and the self help books for hope. Maybe they just had longer hallways and bigger closets to hide the things that scared them.”
Source: Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
“Despite being what would now be called a deprived child in a one parent family, I did not grow up with an urge to smash windows or to bash old ladies over the head in order to steal handbags.”
“Despite belongings to any religion or region, almost every person abuses & hates Hitler. Why?Just because of his act of genocide, but today, that community itself is trying hard to justify his barbaric act”
Source: "Zaki's Gift Of Love"
“Despite biblical prohibitions against lying, the Bible rarely offers an evaluation of its characters or their conduct, thus leaving the moral ambiguity regarding the Bible’s attitude towards the ethical nature of deception open to interpretation by the reader.”
Source: Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible: Philosophical Analysis of Scriptural Narrative
“Despite billions of Sun, the universe is still in darkness! The wisdom of light is yet powerless!”
“Despite Byrd's claims that he had only been a member between 1942 and 1943, a handwritten letter from Byrd to the KKK Imperial Wizard, dated 1946, stated, 'The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia'.”
Source: How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again: The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump
“Despite Canada Goose presenting her a ring, nobody thinks it gives them any right to stick together having Timmy’s and listen to the call of loons...”
Source: Carol of the Wings: Vintage Folk Patchwork Tale
“Despite characterizations of ignorance and racism by the Democrats and most of the media, economic and social fortunes have risen in Dixie as well.”
Source: CALIFORNIA LIBERALISM IS EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN SPORT’S POLITICAL EFFECT
“Despite CIA rhetoric that gave Phoenix a sanitized, technical patina, the program soon devolved into an exercise in brutality that produced many casualties and few verifiable results.”
Source: Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation
“Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.”
“Despite claims that these radical policy changes were driven by fiscal conservatism...the reality is that government was not reducing the amount of money devoted to the management of the urban poor. It was radically altering what the funds would be used for....Funding that had once been once used for public housing was being redirected to prison construction.”
Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
“Despite [Cleo Lythogoe] being one of the world's most successful alcohol smugglers, reporters asked her the type of asinine interview questions women are still asked today. Instead of inquiring about her whiskey, they wanted to know why Cleo was single and what her love like was like. Silly reporters. Girls don't like boys, they like whiskey and money.”
Source: Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
“Despite considering myself a good judge of character, able to read most people's emotions and identify patterns in business relationships easily and quickly, I couldn't see any of it in her then, though the signs were evident throughout.”
Source: Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current
“Despite conspiracies, the Kurdish people thwarted all attempts to weaken the party”
“Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.”
Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes when networks of relationships form among people who share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don't need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage and commitment that lead to broad-based change.”
“Despite deficit rains, we have been successful in bringing down the inflation down from double digits to 3-4%”
“Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and backpacks, and Sony personal CD players and head for school.”
Source: No Logo
“Despite disappointments, the Christian is obligated to pray for the sick because we are bidden to do so and because the crumb of our caring is but a morsel broken from the whole loaf of the Father's infinite and tender love.”
Source: Catherine Marshall: Inspiration Writings
“Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system.”
“Despite Elon Musks’ privileges and advantages, I believe that his approach to innovation is adaptable and can be replicated to varying degrees.”
Source: Innovate Like Elon Musk: Easily Participate in Innovation with Guidelines from Tesla and SpaceX: A Simple Understanding of First Principle Thinking and Vertical Integration
“Despite every activities of hard times and trials; if you know your mission, know who you are and what you are about, nothing can take your mind, time and energy from pressing towards the goal every single day.”
“Despite every precaution you take, evil will come at you anyway. It's simply a matter of whether or not you have the courage to stand against it.”
Source: Prodigy of Revenge
“Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon -but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx -the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?”
“Despite everything - despite all this hatred, despite all this misunderstanding between nations and civilizations - I think love is the end. Love is the end.”
“Despite everything, his body reacted to her proximity—a quickening pulse, a tightening in his chest that had nothing to do with anxiety and everything to do with muscle memory. Nine years disappeared in an instant.”
Source: Rekindled Flame
“Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.”
Source: The diary of a young girl
“Despite everything
I still thank the universe
For blessing me with you
As my first
If I could love you this much For this long
— And on my first try —
Then surely,
I could love someone else more
Far better,
Far longer.”
Source: The Last Time I'll Write About You
“Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife.”
“Despite everything, it's still you.”
“Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I can't stop thinking what I know. And I know that my aunt Helen would still be alive today if she just bought me one present like everybody else. She would be alive if I were born on a day that didn't snow.”
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition
“Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.”
Source: Manchild in the Promised Land
“Despite everything that is going on our climate and injustice in our country, we can't forget to come together celebrate the number of times the Tragically Hip helped bring us together and have our hearts moved. That is us honouring the life force, whatever that is. Celebrating is a duty.”
“Despite everything we had done to each other, we remained close.”
Source: Show Them a Good Time
“Despite everything we know about photo manipulation, a photo is still considered an objective document.”
“Despite everything - your lies, your wounds, I cannot help but love you. I'm helpless against it.”
Source: A Poison Dark and Drowning
“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”