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• I don't support gay marriage despite being a conservative. I support gay marriage because I am a conservative.

  Jens Spahn

  Gay, Support, Ties That Bind

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• For me, a male role model would be a man who, despite holding a leadership position, has the courage to say that he wants to reschedule a 7 p.m. meeting for 4 p.m. because he'd really like to be able to put his son to bed.

  Kristina Schroder

  Son, Men, Role Models

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• Despite my belief that somehow my work would get me where I wanted to be, there was still some kind of fathomless yearning. Yes, my career aspirations were always goading me. But partially, I think I tried to let those dreams replace or become the other yearning, to have that other form of value.

  Cris Mazza

  Dream, Thinking, Careers

  "'My discoveries weren't any more extensive or alarming than most people's. I just chose to look'". Interview with Antonia Crane, logger.believermag.com. November 5, 2013.

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• Everyone I know, men and women alike, would love to see the world changed so that boys and girls, men and women are valued equally for what we contribute, despite the differences in how our brains and bodies work.

  Cris Mazza

  Girl, Boys, Men

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• About three million Muslims live in the country, but we have no relationship to our diverse Muslim society, despite the fact that it's an established part of our larger society. We need to build a stronger foundation for the relationship between Muslims and the state.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  Country, Stronger, Foundation

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Why is it that, despite having achieved previously undreamed-of miracles of progress, we seem more helpless in facing life than our less privileged ancestors were? The answer seems clear: while humankind collectively has increased its material powers a thousandfold, it has not advanced very far in terms of improving the content of experience.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Miracle, Progress, Answers

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• Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Situation, Humans, Our Thoughts

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• And I saw for the first time how, despite the isolation of our own lives, we are always connected to our ancestors; our bodies hold the memories of those who came before us, whether it is the features we inherit or a disposition that is etched into our soul.

  Alyson Richman

  Memories, Soul, Body

  Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.237, Penguin

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• Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'

  Sasha Frere-Jones

  Iron, Prime, Ministers

  "Screen Shot" by Sasha Frere-Jones, www.newyorker.com. February 6, 2012.

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• Yes, we are our fathers' sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here. Still alive, still breathing,
  with the power to change this world, one little boy and girl at a time.

  Daniel Beaty

  Girl, Daughter, Father

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• Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.

  Lynn Emanuel

  Lovely, Diction, Dies

  Lynn Emanuel (2015). “The Nerve Of It: Poems New and Selected”, p.50, University of Pittsburgh Press

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• Things are better now that the attention has subsided a bit, and I'm happier. Now I can concentrate on what I'm supposed to do, that is, training and running. Despite everything that's happened, I feel like I'm still the same person.

  Liu Xiang

  Running, Training, Attention

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. May 19, 2006.

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• Despite a lingering low inventory and increasing prices, consumers still have the confidence to purchase a home. More and more people recognize the many opportunities in this market and the significant value of low interest rates. As job creation and wages continue to improve, many more first-time buyers are now making the decision to become homeowners.

  Dave Liniger

  Jobs, Home, Opportunity

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• Despite billions of Sun, the universe is still in darkness! The wisdom of light is yet powerless!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Light, Darkness, Sun

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• The countries that have collected the most development aid are also the ones that are in the worst shape. Despite the billions that have poured in to Africa, the continent remains poor.

  James Shikwati

  Country, Development, Shapes

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It was my mother, despite the limitations placed on women of her time by society, who insisted I be allowed to go abroad to study, in sturdy defiance of the male elders of the family, who protested and decided that I should be married off instead.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Mother, Males, Study

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Nation building is our central task, both in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And states, nations can't just be built with military power. Despite all difficulties, it's very inspiring to see how the Kurds, the Arab Sunnis and the Shiites are coming together here, how they're jointly defining the basis on which their state is to be built, the political course this state will pursue and who is to receive which cabinet positions.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Military, Iraq, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• That should be the goal, is that every kid in every neighborhood, despite whatever challenges they may face, are getting a great education in our public schools.

  Michelle Rhee

  School, Kids, Goal

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

  Harry Belafonte

  Spiritual, Who I Am, America

  "Actor-activist Harry Belafonte, Part 1". "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. November 30, 2011.

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• Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Art, Space, Tasks

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• If this universe is the House of God, then I must say it is quite a dark house despite several hundred billion suns!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Dark, House, Sun

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• Accept the fact that you are accepted, despite the fact that you are unacceptable.

  Paul Tillich

  Facts, Accepted, Accepting

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• Endorsed by Bob Jones, despite calling Mormonism a "cult".

  Mitt Romney

  Mormonism, Calling, Bob

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• Most people lose money because of lack of emotional discipline -the ability to keep their emotions removed from investment decisions. Dieting provides an apt analogy. Most people have the necessary knowledge to lose weight-that is they know that in order to lose weight you have to exercise and cut your intake of fats. However, despite this widespread knowledge, the vast majority of people who attempt to lose weight are unsuccessful. Why? Because they lack the emotional discipline.

  Victor Sperandeo

  Exercise, Cutting, Emotional

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• Reading Don Quixote can be compared to an indefinite visit from your most impossible senior relative, with all his pranks, dirty habits, unstoppable reminiscences, and terrible cronies. When the experience is over, and the old boy checks out at last (on page 846 - the prose wedged tight, with no breaks for dialogue), you will shed tears all right; not tears of relief or regret but tears of pride. You made it, despite all that 'Don Quixote' could do.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Senior, Regret, Dirty

  "The Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha". Book by Miguel de Cervantes, 1605 - 1615.

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