#despite

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. ↗

— George Stephen

#cemetery #dance #dependent #despite #fact

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#despite #does #eat #fact #live

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary. ↗

— Peter Straub

#buddies #contrary #despite #efforts #fear

It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love, Not War. We were idealistic innocents, despite the drugs and sex. ↗

— Margot Kidder

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I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#despite #english #fact #i #i think

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#cynicism #despite #good #good time #hollywood

Over the last five years, the Administration and the majority in Congress have appropriated less than $900 million for port security grants - despite the Coast Guard's determination that $5.4 billion is needed over 10 years. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#appropriated #billion #coast #congress #despite

A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#delusion #despite #evidence #lack #people