Spite Quotes
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What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.
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For books continue each other, in spite of our habit of judging them separately.
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Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also not giving up your opinion at the bidding of such and such a person.
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The arts in America exist in spite of America, not because of America.
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Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.
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You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.
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Common sense is in spite of, not because of age.
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All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for which their reason is unable to discover any adequate cause. The strength of a belief, when it is destitute of any rational foundation, seems, of itself, to furnish a new ground for credulity. We first admit a powerful persuasion, and then, from reflecting on the insufficiency of the ground on which it is built, instead of being prompted to dismiss it, we become more forcibly attached to it.
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To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted.
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Hellenic science is a victory of rationalism, which appears greater, not smaller, when one is made to realize that it had been won in spite of the irrational beliefs of the Greek people; all in all, it was a triumph of reason in the face of unreason. Some knowledge of Greek superstitions is needed not only for a proper appreciation of that triumph but also for the justification of occasional failures, such as the many Platonic aberrations.
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Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it.
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With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique.
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It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.
