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"A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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"The man of first rate excellence is virtuous in spite of instruction; he of the middle class is so after instruction; the lowest order of men are vicious in spite of instruction." »Chinese
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"You must believe in God in spite of what the clergy say." »Benjamin Jowett
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"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." »Anne Frank, from the diary of Anne Frank
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"In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular." »Laurence J. Peter
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"I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart." »Anne Frank
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"In spite of everything that has happened, I still believe that people are really good at heart." »Anne Frank, The diary of Anne Frank
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"Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity." »Donald Robert Perry Marquis
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"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education." »Victor Hugo
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"We all grew up in spite of our parents. I trust our children will do likewise." »Sandy Farquhar
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"Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Democritus maintains that there can be no great poet without a spite of madness." »Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed" »Johann von Goethe
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"Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him." »Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five." »James McNeill Whistler
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"All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it." »George Bernard Shaw
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"Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do." »Robert Henri
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"Two and two continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the ameteur for three, or the cry of the critc for five. (from Whistler vs. Ruskin, 1878)" »James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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"Children are natural mimics; they act like their parents in spite of every effort to teach them good manners." »Author Unknown
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"My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then." »George Gordon Byron
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"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." »Christopher Reeve
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"It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." »Anne Frank, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, July 15, 1944
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"A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults." »Charles Kingsley
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"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good." »Robert Graves
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"The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." »Victor Hugo
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"The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave." »James A. LaFond-Lewis
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"The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable." »Paul Tillich
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"But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows...Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,Fool, said my Muse to me look in thy heart and write." »Sir Philip Sidney
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"Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think of himself as a limited and dependent being and only suffering teaches him this." »Simone Weil
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"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." »Victor Hugo
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