#despite

Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#broken #children #come #crime #day

I took my daily swim at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool despite the presence of onlookers. ↗

— Esther Williams

#beverly hills #daily #despite #hills #hotel

Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman suffrage will succeed, despite this miserable guerilla opposition. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#differently #guerilla #miserable #opposition #succeed

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#despite #every #fault #had #i

Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much of my life to writing, and have therefore neglected other aspects of my being. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#being #books #dedicated #despite #five

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#budget deficit #deficit #deficits #despite #enormous

The U.N. has been so disappointing to date on the whole Rwanda issue that despite the people they've sent through, and I have no doubt their competence, in the end, the decision is going to be made by other people and not by them. ↗

— Tony Greig

#competence #date #decision #despite #disappointing

I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#big #both #despite #fish #had

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#alive #arts #average #bodies #body

In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#assessed #business #business owners #death #despite