#spite

Let me tell you, never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period, in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#anybody #before #black #folks #history

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

We can't really make a living doing comic books, despite the fact that would be an awfully fun way to make a living. ↗

— Erich Hoeber

#books #comic #comic books #despite #doing

I became a writer in spite of my environments. ↗

— Robert E. Howard

#environments #i #spite #writer

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens. ↗

— Tom Allen

#attempt #attention #citizens #continued #darfur

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. ↗

— Chester Brown

#because #despite #doing #done #enjoyed

Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers. ↗

— Luis Bunuel

#despite #every #few #frankly #go

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#best #canadians #despite #difficult #either

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business. ↗

— Valentino Garavani

#am #been #business #changes #decades

Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#among #came #change #consider #despite