#spite

Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions. ↗

— Lara St. John

#another #appearance #capable #decisions #despite

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#behind #characters #despite #fame #fame thing

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ahead #back #change #despite #fear

I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up. ↗

— Kesha

#creepy #despite #dudes #evidence #having

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it. ↗

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

#because #death #difficult #fact #happens

Everything from airplanes to kitchen blenders and even chopsticks comes with an instruction manual. Children, despite all their complexity, do not. ↗

— Lawrence Kutner

#chopsticks #comes #complexity #despite #even

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#despite #family #friends #know #notoriety

When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. ↗

— Mark Rutherford

#danger #endeavoring #go #occupy #ought

Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#any #budget #budget cuts #criticism #cuts

Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#better #despite #else #explain #flaws