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But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics.

Tim Holden

Struggle, America, Brave

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Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.

Margaret Fuller

Encouragement, Struggle, Play

Margaret Fuller (2012). “Woman in the Nineteenth Century”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel.

David Platt

Kings, Son, Israel

David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.35, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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Everything I ever worried about turned out exactly as it was going to, despite my anxious moments to the contrary.

Wayne Dyer

Motivational, Moments, Worried

Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.68, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Abraham Lincoln comes from nothing, has no education, no money, lives in the middle of nowhere on the frontier. And despite the fact that he suffers one tragedy and one setback after another, through sheer force of will, he becomes something extraordinary: not only the president but the person who almost single-handedly united the country.

Seth Grahame-Smith

Country, Suffering, Tragedy

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Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two up and two down, with digital chimneys like pigs' tits on the rooftops sending up heat and smoke into the cold trough of a windy sky. Stars hid like snipers, taking aim now and again when clouds gave them a loophole. Winter was an easy time for him to hide his secrets, for each dark street patted his shoulder and became a friend, and the gaseous eye of each lamp glowed unwinking as he passed.

Alan Sillitoe

Stars, Eye, Passion

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I could list of dozens things my fiancee does that annoys me and I'm sure he could list off hundreds of things about me but the fact is that even through all that we love each other. We love each other in spite of our flaws and despite all the things we do that should make us hate each other we still continue to fall deeper in love. Sometimes we want to hate each other but for two people who are truly in love it simply isn't possible. Not even a little but, not even at all.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Hate, Fall, Romantic Love

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We need to learn how to keep people through love. Despite imperfections, sins, and irritating habits of other Christians, they belong to Jesus and they need our love as a healthy climate for growth.

John Wimber

Love, Christian, Jesus

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You can be happy with someone who likes you despite your faults - until you meet someone who likes your faults.

Robert Breault

Relationship, Likes, Faults

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Tests showed cancer of the larynx and the doctor advised an operation immediately. I was informed that my larynx had to be removed completely. I heard about Dr Breuss and went to see him....he prescribed the juice treatment....By the time I had completed this juice treatment I felt fit and once again had a good appetite. Despite my 72 years I felt my old self again.

Jurgen Neukirch

Cancer, Years, Doctors

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Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity

Julien Clerc

Dignity, Harsh, Trauma

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It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress has been in too many cases more than willing to walk away from its constitutional powers.

Robert Byrd

People, Liberty, Heritage

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And despite the fact that the basis of this mathematical way of thinking in art is in reason, its dynamic content is able to launch us on astral flights which soar into unknown and still uncharted regions of the imagination.

Max Bill

Art, Thinking, Imagination

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President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

Jim Cooper

Government, President, Able

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

Esther Williams

Swim, Beverly Hills, Hospitality

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Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything — your sin, your smallness, your stupidity — you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart’s deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you, if you are guaranteed heaven? To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny — less, a scratch on a penny.

Peter Kreeft

Crazy, Heart, Loss

Peter Kreeft (1989). “Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing”, p.82, Ignatius Press

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People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of "diversity," it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendships with those who share similar backgrounds, interests and values. It makes for more shared experiences, easier conversations and more comfortable silences. Despite many exceptions, the urge is nearly universal. It's human nature.

Robert J. Samuelson

People, Diversity, Silence

"A Tyranny of True Believers" by Robert Samuelson, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2008.

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Not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it. We are always amazed at it–how fast it goes, how slowly it goes, how much of it is gone. Where, we cry, has the time gone? We aren’t adapted to it, not at home in it. If that is so, it may appear as a proof, or at least a powerful suggestion, that eternity exists and is our home.

Sheldon Vanauken

Powerful, Home, Suggestions

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Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

Zainab Salbi

Past, Silence, Leader

"An In-Depth Interview With Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International". Interview with Rahim Kanani, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 11, 2011.

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It appears that the ground of being which underlies
and sustains us despite our various inadequate and
conflicting stories must be extremely tolerant, generous,
and forgiving. All things considered, it wouldn't hurt
if we were, too.

Alexei Panshin

Hurt, Forgiving, Stories

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Like Semmering Academy, the Grove School was a Gothic pile of bricks run by 1950s-era chalk drones, which maintained its cultural viability by perpetuating a weirdly seductive anxiety throughout its community. Mary herself was a victim of the seduction; despite the trying and repetitive emotional requirements of her job, she remained eternally fascinated by the wicker-thin girls and their wicker-thin mothers, all of them favoring dark wool skirts and macintoshes and unreadably far-away expressions; if she squinted, they could have emerged intact from any of the last seven decades.

Heidi Julavits

Girl, Mother, Running

Heidi Julavits (2008). “The Uses of Enchantment”, p.14, Anchor

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But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools.

Jesse James Garrett

Communication, Tools, Addresses

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Despite what our modern society would have you believe, the Witch within you is not dangerous, but protective. She is not frivolous, but exceedingly accurate and trustworthy.

Laurie Cabot

Believe, Witch, Trustworthy

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It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace.

Hanan Ashrawi

Israel, World, Moderation

"Peace process in limbo after Barak calls 'timeout'", www.cnn.com. October 22, 2000.

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Despite its simple and humble design, Zik is certainly today one of our most successful products in terms of intuitive ergonomics.

Philippe Starck

Humble, Successful, Simple

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