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Defying Quotes (page 5)

At times I feel as if I had lived all this before and that I have already written these very words, but I know it was not I: it was another woman, who kept her notebooks so that one day I could use them. I write, she wrote, that memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events; we cannot gauge the consequences of our acts, and we believe in the fiction of past, present, and future, but it may also... Isabel Allende
their respect for the mystery--the half-grasped but never spoken idea that maybe, when you got right down to the place where the cheese binds, there is no such thing as marriage, no such thing as union, that each soul stood alone and ultimately defied rationality. That was the mystery. Stephen King
Rick Moody quote: "I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break..."
I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way. Rick Moody
Paul Getty quote: "There are heads of royal families who control hereditary..."
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. Paul Getty
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. Mahatma Gandhi
Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful. Bill Frist
Mike DeWine quote: "The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy..."
The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents. Mike DeWine
It defies common sense that stores are fined for selling toy guns to children, but someone who isn't even allowed to board an airplane in this country can purchase as many real guns he wants with no questions asked. Carolyn McCarthy
I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.' Larry David
A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped to the chair with vertical seat belts, unable to eject. James Wolcott
Voltaire quote: "It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind;..."
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Voltaire
The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. Quentin Crisp
William Shakespeare quote: "What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind."
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind. William Shakespeare
He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. Kit Williams
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas. David Wilkerson

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