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The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. Theodor Adorno | top
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis. Samuel Alexander | top
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We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community. Jose Maria Aznar | top
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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. Mikhail Bakunin | top
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It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. Amelia Barr | top
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I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past. Clara Barton | top
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. Napoleon Bonaparte | top
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Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will. Scott Brown | top
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To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life. Kenneth Clark | top
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But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds. Patricia Clarkson | top
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I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach. William Cobbett | top
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Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. Quentin Crisp | top
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The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents. Mike DeWine | top
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How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear. Shirin Ebadi | top
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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. Paul Getty | top
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Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself. Cathy Guisewite | top
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I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent. Pierre Laval | top
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I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days. Denis Norden | top
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Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it. Camille Paglia | top
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I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine. Jeri Ryan | top
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Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. John Shimkus | top
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I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. Martin Short | top
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Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage. Anthea Turner | top
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It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Voltaire | top
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I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes. Jody Watley | top