"Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people."
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"If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity."
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"In Cuba, despite having lived through the most difficult times, there has never been a neo liberal adjustment."
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"Seeing, despite the name, isn’t merely visual."
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"One could be happy not only without love, but despite it."
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