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And yet, despite all this chaos, I still think we should have babies.
I talked to my wife, and despite the terrible news and the fight ahead, we both concluded that we regret nothing.
Yet despite this joyous occasion, Xu Xian was uneasy.
One of the most remarkable things about "Crime and Punishment" is its ability to thrill despite the details of the central murder being revealed in the first act.
Yet despite these incredible adaptations, there are changes unfolding in their habitats too rapidly for sea lions to handle.
As heads are separated from bodies and money rains from the sky, the citizens of Moscow react with petty-self interest, illustrating how Soviet society bred greed and cynicism despite its ideals.
Despite its dark humor and complex structure, "The Master and Margarita" is, at its heart, a meditation on art, love, and redemption, that never loses itself in cynicism.
Despite my high ideals for our classroom, I would too often default to my baser instincts, and I would choose compliance over confidence.
Despite our best efforts, only nine percent of all plastic we use winds up being recycled.
When people are asked about these two different jobs: a job where you make 60K, then 50K, then 40K, a job where you're getting a salary cut each year, and one in which you're getting a salary increase, people like the second job better than the first, despite the fact they're all told they make much less money.
Whether I was facilitating dialogues in Charlottesville or Istanbul or Ahmedabad, the challenge was always the same: despite all odds, and with integrity, how do you get people to connect meaningfully, to take risks, to be changed by their experience?
But despite telling myself, "I'm just studying this stuff, I'm nothing like them," when I got my diagnosis, I suddenly understood how deeply invested I was in my own Horatio Alger theology.
This was the cover of Science, because they thought that humans were more intelligent than these animals, but we can see by some in our administration that despite the enormous advantage in brain volume some of the attitudes remain the same.
That if he just pulled himself up by his bootstraps, despite his boots being stolen, and got himself back on the horse, he could be successful, and there's nothing I could do."
It's exciting to be able to make new proteins, because despite the diversity in nature, evolution has only sampled a tiny fraction of the total number of proteins possible.
Despite us making significant progress in the last 20 years, half the world's population is still at risk from this disease.
Despite this early warning, the West chose to go to sleep at precisely the moment when China and India and the rest of Asia woke up.
That's one of the reasons why it's been so difficult for us to close the disparity in health care that exists along economic lines, despite the expansion of health insurance under the ACA, or Obamacare.
But despite all that, he rarely missed a visit, and I like to believe that was because he knew at our clinic that he was loved.
The resuscitation team tried to bring her back to life, but despite everyone's best efforts, she died.
Despite this early literary success, Neruda struggled financially, and took a series of diplomatic jobs in places such as Burma, Indonesia, Singapore and Spain.
Informed by his poor understanding of the circulatory system, Galen was a strong proponent of these treatments, despite their sometimes lethal consequences.
Even doctors who actually dissected human cadavers would bafflingly repeat Galen’s mistakes, despite seeing clear evidence to the contrary.
Despite the harsh rhetoric and efforts to block immigration, keep refugees out of the country, support for refugees and immigrants in this country, according to polls, has never been higher.
Despite this being a big human trait, however, we know relatively little about when and how we come to care about the opinion of others.
Despite losing his father at an early age and growing up in poverty, he quickly rose to power by forging strategic alliances with other leaders.
Despite being tortured, deprived and isolated, Noor gave nothing away.
We survived the African savannas, despite being weaker and slower than our predators and most of our prey, by an amazing ability to engage in mutual aid, and that urge to cooperate has been hardwired into our minds through natural selection.
"Danzon No. 2." (Music) (Applause) Despite a serene sunset on the Dnipro river, the mood is tense for the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
But we believed that we had a very solid methodology that might work ... But despite our verbal assurances, they wanted some proof.
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