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As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually. Greg Rutherford

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We didn't set out to be cool. We set out to be an extremely tight band. We wanted to defy expectations. The more negative your mindset on coming to one of our gigs, the better for us, frankly. James Murphy

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I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears. Jonathan Franzen

People Tears Independent Defy Finish Without Anyone Pages

Truth be told, I hear stories every day that would make you say, 'If you put that in a movie, you wouldn't believe it.' Real life really is kinda incredible; the stories from people's actual lives defy credibility. People's lives are messy, humans are messy, and they're flawed. Lynn Shelton

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'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes. This is, for me, a very positive story and a very empowering one, if only we have that perspective on it. Malachi Kirby

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The terrorists didn't think that Yazidi girls would have the courage to tell the world every detail of what they did to us. We defy them by not letting their crimes go unanswered. Nadia Murad

Courage World Girl Every Think Crimes Tell Defy Detail Would Unanswered Terrorists Go Did Them Us Letting

But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job. Norman Schwarzkopf

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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

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I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way. Rick Moody

Down Way Defy Whenever Break Worked Really Hard

People talk about the Kevin Owens/Sami Zayn relationship and how they'll be fighting forever, but in reality, when it comes to me and A.J. Styles, I defy anybody to find two guys who have been battling against each other longer than us. Samoa Joe

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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

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I remember watching the Tony Awards as a young girl, thinking I would never get that far but, in my heart, wanting so badly to perform on Broadway and defy the expectations of my small town. Taylor Louderman

I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.' Tony Kushner

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America tends to assume Silicon Valley-style innovators can drive quick and transformative changes, but even Silicon Valley's would-be masters of the universe have discovered that energy transitions are subject to time spans and technical constraints that defy their reach. Vaclav Smil

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What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind. William Shakespeare

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Defy the limitations people put on you. Adebayo Akinfenwa

You People Defy Put Limitations

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