Despite that it’s ‘Star Wars’ and how huge it is, it’s still work to me, and that element of things grounds you, especially from nerding out a few times. Although, some days I can’t control myself.
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
I wasn’t sure what it would take to make it in the theater, but despite the struggle, that was all I ever really wanted.
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty.
Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.
As human beings, we aren’t as individual as we’d like to believe we are. And I think that’s what makes acting possible. Despite the fact that I have not experienced something, I have it in my human capacity to imagine it and to put myself in someone else’s shoes, and to take someone else’s circumstances personally.
Despite the successes, you remember the failures – rather lovingly.
If I were living in France, I’d vote for Jacques Chirac, despite the fact that he can’t seem to keep his hands out of the cash till.
Despite the fact the studio looks out of five windows onto a picture perfect view of sky, hills and wide open spaces, I work with my blinds firmly drawn, daylight filtered through their white canvas, a painterly northern light falling through two big skylights above my table, and nothing visible outside to distract me.
If anyone can say ‘go back,’ it’s Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture – despite facing famine and drought – still inhabit this country today. But indigenous people aren’t asking anyone to go back to where they came from.
The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis – often despite the advice they were getting.
Despite some struggles of our own, America’s business and economic system remains the envy of much of the world.
