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I defy gravity.
Defy the limitations people put on you.
I defy anyone in the world to trade with me.
Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.
The student will try to defy the master. Always.
I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.
I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days.
What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
I would defy people to find a more beautifully developed character than Seven of Nine.
We all have challenges. We have to face them, embrace them, defy them, and conquer them.
The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
Vivian Abenshushan and Veronica Gerber write brilliant books that defy generic conventions.
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
I defy any woman who is pregnant and trying to concentrate really hard not to feel distracted.
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.
I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears.
I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.
But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.
Women throughout history have had to defy rigid conventions about what is and is not expected of them.
I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'
If the day comes where I can have my own action figure... I defy any actor to say that's not a good day.
It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want.
I decided that I would defy expectations, be it those put on me by society, race, socioeconomic status, or my father.
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations.
I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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.
The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.
Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.
I love doing action. Since I'm not 21, there's some, 'Let me get to the gym so I can do it.' But I love to defy expectations.
The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.
I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay.
I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.
I defy anyone to produce any evidence that the word 'happy' has ever crossed my lips. I am not now, nor have I ever been, 'happy.'
There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.
I defy anybody to be of service to another human being and not have the most peaceful night of sleep you've had in a long, long time.
There is no reason to protect illegal-alien criminals from deportation. And cities that defy the law should face serious consequences.
Everything I have done or attempted to do for Scotland has always been for her benefit, never my own and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.
Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'
The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them.
Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.
I hate to say 'chain restaurant,' but we're sort of a corporation now. How do we defy that concept, where people assume each restaurant can't be good?
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.
A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.
There is no more potent weapon in any profession than a woman with a feminine exterior and a will of steel, and I defy you to find one man who will disagree.