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quand même kawn mem adverb nevertheless; in spite of; even so 1907My Double LifeI then stepped into the carriage which had caused such a sensation at the theatre, and drove away. On reaching home I took the contract to my mother. She signed it without reading it. I made my mind resolutely to be some one quand-même.1909The Man ShakespeareThe critics who have ignorantly praised his Hotspur and Bastard as if he had been a man of deeds as well as a man of words have only obscured the truth that Shakespeare the poet-philosopher, the lover quand même, only reached a sane balance of nature through his overflowing humour.1922The Enormous Room'You're god damn right it's Malheureux,' I said, forgetting my French. 'Quand même, he has resisted authority.'1980The Bourne Identity'Merci bien. Je vais essayer quand même.'Labels: E. E. Cummings, Frank Harris, Robert Ludlum, Sarah Bernhardt
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