Sentence examples for defying the system from inspiring English sources

"The original rave culture was about defying the system; you don't get that so much today," says Mr Sawyer.

He gave a few clues in English to what his songs were about: peace, love, defying the system.

"That I was doing this illegal thing, defying the system and buying them books, and that they were secretly reading them".

Yet Shin, who is not exactly a master escape artist, manages to evade the state's controls, and along his stumble to freedom he encounters many others who — not in words, certainly, but in practice — are defying the system.

"French authorities were, and are still, not fond of rave parties, so I guess it was our way of defying the system," he says.

When I saw the movies of Fela Kuti I identified with a lot of parts that were similar to how my life is; running for president, defying the system and how it comes at you like they're going to take your throat out.

Saddam Hussein meted out revenge on those who defied the system.

And in the conservative business of hockey, he was regarded as a selfish individual who had defied the system.

The film's other feminist predecessor is "9 to 5," another movie in which three smart women defy the system.

It is not clear how far Mr. Moussavi, a former prime minister who is essentially an insider thrust into the role of opposition, would go to defy the system.

You are familiar with this country, and how much this country loves hard-working religious white people who defy the system and the wisdom of experts to do well despite bad odds.