May Quotes
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Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects.
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What we think is ethical today, we may not have thought ethical five or 10 years ago. Cloning, stem cell research? However we feel about those things today, we may feel differently 10 years from now.
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The schizophrenic may indeed be mad. He is mad. He is not ill. I have been told by people who have been through the mad experience how what was then revealed to them was veritable manna from Heaven. The person's whole life may be changed, but it is difficult not to doubt the validity of such vision. Also, not everyone comes back to us again.
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Self-indulgence takes many forms; and we should bear in mind that there may be a sullen sensuality as well as a gay one.
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Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.
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We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.
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This wisdom of crowds thing--it may be a cliche, but it's mostly true. What we're talking about here is a democracy, and it works, but you have to be careful before it gets out of control.
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Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A strong mind and body aren't always enough. You might also need a resilient heart.
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Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
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Goals are like the gas in your car, you may go in many different directions after you fill up, but with out the gas you are not going anywhere
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If you're going to have an exchange of ideas, the only thing you can do is to meet people face-to-face in front of a crowd who may think differently than you do. I mean, that's what democracy is about, isn't it?
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Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real mothers, real nurses, and (above all) real children for preserving the human race in such sanity as it still possesses.
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Let's get my incantation right: "I wish I may, I wish I might" Give earth another satellite.
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The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.
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Young voters may be growing up in an era of increased global connection, cooperation and commerce. But they're very open to politicians who tell them it is these very things that are keeping elites in power and keeping their generation down.
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I may be a sleeping politician. But one should know that a sleeping politician is always awake about national politics. I am not like politicians who sleep on national issues though they may be awake physically.
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In short, the world abounds with simple delusions which we may call "happiness", if we be but able to entertain them.
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If I step out too much while in the process and don't allow myself to get into it, the piece may not get made.
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What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.
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The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to the rule of law, and in which people may act free of constraint.
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A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious.
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The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are.
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If we ignore it the truth that God is love may slyly come to mean for us the converse, that love is God.
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There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.
