May Quotes
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A man may well bring a horse to the water,But he cannot make him drinke without he will.
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Sometimes I think of Abraham How one star he saw had been lit for me He was a stranger in this land And I am that, no less than he And on this road to righteousness Sometimes the climb can be so steep I may falter in my steps But never beyond your reach
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I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good.
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The ambition of the original Frank had not died; it had grown subtler. It had become a wish to sample everything. The more bodily habitations there were with which to sample, the more tantalizing the idea seemed: for many experiences, belonging only to one brief era, are never repeated, and may be gone before they are perceived and tasted.
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To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
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Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.
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I have definitely emulated my mom's style more than anyone's. But that may be mostly to do with how often I steal her clothing.
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After many unhappy experiments in the direction of an ideal Republic, it was found that what may be described as a Despotism tempered by Dynamite provides, on the whole, the most satisfactory description of ruler - an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power.
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As a Christian, we always fail because we can't become Christ. But I can try to at least emulate the best qualities, even if I may fall short.
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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
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Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information.
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Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time, people talk and they tell us what they know.
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Shoot for the stars. You may not get the stars-but you may get the moon.
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I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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So long as human history continues, we will face the perennial challenge of realizing, maintaining and strengthening peace through dialogue, of making dialogue the sure and certain path to peace. We must uphold and proclaim this conviction without cease, whatever coldly knowing smiles or cynical critiques may greet us.
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We must begin to understand the nature of intertextuality . . . the manner by which texts poems and novels respond to other texts. After all, all cats may be black at night, but not to other cats.
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Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts.
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When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a certain sense of loneliness engendered by traveling leads one to reflect upon the meaning of life, for life is after all a travelling from one unknown to another unknown.
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It is clear that rituals and sacrifices can bring people together, and it may well be that a group that does such things has an advantage over one that does not. But it is not clear why a religion has to be involved. Why are gods, souls, an afterlife, miracles, divine creation of the universe, and so on brought in?
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Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.
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Making tough decisions that may make someone unhappy is something to get good at doing.
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There may be many things wrong with the United States but only a blind fool who hasn't been paying attention for the last twenty years would hold up Europe as the alternative.
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Horrible bosses may be one of the reasons why we decide to leave a company, but they can also teach us how not to lead teams when we have that responsibility.
