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May Quotes


"I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell."
May,


"Daley may be sinking. The hot water has gone from his chest to his neck."


"You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come."


"It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask them to hold the sweetened library paste that passes for gravy."
May,


"The best way to investigate the elusive phenomenon called the creative process may well be to target all the misconceptions, to explain what the creative process is not."
May,


"Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible."
May,


"It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience."


"Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it."


"Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline."
May,


"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."
May,


"No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things."


"I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks."


"Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be."


"When news comes out, it ought to be reported. There shouldn't be a moratorium based on legitimate news, just because it may or may not affect one candidate or the other. That's just absurd."


"The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle."
May,


"The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it."


"It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice."


"Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only."
May,


"When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing."


"Sin recognized but that may keep us humble, But oh, it keeps us nasty."


"The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!"


"We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides."


"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."


"Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed."


"Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past."


"Let it them be put into any clean oven vessel of china or stoneware which should be wider at the top than at the bottom. so that there may be the largest surface above to favor the evaporation."
May,


"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."


"You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut."
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