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"Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be."
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"I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is."
Matthew Vaughn
"I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is."
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"When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing."
Sally Field
"When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing."
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"He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping."
Thomas Brooks
"He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping."
May,
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"This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school."
Pat Boone
"This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school."
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"I may have a feather duster down my pants."
Johnny Depp
"I may have a feather duster down my pants."
May,
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"Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline."
Harry Houdini
"Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline."
May,
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"Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do."
Mary Richards
"Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do."
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"I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody."
Michael McKean
"I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody."
May,
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"I may be an optimist."
Rebecca De Mornay
"I may be an optimist."
May,
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"Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot."
John Philpot Curran
"Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot."
May,
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"Strong efforts may be made to deny the place, to silence the authentic, but the spirit of things will break through that silence."
John Haynes
"Strong efforts may be made to deny the place, to silence the authentic, but the spirit of things will break through that silence."
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"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."
Elisabeth Shue
"I may be the girl next door, but you wouldn't want to live next to me."
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"It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border."
William Bartram
"It may be proper to observe, that I had now passed the utmost frontier of the white settlements on that border."
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"We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear."
Elias Hicks
"We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear."
May,
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"They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade."
John Paul Stevens
"They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade."
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"He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form."
John C. Ransom
"He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form."
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"Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking."
Jean Racine
"Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking."
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"Too much may be the equivalent of none at all."
Lee Loevinger
"Too much may be the equivalent of none at all."
May,
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"There may be a better one somewhere, but I haven't caught her at it."
Celia Johnson
"There may be a better one somewhere, but I haven't caught her at it."
May,
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"Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you."
Roy Rogers
"Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you."
May,
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"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."
Frank Sinatra
"May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine."
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"The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle."
Johannes Stark
"The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle."
May,
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"You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again."
Steven Squyres
"You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again."
May,
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"To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it's actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami."
Mario Batali
"To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it's actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami."
May,
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"You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit."
Harrison Ford
"You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit."
May,
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"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."
Nicholas Culpeper
"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."
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"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."
James Lind
"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,
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"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."
Marian Burros
"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,
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"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old."
Laurence Housman
"I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old."
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"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."
Simon Greenleaf
"But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence."
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"I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell."
Sherilyn Fenn
"I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell."
May,
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"In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim."
John Owen
"In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim."
May,
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"Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet."
Johann Kaspar Lavater
"Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet."
May,
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"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become."
Louis Pasteur
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become."
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"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."
Pierre Salinger
"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."
May,
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"A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter."
Paul Scofield
"A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter."
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"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."
Samuel Goldwyn
"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."
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"Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while."
Anna Magnani
"Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while."
May,
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"We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet."
Mike Davidson
"We reduced the size of our front page code by about 50%, and by using absolute positioning, we are able to display important parts of the page before other parts may have fully loaded yet."
May,
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"The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you."
Will Rogers
"The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you."
May,
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"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."
Mark E. Hyman
"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."
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"There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud."
Wes Borland
"There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud."
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"Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution."
Edward Teller
"Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution."
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"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."
Bill Bruford
"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."
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"What they did was to make a pilot and it may well go to series at the next festival but I don't have any news on that. It's already been on Paramount actually, but as it's on Paramount it'll probably be on several more times... hopefully."
Jo Brand
"What they did was to make a pilot and it may well go to series at the next festival but I don't have any news on that. It's already been on Paramount actually, but as it's on Paramount it'll probably be on several more times... hopefully."
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"We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves."
Timothy Radcliffe
"We need a place in which we may flourish and be ourselves."
May,
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"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
Moliere
"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
May,
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"May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin."
Sammy Davis, Jr.
"May was young and beautiful, we were legally married, but she was caught in the prison of my skin."
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"I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing."
Jimmy Page
"I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing."
May,
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