"I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway."
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"Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never"
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"Shakespeare's name, you may depend on it, stands absurdly too high and will go down."
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"I die but first I have possessed, And come what may, I have been blessed."
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"Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save."
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"Words may deeply wound us, but we must run that risk to be free."
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"Teaching, may I say, is the noblest profession of all in a democracy."
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"Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies."
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"It is a sobering thought that Gomer Pyle and the Beverly Hillbillies may be among our chief interstellar emissaries."
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"Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided."
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"I was a student in the Department of Anthropology. At that time, they were teaching that there was absolutely no difference between anybody. They may be teaching that still."
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"The Bible may be the Greatest Story Ever Told, but the most popular story you can ever tell is about a good-looking couple having a really swell time copulating outside wedlock, and having to quit for one reason or another while doing it is still a novelty."
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"I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted."
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"There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus."
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"My body loves my in spite of how I may treat it. My body communicates with me, and I now listen to its messages. I am willing to GET the message."
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"No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If I go out, someone may call while I’m out. Then I can check the answering machine when I come back in."
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"I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader may then find the poem difficult."
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"I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be."
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