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Judith Butler Philosopher, Gender Theorist
May

"You're an evolving and transforming person, right? And how do we capture that dynamics of sexuality in that complex sense? There may be times when someone feels oneself more overly masculine or maybe more feminine, or where the terms themselves become confused, where passivity and activity also don't maintain their usual meaning."

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John Dickinson Politician, Founding Father
May

"What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them."

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Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator
May

"The public feels that if it's on the Internet and you can access it, you deserve it. You haven't committed any kind of crime. We may even have to rename piracy. But in any case, we have to confront it."

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Emma Thompson Actress, Screenwriter, Author
May

"But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me."

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Brigham Young Religious Leader
May

"Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship."

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
May

"We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful."

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Ilchi Lee Author
May

"We may not be able to create or control all of the events that impact our lives but we can create and control our responses to everything that we experience."

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May

"There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity."

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Henri Nouwen Theologian, Author
May

"The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don't see the results."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
May

"To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race."

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Pythagoras Philosopher, Mathematician
May

"Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable."

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Anne Frank Diaries Writer
May

"The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland."

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