"A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything."
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"One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be."
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"Photographs don’t lie, but liars may photograph"
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"Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man."
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"Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law."
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"Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word."
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"Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church."
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"The lyricism of marginality may find inspiration in the image of the outlaw, the great social nomad, who prowls on the confines of a docile, frightened order."
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"You don't have to transcend something that you have no interest in... it may come but it finds no food."
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"Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do, and that if you choose wrong, there may not be that many things left to choose. Sometimes the wrong choice is the only one that lets you face the end with dignity, grace, and the awareness that you're doing the right thing. I'm not sure we can recognize those moments until they've passed us."
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"The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete."
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"Whoever is humble to men for God's sake, may God exalt his eminence."
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"Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like."
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"No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout."
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"Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass."
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"We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we may go gracefully and peacefully."
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"I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional."
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"I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster"
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"If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death!"
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"You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of their fears."
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