"I am still alive then. That may come in useful."
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"The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste."
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"Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted."
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"Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends upon what you put in; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data."
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"I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right."
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"Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path."
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"Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all."
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"Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain."
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"Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead."
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"You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady."
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"However much I may sympathise with and admire worthy motives, I am an uncompromising opponent of violent methods even to serve the noblest of causes."
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"Reincarnation, at least as I conceive it, does not nullify what we know about evolution and genetics. It suggests, however, that there may be two streams of evolution -- the biological one and a personal one -- and that during terrestrial lives these streams may interact."
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"Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons."
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"You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit."
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"For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come."
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"To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers."
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"A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine."
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"Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!"
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"However unchristian it may seem, I do not even bear any ill feeling towards myself."
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"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered."
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