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"Invitation to Dance- It’s a Dance. And sometimes they turn the lights off in this ballroom. But we’ll dance anyway, you and I. Even in the Dark. Especially in the Dark. May I have the pleasure?"
"Canadian pride may not rest on our sleeves, but it resides deeply in our hearts."
"You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world."
"It may all end tomorrow, or it could go on forever (in which case I'm doomed)."
"A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious."
"This generation may be the one that will face Armageddon."
"All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided."
"God calls himself "Baseer" [Observant], so that the knowledge that He is watching you may keep you from sinning."
"New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, O man, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception."
"I may have made a straight A in physics, but I was panic-struck. Physics made me sick the whole time I learned it."
"The whole world may not understand me, but I don’t care."
"Never do coke with an intern ... they may not be 21"
"How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles."
"The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?"
"You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable."
"I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute."
"Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die."
"Without going outside, you may know the whole world, without looking through the window, you may see the ways of heaven. The farther you go, the less you know. Thus the sage knows without traveling; he sees without looking; he works without doing."
"Faithful heart may have froward tongue."
"To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face"
