- Laughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
May Quotes
Words shaped by possibility and doubt.
These may quotes range from an honest admission of lingering insecurity carried from childhood, to a scientific point about how measurement affects what can be known about the past. Another notes that even the clearest concept only applies within limits. Related reflections continue in our April quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dramatic experience is not logical; it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.
- Order
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- Nov 07, 2020
Approximating authenticity online is not such a tall order. In fact, it may be the very least we can do.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.
- Embryos
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- Nov 07, 2020
Embryology reveals surprising similarities between early embryos of seemingly quite different animals. And it also shows that some structures that may look very different later on have fundamental similarities in the way they form.
- Duck
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- Nov 07, 2020
What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander but is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the guinea hen.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off.
- Frown
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- Nov 07, 2020
The safety argument against steroids may be a good one, but let's be honest. It isn't the one that motivates most officials and fans to frown on steroids. Steroid use does not just seem risky or unnatural, it seems to disrupt the level playing field.
- Expects
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success is an absurd, erratic thing. She arrives when one least expects her and after she has come may depart again almost because of a whim.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020