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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists: these may indeed be the Apollo programme's most enduring legacy.

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip.

There may not be much future for the kind of sports column I did.

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.

The wisest of the wise may err.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!