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A true friend is someone who says nice things behind your back. — Anthony Michael Hall
There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it. — Diana Trilling
Magic is antiphysics, so it can't really exist. But is shares one thing with science. I can explain the principle behind a good science experiment… — Koji Nakanishi
Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the spine, and felt the aorta… — Astley Cooper
Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman;… — Arthur E Waite
In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for the dog. — Doris Roberts
Tax reform means, "Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree." — Russell B. Long
On foundations we believe in the reality of mathematics, but of course, when philosophers attack us with their paradoxes, we rush to hide behind formalism… — Jean Dieudonne
The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a… — David Trimble
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace. — Paramahansa Yogananda
A real friend is someone you say a sentence to and they know ten thousand words behind that sentence. — Jackson Pollock
Laws change more slowly than custom, and though dangerous when they fall behind the times are more dangerous still when they presume to anticipate custom. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Where would we in Washington and we in America be without the Center? We would know much less about the workings of our Congress, and… — Seymour Hersh
I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone… — Karl G. Maeser
Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way. — Lara Logan
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. — John Lancaster Spalding
By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path — Antonio Machado
Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden… — Gil Fronsdal
The old grooves must be erased in your brain, without forming new ones. You must realize yourself as the immovable, behind and beyond the movable,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
When asked where God is, people point towards the sky or some far and distant region: no wonder then that He does not manifest Himself!… — Sathya Sai Baba

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