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A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to)… — Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
I wish I could tell you about the South Pacific. The way it actually was. The endless ocean. The infinite specks of coral we called… — James A. Michener
Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it. — Vanessa Mae
I've gone on record to say that I'm proud of the PC version of Daikatana and I stand behind that. — John Romero
What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them — Augusto Roa Bastos
I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place. — Nellie L. McClung
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”… I… — Martin Gardner
What WE represent is the nexus of concrescent novelty that has been moving itself together, complexifying itself, folding itself in upon itself for billions and… — Terence McKenna
Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind. — Terry McMillan
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes… — Khalil Gibran
So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. — Jonathan Stroud
Nobody will ever know I existed. Nothing to leave behind me. Nothing to pass on. Nobody to mourn me. That's the bitterest blow of all. — Tony Hancock
What’s happened is that, almost overnight, we’ve switched from democracy in real-property recording to oligarchy in real-property recording. There was no court case behind this,… — Christopher Peterson
You know, it doesn't happen that often that you have the crowd support behind you straightaway from the beginning of the match. — Kim Clijsters
A law is not a law without coercion behind it.... — James A. Garfield
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even… — Siri Hustvedt
The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure [science] fiction. Theories… — John Lennox
I wanna sit behind the scenes and see nothin' but the greens. — Method Man
As we talk about devices, you should never forget that behind every one there is a person - a customer. It“s not the Internet of… — Marc Benioff
Programs to demonstrate Darwinian evolution are akin to a pinball machine. The steel ball bounces around differently every time but eventually falls down the little… — Robert J. Marks II
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and… — Isocrates
The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being. — Francois Delsarte
I was searching all the time for something that I'd never lost or left behind. — Jim Croce
A wife should always be few feet behind her husband. If he is an MA you should be a BA.If he is 5'4'tall you shouldn't… — Shashi Deshpande
Many investigators feel uneasy stating in public that the origin of life is a mystery, even though behind closed doors they admit they are baffled. — Paul Davies

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