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«Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.»
«Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.»
«Leadership is a word and a concept that has been more argued than almost any other I know. I am not one of the desk-pounding types that likes to stick out his jaw and look like he is bossing the show. I would far rather get behind and, recognizing the frailties and the requirements of human nature, would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.»
«To understand others you should get behind their eyes and walk down their spines»
Author: Rod McKuen | Keywords: get behind, spines, The Spine
«You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.»
«Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind»
«I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting behind-the-scenes stories that nobody can get behind-the-scenes stories.»
«Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.»
«I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.»
«Do not worry about anything. Place yourself fully at His disposal, He knows. He has written the Play and He knows how it will end and how it will go on. Yours is but to act and retire. The Lord alone is aware of the Play, for His is the Plan! You see only the part of the Play on the stage and so it is all very confused. When the entire story is unfolded, then you will appreciate His plan, not until then; for that, you will have to get behind the screen of Maya and contact the Director Himself.»

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