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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.

— Ian Mcewan

Many ingredients are called 'earthy,' but none comes as close to fitting the bill as buckwheat. I'm mildly obsessed with the stuff.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

I had a very close relationship with my grandmother. She actually helped raise me.

— Brina Palencia

Expanding the EITC can get us close to a universal basic minimum income.

— Ro Khanna

Some of our favorite movies, like 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'Breaking Away,' were set in Indiana.

— Ross Duffer

My greatest desire as an actor is to keep people guessing and not do anything close to what I did last time.

— Pablo Schreiber

I don't have a lot of close significant coaching relationships outside of my small network.

— Mike Tomlin

Being close to Serena and close to Roger is really a plus for me and an advantage I have to take care…

— Coco Gauff

I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I…

— Banks

I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to…

— Joe Sacco

My Miyoshi studio in Japan is located in the northern part of Saitama, which puts it in quite close proximity to Fukushima.…

— Takashi Murakami

Fernanda Andrade and Daphne Zuniga are two beautiful, inspiring women I met and became very close with while living in L.A. Daphne's…

— Torrey DeVitto

“The closer you are to the end of your temporal trials, the louder the voice of critics. Close your ears to the…

— Israelmore Ayivor

In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a…

— Michael Mandelbaum

I feel particularly close to them, because I am now out in the universe. I'm in a position to see nature from…

— Story Musgrave

What you want is to have women at the same pace as men doing tech immersion. It's not that every woman has…

— Julie Sweet

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will…

— Samir Nasri

I miss us, and I don't mean like is being together, I mmean like I miss us being so close and telling…

— Tamika-leeigh

People think that I'm not interested in doing Marathi films, but that's not true. Marathi cinema is very close to my heart.

— Shriya Pilgaonkar

Apollo 8 comes a close second, it not equal, to Apollo 11 for the most exciting, memorable moments on the Apollo project.

— Margaret H. Hamilton

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

— Colin Powell

My dad is a Marine and was very close to going to Vietnam, but he did not.

— Chipper Jones

I've personally seen the benefits of union apprenticeships up close.

— Marty Walsh

I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to…

— Mark Hunt

Vulnerability, humility, relatability - those three are very close and very similar to keep you going.

— Jim Breuer

I know what you go through when you learn someone close to you has died.

— Lee Grant

A well-rounded education has always been an issue close to my heart.

— David Robinson

The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.

— Barry Ritholtz

I think a lot of big musicals close because of the rules they're bound by that make it impossible for them to…

— Roger Taylor

I've dreamt of playing the NBA and being able to do that close to home is special.

— Tyrese Haliburton

Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.

— Dick Schaap

In a typical situation, it's going to take pretty close to a year to get your location in, get your permits, and…

— Fred DeLuca

I have this almost obsessive desire to whomever is close to me: I want to have a very intense, close, intimate relationship…

— Susanne Bier

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.

— Manuel Moroun

Indeed, nobody is close to developing a general formula that predicts the number flips required for any given number of pancakes.

— Simon Singh

The day I left for rehab, I was in such a mess. I've been told by those close to me that was…

— Sarah Harding

I like to play these unconventional characters, yes. They're close to the way I feel as a human being.

— Ken Stott

I feel like if you truly believe you are number one, it shouldn't be a close fight.

— Leon Edwards

Don't carry a gun. It's nice to have them close by, but don't carry them. You might get arrested.

— John Gotti