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> [There have been times when I didn't quite make my deadline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akira-toriyama/there-have-been-times-when-i-didn-t-quite-make-my-deadline/)

[Akira Toriyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akira-toriyama/)

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> [My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-l-dew/my-whole-life-i-ve-felt-like-i-didn-t-quite-measure-up/)

[Sheri L. Dew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-l-dew/)

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> [I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-karam/i-didn-t-quite-fit-in-in-any-particular-specific-way-i-was-a-gay/)

[Stephen Karam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-karam/)

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> [“He didn't quite know how to neutralize a threat that he couldn't shoot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyn-gala/he-didn-t-quite-know-how-to-neutralize-a-threat-that-he-couldn-t-shoot/)

[Lyn Gala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyn-gala/)

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> [I realized there was something I didn't quite like in myself that I didn't want to hear about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-duff/i-realized-there-was-something-i-didn-t-quite-like-in-myself-that-i/)

[James Duff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-duff/)

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> [“Somehow I knew my halo didn't quite fit anymore.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-albright/somehow-i-knew-my-halo-didn-t-quite-fit-anymore/)

[Beth Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-albright/)

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> [Things didn't quite work out like we wanted them too, but... we still have you, and you still have us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-staley/things-didn-t-quite-work-out-like-we-wanted-them-too-but-we-still/)

[Dawn Staley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-staley/)

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> [She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/she-was-desperate-and-she-was-choosey-at-the-same-time-and-in-a-way/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [Mystery: Everything felt better before you got there than when you actually got there. When you actually got there, you didn't quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-shihab-nye/mystery-everything-felt-better-before-you-got-there-than-when-you/)

[Naomi Shihab Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-shihab-nye/)

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> [Only once have I taken on a role where I felt that I didn't quite understand her, but I said yes anyway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gillian-anderson/only-once-have-i-taken-on-a-role-where-i-felt-that-i-didn-t-quite/)

[Gillian Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gillian-anderson/)

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> [Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-c-wrede/rennie-didn-t-quite-dare-to-answer-back-but-she-looked-a-whole-book/)

[Patricia C. Wrede](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-c-wrede/)

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