Almost Quotes

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When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until… — Mary Oliver
[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and… — James Madison
There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our… — Abraham Lincoln
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to… — H. L. Mencken
When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
From forty years' experience of the wretched guess-work of the newspapers of what is not done in open daylight, and of their falsehood even as… — Thomas Jefferson
It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away — Harold Geneen
Almost all systems of economic thought are premised on the idea of continued economic growth, which would be fine and dandy if we lived on… — George Monbiot
The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of a man you… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people… — Unknown Author
Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around you for help… — Ray Dalio
When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost… — Simon Baker
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was… — Richard M. Nixon
It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole… — Dr. Seuss
Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World — Aberjhani
My aim is to say that the machinery of the heavens is not like a divine animal but like a clock (and anyone who believes… — Johannes Kepler
Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in… — Jean Baudrillard
I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of… — Shirley Bassey
Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the… — John C. Maxwell

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