Almost Never Quotes
151 quotes by 139 authors
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Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.
— Jonathan Ames
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If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the…
— Jimmy Carr
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It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might…
— Noah Emmerich
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Obviously if you want to get good at something which is competitive, you have to think about it and practice a lot. You have to…
— Charlie Munger
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If you don't start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.
— Reid Hoffman
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God almost never calls His people to a fair fight.
— George Otis
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I almost never start with an image. I start with a painting idea, an impulse, usually derived from my own world.
— Robert Motherwell
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The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.
— Barack Obama
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No other technology company other than Apple has successfully transitioned their platform. It's almost never done, and it's way harder than you realize. This transition…
— Jim Balsillie
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When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely…
— Stella Adler
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Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean…
— David Viscott
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The first and most practical step in getting what one wants in this world is wanting it. One would think that the next step would…
— Gerald Stanley Lee
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You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the…
— Gail Collins
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Don't underestimate the importance of having enough room to work. Grilling is much more relaxing when you are not trying to juggle a whole collection…
— Bobby Flay
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I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.
— Wynton Marsalis
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When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about girls who love…
— Joyce Maynard
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We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't enough human beings…
— Susan Orlean
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I almost never have a plan for myself... I'm not ambitious in that way.
— Martha Plimpton
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There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure…
— Marquis de Sade
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I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I almost never get…
— Jerry Saltz
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