Came Close Quotes

27 quotes by 27 authors

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I… — Mary Tyler Moore
Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of scene-stealing… — James Cagney
Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line... I had a responsibility to… — Jean Chretien
Where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater, so devoid of… — Bret Easton Ellis
How many of us would be willing to settle when we're young for what we eventually get? All those plans we make...what happens to them?… — Moss Hart
When Toots finally could breathe again and the blood returned to his brain, he recalled that he had not passed or been passed by Jackie… — Audrey Meadows
I've never seen anything like it since. Some of the Canada Cups came close, but by then a lot of European players came and played… — Marcel Dionne
[In school] I encountered authority of a different kind than I had ever encountered before, and I did not like it. And they really almost… — Steve Jobs
Kilgore Trout once wrote a short story which was a dialogue between two pieces of yeast. They were discussing the possible purposes of life as… — Kurt Vonnegut
What did it feel like, I wondered, to love someone that much? So much that you couldn't even control yourself when they came close, as… — Sarah Dessen
We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling… — Rick Riordan
He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them… — Cassandra Clare
Next year he did not come for her. She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet, but he never… — James M. Barrie
I never had intimate friends, and the few who came close are in New York. By which I mean they're dead, because that's where I… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers… — Khalil Gibran
He turned to shut and lock the door, then came close, his gaze touching her features. â€œI missed you, Holly.â€ Her heart caught painfully. The… — Jill Shalvis
How do you know it won't be duels at dawn when you tell him you've accepted my proposal of marriage?" "Don't be ridiculous. He's not… — Sabrina Jeffries
Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the… — Elizabeth Gaskell
We sunk everything into it. It came close to going under several times. — Heston Blumenthal

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