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The operating management, providing as it does for the care of near thirty thousand miles of railway, is far more important than that for construction… — John B. Jervis
Alone, she took hot baths and sat exhausted in the steaming water, wondering at her perpetual exhaustion. All that winter she noticed the limp, languid… — Joyce Carol Oates
Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of… — Thomas Jefferson
Prayer draws us near to our own souls. — Herman Melville
I promise that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your… — Spencer W. Kimball
We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies… — Betty Williams
The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Set your ideal as near to perfection as your imagination is capable of forming the conception. — Wallace D. Wattles
The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from ever reaching it; but at… — Konrad Lorenz
To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of science teaches us.… — Alfred North Whitehead
X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally,… — Thomas A. Edison
Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large… — Leonardo da Vinci
The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is… — Jeff Miller
In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near from what they… — Carl von Clausewitz
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,… — Thomas Brooks
The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are… — Kenneth Tynan
The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to… — Samuel Johnson
Little boats should keep near shore — Benjamin Franklin
For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it… — Florence Nightingale
Men wake up aroused in the morning. We can't help it. We just wake up and we want you. And the women are thinking, "How… — Andy Rooney
Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star. — Unknown Author
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of the Islamic State… — Sean Patrick Maloney
Wasn't Winston Churchill the first black president of America? There's a statue of him near me... that's black... — Danielle O'Hara
It would be a fine thing, in which I hardly dare believe, to pass our lives near each other, hypnotized by our dreams. — Pierre Curie
Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the… — Wilson Greatbatch

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