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After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth. — Grover Cleveland
You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side. — Herbert Hoover
Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted. — John Ruskin
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World… — Tom Harkin
Omit a few of the most abstruse sciences, and mankind's study of man occupies nearly the whole field of literature. The burden of history is… — Unknown Author
Money is not worth dying for. I know, because years ago, while nearly a million dollars in debt, suicide was an option. Rather than run,… — Robert Kiyosaki
The results speak for themselves: Businesses that competitively sourced service contracts saved an average of about 22 percent. Even more impressive - nearly every e-auction… — Brian Miller
We don't know nearly enough about the complexities of Nature. If we think we can eliminate natural ecosystems and substitute prosthetic devices, i.e. clean air… — E. O. Wilson
After I became an attorney, the mother of two girls I'd known in high school came to see me. She'd endured years of heinous abuse… — Harry Reid
Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in… — Lucille Roybal-Allard
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful. I have never been… — Edward Smith
Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all… — Michael Bloomberg
Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we operate under. — Russell Simmons
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases. — Moliere
Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual. — Hans Jonas
By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect… — Robert Cialdini
The key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it. — Steven Levitt
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections… — Charles Darwin
During those long years in Oakland public schools, I did not have one teacher who taught me anything relevant to my own life or experience.… — Huey Newton
If you investigate the matter deeply enough and widely enough, you will find that happiness eludes nearly all men despite the fact that they are… — Paul Brunton
California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million,… — Gary Miller
In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services — Gary Miller
You know, if you’re caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you’re going to go to jail. If it happens repeatedly, you… — Elizabeth Warren
Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only… — Giorgio de Chirico

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