Nearly Quotes
1694 Nearly quotes by 1262 unique authors
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In Europe and the United States the two decades following the Second World War will for long be remembered as a very good time, the…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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In nearly all the matters in which the Pan-German movement was wanting, the attitude of the Christian Social Party was correct and well-planned.
— Adolf Hitler
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A man will not roll in the snow for a stream of tendency by which all things fulfill the law of their being. He will…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in…
— William J. Clinton
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Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt so…
— Brian D. McLaren
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Getting things accomplished isn't nearly as important as taking time for love.
— Janette Oke
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In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.
— Aberjhani
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When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it. The two things that nearly all of us have thoroughly and really…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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My passions are all asleep from my having slumbered till nearly eleven and weakened the animal fiber all over me to a delightful sensation about…
— John Keats
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If men were equally at risk from this condition - if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis,…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhaps (though not nearly as well as…
— Erica Jong
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That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook.
— John Ruskin
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One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
— Norman Douglas
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The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think the stories Hank…
— Don Helms
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For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and species of property…
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The real debate isn't over National League MVP, but over which of Barry Bonds' seasons should be considered his finest. There's 2001, when he hit…
— Ken Rosenthal
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There is another point that I think is as important: You should expect the unexpected in this business; expect the extreme. Don’t think in terms…
— Richard Dennis
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Nearly everyone could be undone by an old woman's displeasure.
— Victor LaValle
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I don’t think there is any mystery to understanding the passionate feelings people have for guns. Nobody really believes it’s about maintaining a militia. It’s…
— Alec Wilkinson
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Oh, dear God, thank you, you are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God, and we thank You oh…
— Ben Stiller
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I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.
— Kristen Bell
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A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.
— Neil Armstrong
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If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing
— Portia de Rossi
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