Quotes about almost
almost busy changing choice faced gets mind proving
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. John Galbraith
almost entertainment family movies necessary profitable
Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies. Gary Ross
almost bar bit break couple finished floor great meet routines
But, then again, we had a break on floor. It was just a little bit untidy. We almost finished the meet off. It could have been (a great meet) with a couple more floor routines a little more solid, and a couple more bar routines a little more solidly performed.
almost both carbon copy teams
Both teams are almost a carbon copy of each other.
almost cent guess hear inevitable opposite per society trigger
If I hear someone say something, and they're 100 per cent about it, then it's almost inevitable that I'll take the opposite view. I guess I feel at odds with things like society. Absolutism is always a trigger for me. Andy Serkis
almost anyone attest knows likely picking rather time
Anyone who knows me will attest that at any time during the day, you are most likely to find me picking tayberries, 'deadheading' peppermint, or succession-planting shallots. There is almost nothing, really, that I would rather do. Andrew Weil
almost assured good imagery knowledge listen nonfiction open particular sentence universe voice writer
I'm open to reading almost anything - fiction, nonfiction - as long as I know from the first sentence or two that this is a voice I want to listen to for a good long while. It has much to do with imagery and language, a particular perspective, the assured knowledge of the particular universe the writer has created. Amy Tan
almost element human life
I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living. Penelope Mitchell
almost anywhere community greater york
I like how they are. I think they're great. And their communities are communities. I have a greater sense of community in New York than almost anywhere I've ever lived. Really, it's terrific. Peter Carey
almost ancestors both business dangerous family father gunpowder
I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions. Pete du Pont
almost bleed chose death four human
Almost any shark, three or four feet long, could kill a human being if it chose to do it. It could make you bleed to death. But they don't. Peter Benchley
almost audience costs days develop given people preferred promote reference simply successful themselves time
It costs so much to promote something these days that almost always safety is the preferred option, reference back to things which have been successful in the past. Also, people are simply not given the time to develop and find themselves and their audience as we were. Peter Hammill
almost conscience responsibility social teaching
I think you have a social responsibility as the villain, which is pretty different from the hero's responsibility. If you have any kind of a social or political conscience at all, the first thing you want to do is make malevolence recognizable to people, almost as a kind of teaching aid. Peter Coyote
almost business good ten
I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record. Michael Hastings
almost basic government model property seen taking threw
Almost any government activity can also be seen as taking property 'without just compensation.' The basic model of an unconstitutional 'taking' would be if the government threw you out of your house. Michael Kinsley
almost felt inside left lived outside somewhere though until white worked
I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president's wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House. Eleanor Roosevelt
almost capability country essential herself hold independence mysterious sustaining
I hold that there is a mysterious connection between the fate of this country and that of Mexico; so much so that her independence and capability of sustaining herself are almost as essential to our prosperity and the maintenance of our institutions as they are to hers. John C. Calhoun
almost seems unlike
Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony. C. S. Lewis
almost good maybe odd perfect readers repeated surprise unique
'The Good Soldier' is an odd and maybe even unique book. That it is a masterpiece, almost a perfect novel, comes as a repeated surprise even to readers who have read it before. Jane Smiley
almost although assume checked deal game playing
The governor's always been playing a complicated game because, although I assume he checked off on the deal, he then denounced his own deal almost immediately.
almost good news plenty time
The good news is we have plenty of time almost a month, before our opener, Ron Turner
almost chance katrina people touch
When you get downtown, it's almost like Katrina didn't touch it. There's still a lot of misunderstanding, and (Mardi Gras) is a chance to really let people know that we're open.
almost game taken trying
When you have the game almost taken away from you, and you're trying to get a job, you try to make the most of your opportunities.
almost bring defending game knees league learn maybe quickly respecting
When you play in this league, this league will bring you to your knees very quickly if you're not defending and not respecting the game and we almost got caught. Maybe we'll learn a lesson. Pat Riley
almost bit career football game gone player start wish
There are about 50 examples. Almost every player that's come out here at 18, that's been out here at least 10 years, wish they hadn't. Most wish they would have gone to a little bit of college, ... It's not a game like football where your career is over at 25. You actually start getting better in your 30s.
almost biggest days few life practice realized words
There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I'm almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn't failing, it's getting too comfortable. Every day, we're writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that's made all the difference. Drew Houston
almost field girls golf handle helped played positive proud second strokes summer tells tie tough tournament
We always try to be positive with the kids. The girls played a lot of tournament golf over the summer and where down here two times. I think it helped us handle the pressure. To be 45 strokes better and tie for second tells you how tough a field it is. It's almost unbelievable. I couldn't be more proud of the girls. Brad Anderson
almost coming last mud sand sheer stop talking tons volume
When you look at the volume -- I think in '95, when they had the last slide, they were talking about 600,000 tons of sand and mud coming down -- there's really nothing that can stop something of that magnitude. It's almost completely a sheer cliff.
almost certainty double invest investment kentucky northern
When you invest in Northern Kentucky in any project, it's almost a certainty that you're going to double your investment over time. Steve Stevens
almost breathing business industries marketing opportunity people several together warriors
When you have an opportunity to get together with people in several different industries it's almost like you have 30 little warriors out there marketing your business for you every week. They're real people. They're walking, talking, breathing billboards.
almost bringing finished model work
When you have an idea for a work and when you've finished your model for it, for the artist it's almost complete, in a way. But then bringing it to the finish is really something you do for the audience. It is always exciting. Jeff Koons
almost assured chance favor final plays score
When you have a chance to make plays and don't, you can almost be assured the final score will not favor your team.
almost father figure girls son takes
When you go to Portland, ... Clive is pretty much a father figure to the girls and the boys. He takes you almost as his son or daughter. Chris Brown