#almost

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#been #development #even #half #human

In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#always #craved #fattening #foods #i

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#around #been #destroyed #left #little

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#dream #fearless #had #i #monster

What I liked about doing a soundtrack is that it's almost the opposite of any kind of normal recording that a band does, because it's very much a restricted, narrow... And I kind of like that, I find it exciting to work within these things. ↗

— Tim Gane

#almost #any #band #because #does

I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#almost #am #degree #discreet #i

To praise it would amount to praising myself. For the entire content of the work... coincides almost exactly with my own meditations which have occupied my mind for the past thirty or thirty-five years. ↗

— Carl Friedrich Gauss

#amount #coincides #content #entire #exactly

While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#amount #any #basic #except #experience

The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#always #consists #detail #events #little

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#afford #africa #almost #back #college