#almost

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#almost #amount #ceremony #divorce #get

Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#always #away #been #cartoon #cartoons

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class. ↗

— Maya Lin

#applied #class #dumbest #first #go

It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane. ↗

— Charles Lindbergh

#almost #badly #could #doing #feel

Into this pour the purified juice: and put it into a pan of water come almost to a boil and continue nearly in the state of boiling until the juice is found to be the consistency of a thick syrup when cold. It is then when cold, to be corked up in a bottle for use. ↗

— James Lind

#boil #boiling #bottle #cold #come

I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it scarlet fever, and its very name seemed to have a diabolical quality. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#agonizing #almost #called #diabolical #eight

My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to different generations. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#before #belonged #brother #considerably #different

I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#almost #anything #backbone #beat #before

One thing I detest, I have to say, is when a shoe is too soft, and it's molding to the foot. This is quite disgusting. And I really, really hate incredibly long shoes, where the last is very pointy, almost like Aladdin. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#detest #disgusting #foot #hate #i

You are beginning to see that any man to whom you can do favor is your friend, and that you can do a favor to almost anyone. ↗

— Mark Caine

#any #anyone #beginning #favor #friend