#almost

People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned. ↗

— John Moody

#almost #began #california #concerned #continent

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#ask #certain #come #done #i

The negative cost of Lewis and Clark entering the Garden of Eden is that later expeditions regardless of what they were intended to do, later expeditions did not deal with the native peoples with the intelligence with the almost kindly resolve that Lewis and Clark did. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

#clark #cost #deal #did #eden

As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter the main squares of Bolivia's cities, and there were almost no indigenous politicians in government until the late 1990s. ↗

— Evo Morales

#almost #before #bolivia #cities #enter

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#become #best #fiction #invisible #itself

Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#attention #calls #definition #form #language

A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat. ↗

— Gary Neville

#beat #collection #disappointments #dismiss #how

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#am #born #descent #england #i

I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer. ↗

— Francis W. Newman

#began #bible #books #commenced #eleven

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#definition #gentleman #inflicts #never #pain