#almost

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#fascinated #great #intrigued #lives #obsessed

I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#almost #anyway #child #disappeared #force

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#almost #always #consisting #cost #false

President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#because #cloud #could #cuts #defense

What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#administration #ago #almost #assumed #barack

I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years. ↗

— Morley Safer

#almost #did #guess #i #three

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ↗

— George Santayana

#almost #balance #every #less #opposite

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. ↗

— George Santayana

#being #brief #condition #inspired

Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots. ↗

— George Santayana

#always #another #friends #friendship #mind

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#appearances #apply #contrary #could #english