#barely

I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line. ↗

— Ned Beatty

#born #dixon #i #i was born #just

With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#barely #bringing #case #countries #engaged

For four to six months at a time, I would barely eat. I lived on a diet of Melba toast, carrots, and black coffee. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#black #black coffee #carrots #coffee #diet

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#barely #certain #could #fact #factories

I've spent most of my life trying to make it to a future that still hasn't happened, or avoid a past that won't let me go. I don't remember when I've ever just stopped to live in the present, to hold on to the seconds I'm in. ~ Emma ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #life