#near

Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender. ↗

— James Longstreet

#army #before #city #confederate #demand

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done. ↗

— Abbott L. Lowell

#done #may #near #objective #satisfied

The stage is near and dear to me. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#me #near #stage

I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me. ↗

— Peter Lynch

#i #me #money #near

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it. ↗

— George MacDonald

#being #does #gets #know #knows

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom. ↗

— George MacDonald

#better man #clergyman #gate #kingdom #man

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting. ↗

— Harold MacMillan

#comfort #conflicting #fact #find #great

We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova Scotia, where my two brothers have homes; and we'll go back there this summer. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#brothers #go #homes #istanbul #japan

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#even #i #many #my time #near

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#because #been #better #blair #closely