#near

Eighteen months ago I weighed 95kg and had a 40-inch waist. Now the waist is down to 34 inches and I weigh nearly 98kg. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#down #eighteen #had #i #inches

I've started to show the consistency in majors I had in regular tournaments back in 1998-2000 when I was contending nearly every week. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#consistency #contending #every #had #i

Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#aggression #behavior #common #decisions #influences

People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me. ↗

— Ryan White

#get #leave #me #near #people

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#annoying #expression #machine #more #near

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#enough #enough people #guess #happen #hard

I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous. ↗

— Serena Williams

#because #designing #easier #get #i

It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#always #bulk #chores #doing #even

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#dragon #george #giant #grammar #harry

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#day #i #imagine #journalists #long