#nearly

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all your enemies. ↗

— Kofi Busia

#deceiving #diplomacy #friends #means #nearly

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of. ↗

— Catherine II

#already #anything #aware #excited #farther

The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#community #nearly #percent #pretty #religious

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day. ↗

— Neil Innes

#i #i remember #nearly #one day #records

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#i #kind #mistress #nearly #old

When I found the book was condemned as soon as the book was printed, or rather as soon as it was set up ready to print, I held it in plates for a year nearly, waiting to see what would come out of all this discussion. ↗

— John Harvey Kellogg

#come #condemned #discussion #found #held

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#great #great strain #nearly #remembered #strain

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of time. I was grateful that the average tenure of a white house senior aide is 18 to 20 months. I was there for nearly seven years. ↗

— Karl Rove

#average #grateful #house #i #knew

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives. ↗

— Karl Rove

#boost #consequences #debt #economic #federal

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage. ↗

— John Shadegg

#bureaucracy #care #competition #comprises #costs