#nearly

Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#called #did #john #jonah #me

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#best #exports #high #hit #incomes

The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#benefit #budget #democrats #determining #directly

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 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

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on. ↗

— Kate Winslet

#amazing #film #got #i #i am

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter? ↗

— Boris Becker

#build #child #daughter #does #hardly

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#defeat #destroy #entire #everyone #families

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school. ↗

— John Bright

#i #nearly #nine #old #regular

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war. ↗

— John Bright

#any #aware #compared #contributor #cotton