#nearly

Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were physically mere extensions of one another, were separately owned and separately managed. ↗

— John Moody

#east #even #extensions #lay #managed

It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#both #curse #everything #fictional #find

More Americans own their home than ever before. Nearly 70 percent of American's are homeowners. So it is a good time for us to asses the positive impacts of homeownership on families, communities and on the nation's economy. ↗

— Randy Neugebauer

#asses #before #communities #economy #ever

There is hard hitting, but the hitting is not nearly as hard as it used to be. ↗

— Jim Otto

#hitting #nearly #used

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see. ↗

— Roger Waters

#architecture #as far as #been #could #far

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

Justice is like a train that is nearly always late. ↗

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#justice #late #like #nearly #train

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four

The spirals of the helix should be as nearly approximated as possible, as each aids by its heat that of its neighbour, or rather diminishes the cooling effect of the gaseous atmosphere. ↗

— William Robert Grove

#atmosphere #cooling #diminishes #each #effect