#nearly

You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe. ↗

— Aaron Sorkin

#believe #black #black and white #complicated #i

Any reasonable economist will tell you that it's nearly impossible to isolate the impact of right-to-work laws on a state's job growth. A multitude of other factors intervene. However, one thing the numbers can show is that right-to-work laws have a negative effect on the wages of workers in that state. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#economist #effect #factors #growth #however

Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#commitment #community #convention #crime #end

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

#anybody #car #else #faster #going

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#all americans #change #country #current #decades

Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible. ↗

— Edwin Land

#impossible #manifestly #nearly #project #undertake

And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray. ↗

— John Keble

#every #every day #help #live #more

I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#observation

Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#nearly-headless-nick #simile #insult

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#failure #luck #near-hits #near-misses #nearly