#nearly

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

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conversely #direct #evidence #known #nearly

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#day #die #eat #fear #gig

Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down. ↗

— Erno Rubik

#cube #demonstrated #down #i #impossible

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#nearly #saying #speaker #well #while

He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#animal #form #indeed #life #material

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years did computer programming to earn a living. I bought a house and put my wife and three children through college. Now that diversion is over so I can finally paint full time. ↗

— Mike Thompson

#always #art #been #bought #children

The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting. ↗

— Rob Portman

#code #interesting #longer #nearly #nine

I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system. ↗

— Theo de Raadt

#base #between #communication #developers #directions

Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal. ↗

— Cecile Richards

#ago #birth #birth control #control #founded