#almost

Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century. ↗

— John McGahern

#almost #century #ireland #nineteenth #nineteenth century

The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#assessment #changes #doubled #latest #made

There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there. ↗

— Mark Messier

#canada #cups #finals #hockey #long

I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#constantly #deep #i #practicing #zone

Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion. ↗

— George Michael

#because #before #compassion #gone #grab

Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that. ↗

— George Michael

#always #being #exception #i #loved

It's almost required with major artists that there's some duality. And I've got duality everywhere. ↗

— George Michael

#artists #duality #everywhere #got #i

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression. ↗

— James A. Michener

#america #china #country #creative #creative expression

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#always #corner #exhausting #him #life

To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true. ↗

— Alfred Molina

#certain #challenged #i #means #strive