#nearly

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs. ↗

— John Cornyn

#any #broccoli #care costs #constitutionally #contributed

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ↗

— Clarence Day

#addiction #always #bad #excess #health

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#act #activities #been #best #boy

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life. ↗

— Barney Frank

#american life #clinton #code #economic #increase

I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running. ↗

— Cathy Freeman

#ago #australian #been #first #four

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come. ↗

— Nia Long

#come #continue #eventually #experiences #get

A kiss with anyone, on or off camera, can be intimidating. I've been kissing for nearly two decades now, and I'm always convinced I'm not doing it right. Chemistry is so important in a great kiss. You can act your way through anything, but it's hard with a kiss. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#always #anyone #anything #been #camera

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#comics #could #exploited #i #much

As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are. ↗

— Phil McGraw

#computer #literate #nearly #our #parents

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