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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #nearly




In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.


Thomas Jefferson


#covers #ends #equivalent #good #habitual

As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best.


Ken Jennings


#any #best #contestants #given #jeopardy

The real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.


Maria Jeritza


#case #demands #dramatic #every #exertion

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.


David Johansen


#bought #canvas #compelled #creatively #day

If I was 14 and knew some gay people, I wouldn't nearly have had the struggle I had. Our world is definitely changing.


Portia de Rossi


#definitely #gay #had #i #knew

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

After the last two years of springtime gas price spikes, nearly everyone in Southeast Wisconsin understands that something is wrong with our gasoline regulation and supply system.


Jim Sensenbrenner


#everyone #gas #gasoline #last #nearly

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.


John Shadegg


#bureaucracy #care #competition #comprises #costs

Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, and malaria that are easy and inexpensive to treat or prevent.


Peter Singer


#causes #children #die #diseases #easy