23 Quotes About Almost

Being almost is not good enough. We all have things that are almost blocked by our own fears, insecurities, and limitations. It’s true that we can do almost anything with an almost commitment and a little bit of effort. Don’t let your dream be far from you Read more

Learn from the greatest people who have gone before you and how they took what was almost and made it something amazing.

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But “almost done” is not done! Israelmore Ayivor
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At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitude. I was later to find that I had erratic low blood oxygen levels after almost a decade of high altitude work. Steven Magee
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If peaceful protesting really worked, the need to peacefully protest would have subsided to almost zero a long time ago! Instead, the thing that has subsided to almost zero are the number of complaints filed against police officers that are actually upheld. Steven Magee
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Although a little noisy at first, in a bizarre twist of fate, electronic music became popular in France in the 1890’s before fizzling out in favor of Swing music — which somehow made an early appearance in the 1900’s. In another alternative timeline, the Beatles never existed and England invented popcorn and hamburgers in the 1840’s. Damn, that’s what almost happened last time again, thought Scrooby tensely, while maneuvering himself onto a stronger looking branch. Details, everything was about the details. Sometimes there was almost too much detail to keep up with. Christina Engela
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight. W. Averell Harriman
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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Bronte
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals. Cameron Mackintosh
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. James A. Baldwin
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. Quintilian
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. William Congreve
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. Arthur Schopenhauer
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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. Irving Babbitt
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During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day. Derek Jeter
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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. Andre Maurois
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In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. Alexis De Tocqueville
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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. Charles De Secondat
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The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education. George Eastman
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Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form. Robert Morgan
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The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse. Robert Morgan
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As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. Thomas Babington Macaulay
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In Medford, I awaked the Captain of the Minute Men; & after that, I alarmed almost every house, till I got to Lexington. Paul Revere
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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. Charles Kingsley