Quotes about almost
almost family sat time written
By the time I sat down to write 'Family Pictures,' I hadn't written anything in almost two years, and writing, I have discovered, is a muscle: if it isn't exercised, it will atrophy. Jane Green
almost best coming couple far few good moved ready score spots swims
We had a pretty good day. Almost all of the spots where we were seeded are coming back and we even moved up a couple of spots in a few races. Prelims is always an up and down day, and we had some up and down swims as far as best times go. But we're ready to score some points.
almost asked correct finally paper ran reporter retract
We had another paper that ran the whole thing almost (verbatim) ... and we finally got that paper to retract it. We've contacted this reporter and asked them to correct the mistake.
almost barbara blew lead proud senior stepped
We had a nine-point lead and almost blew it. Barbara stepped up like a senior tonight. I am really proud of her.
almost build children english face fair half neighbours people primary relationships school second speak
You only have to look at London, where almost half of all primary school children speak English as a second language, to see the challenges we now face as a country. This isn't fair to anyone: how can people build relationships with their neighbours if they can't even speak the same language? Theresa May
almost appears boston describing except fairly family five killer medical reserved scientific serial somewhat taken taste wine
I think of myself as a fairly logical, scientific and somewhat reserved person. Maura Isles, the Boston medical examiner who appears in five of my books, is me. Almost everything I use in describing her, from her taste in wine to her biographical data, is taken from my own family. Except I don't have a serial killer as a mother! Tess Gerritsen
almost baseball practice
When we practice it's all business. It's almost like being on a professional baseball team.
almost balloon coral dangerous falling sea whereas
Whereas my falling in the Coral Sea almost killed me -- because that was in a thunderstorm in a ruptured balloon -- the most dangerous thing in the world, Steve Fossett
almost becomes becoming control decided enterprise ibm matter packaged primary software sort taking whereas
Whereas IBM decided many years ago that they would not be in the application business, ... They're taking their middleware so that it evolves and becomes wrappers for packaged software that is becoming componentized. Then it almost doesn't matter who the primary packaged application is because if you put the enterprise wrapper around it, then you sort of control the game.
almost mood personal represents seldom sort
When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical. James Taylor
almost award both conference games handed means played player rodney sure team week win winning won
When you win an award like that during the conference season, it usually means your team has won both games and the player has played very well in winning those games. So I almost look at the Player of the Week award as a team award when it is handed out during the conference season. For that, I'm sure Rodney and our team is very appreciative. Mike Burns
almost cbs drop edge gary slightly wish witty
When Gary is commentating I wish CBS would give him a little more but they know it could drop them over the edge because he's very witty and very smart. The wit is almost slightly over the top. Mark McNulty
almost among anathema became move passage similar sole until whom
The Mormons' passage from bugbears of the Republican Party to its stalwarts may be analogized to a similar move among middle-class white Southerners, to whom the Republican Party was anathema until the 1970s and '80s, after which it became almost the sole representative. Noah Feldman
almost faith happens higher inevitably interest poll power seen serves since submit
We've seen what happens when it serves a president's interest to flaunt his faith - which is almost inevitably does, since every poll affirms that Americans want their leader to submit to some higher power. Nancy Gibbs
almost coming constantly joyous playful putting strategies
I'm constantly coming up with new strategies for getting to the mental place where writing is so joyous and playful that I almost can't help putting the words down. Nalo Hopkinson
almost billion built defense easily exposure life mechanisms mutations survived
Life has survived for more than three billion years because it is robust, and almost no mutations can easily outwit the defense mechanisms built up through eons of exposure to potential pathogens. Lawrence M. Krauss
almost lethal next pandemic pick until
We're not going to know how lethal the next pandemic is going to be until the pandemic begins. You could pick almost any number. Dick Thompson
almost delicious fancy meals twelve
I won't eat offal. Once, I was in London at the Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, which is this really fancy eating establishment and hotel, and I almost got conned into eating testicles. It was one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten, about twelve courses. That was one of the courses. Lucy Punch
almost laying marley time
Marley is someone before his time, man. He's - he's almost - he's like a deity, like almost, you know what I mean? I just talk about what's going on, but of course, you know, Bob, before rappers, was already laying that kind of thing down. Nas
almost basically broadcast civil few government movement press vietnam wake
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way. Lowell Bergman
almost based dating roles society unequal
Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations. Lynn Coady
almost dozens guess means pick revealing rewriting simply throw trick
For each detail I include, I throw dozens away. So I guess the first trick is to pick the right details, the most revealing details. Then I think one must simply write quick, clean, bright prose. For me, this means rewriting and rewriting: almost never adding, almost always cutting.
almost commit quite speaking until
Sometimes I'll get a premise, you know, for a book. In fact, I get those quite often. And I don't commit to it until I really know the voice of that character. It's almost as if the character is speaking to me. Kimberly Willis Holt
almost background exactly found growing kid observing people popular school stories watching
When I play games, I'll make up little stories for just anything. It's almost the game of making up background stories for people you see on the street. You know what I mean? I wasn't exactly the popular kid in school growing up, so I found myself really observing people, and watching how they interact, and how they react to things.
almost bed class hours love roll throw
I love to roll out of bed and throw something on. I had this roommate in college who would get up almost 2 hours before class to do hair and makeup. That's not for me. Kim Raver
almost background bar classical heard land musical musician record trying various
My musical background is like almost every non classical musician in the world. One day a special record was heard and that was it. I was hooked, started trying to play various instruments and was off to bar land to become a rock star. What else? Kevin Johnson
almost bad captions closed course generally software stuff tv
'Authoring tools' are terrible; there is almost no software that can create closed captions for media players. And of course there is no training. TV captioning is bad enough, and this stuff is generally worse. Joe Clark
almost alone arise civilians cliche side tragic virtually
I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone. Joe Slovo
almost american-novelist answered best creeds fears mean optimist pessimist possible speaking
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell
almost anytime impossible line nine opposed situation win
Anytime you get to the line (34) times as opposed to being on the line nine times, that?s almost an impossible situation to win in.
almost anytime family lose losing member
Anytime you lose a tree, it's almost like you're losing a family member in your yard.
almost anytime expecting guys happens hear older presence trained voice
Anytime something happens in practice, I keep expecting to hear coach's voice correcting us, ... The older guys are almost trained to look over our shoulder. His presence will be missed.
almost anytime felt hard took work worked
Anytime you work hard and you see that something is removed from you that you worked so hard to accomplish, you kind of get discouraged, ... It took me almost two years to get back to where I felt like I was at that time.