In a pre-Internet world, sovereignty over our physical freedoms, or lack thereof, was controlled almost entirely by nation-states.
If God had created celery, it would only have two stalks, because that's the most that almost any recipe ever calls for.
That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.
When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.
The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.
Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh.
Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
I just tripped over a pair of shoes and almost fell down and broke my neck and no I wasn't wearing them.
It's almost never the kind of person you are but the kind of job you do decides how much you get paid.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
You know what I think happened? After 'Rocky,' I was almost set up in the eyes of the media to make a flop.
If a magician makes a mistake, it's sometimes forgiven by the audience. If a gambling cheat makes a mistake, they will almost certainly lose their lives - and probably in a horrible manner.
Almost every media organization is doing something with live events now, and that's because they feel they can break through that way.
Fear of the unknown and the other is the root of almost all hate. It is born of ignorance and fed by those who would keep us divided.
I wanna survive an avalanche. I wanna be one of those people a dog finds buried under a ton of snow, almost dying of starvation.
For the prosperous, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.
I live, I shop almost exclusively on the Internet. I've bought cars on the Internet. I watch television, I do everything on it. I even watch my son online.
At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now!
