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I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

Paul O'Grady

I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.

Serena Williams

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.

Annie Lennox

Eventually she came. She appeared suddenly, exactly like she'd done that day- she stepped into the sunshine, she jumped, she laughed and threw her head back, so her long ponytail nearly grazed the waistband of her jeans. After that, I couldn't think ...

Requiem

Bipedalism is a demanding and risky strategy. It means refashioning the pelvis into a full load-bearing instrument. To preserve the required strength, the birth canal in the female must be comparatively narrow. This has two very significant immediate...

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Sebastian,” Katarina said, turning to her nephew. “You’ve grown.” “It happens,” Sebastian quipped, flashing her his usual lopsided grin. “Goodness,” she said with smile, “you’ll be a danger to the ladies soon.” Harry very nearly...

What Happens in London

I love doubt in a woman. It's nearly as sexy as determination.

Filth

In 1890, nearly everyone died on the job, and if they lived long enough not to die on the job, the average age of retirement was 85.

Robert Fogel

Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.

Jerry Saltz

I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.

Jerry Saltz

He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face.

Austenland

Once you're already in hell, it's too late to beg for mercy.

Nearly Mended

If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.

The Long Goodbye

Nearly everything that happened had happened before. The grand lesson of history.

Words of Radiance

I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.

Enzo Ferrari

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

George Eliot

There are many thousands of books on particular assassinations and on the subject in general, but nearly all of them deal with the victims, not the perpetrators.

George Fetherling

Chuck Norris will never have a heart attack. His heart isn't nearly foolish enough to attack him.

Oliver Oliver Reed

What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are.

Orrin Woodward

To date, every American citizen has nearly $27,000 in public debt riding on our backs.

Paul Gillmor