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«The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right»
Author: Edward Simmons | Keywords: exactly, nearly
«Travel by sea nearly approximates the bliss of babyhood. They feed you, rock you gently to sleep and when you wake up, they take care of you and feed you again.»
«Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future»
Author: Tony Campolo | About: Future, Past, The Present | Keywords: nearly
«When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size.' And he told me.»
«Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.»
«The small force that it takes to launch a boat into the stream should not be confused with the force of the stream that carries it along: but this confusion appears in nearly all biographies.»
«The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.»

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