Harmony is a wonderful thing, but not nearly as powerful as awareness.
I always believed you could learn something from nearly everybody you meet, if you're open to it.
Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training.
Occasionally he would very nearly swear.
It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.
The scientific spirit, the contempt of tradition, the lack of discipline and the exaltation of the individual have very nearly made an end of art. It can only be restored by the love of beauty, the reverence for tradition, the submission to discipline and the rigor of self-control.
And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.
Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.
Even after nearly 50 years in this business, I still feel like I'm lucky every time I get a decent job, but an opportunity to work with people of that ilk.
Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.
I liked rock music, I kind of moved into that sphere, somehow thinking that somewhere along the line I'd be able to put the two together. And I suppose I very nearly did with the Ziggy character.
How oddly do life and death jostle each other in this strange world of ours! How nearly allied are smiles and tears!
We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold.
I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.
Only an 'almost,' a 'nearly,' is possible.
It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story.
To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
For 40 years, everyone running for president has released their tax returns. You can go and see nearly, I think, 39, 40 years of our tax returns, but everyone has done it.