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I just want people to be affected by the music. I'm really affected by my surroundings and put everything in my music - what I'm not getting and what I desire. I want it to be uncompromised... almost a spiritual thing.

~Anderson Paak

Topics: Affected Almost Desire Everything Getting Just Music People Put Really Spiritual Surroundings Thing Want

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Oh, all southern women say they're sorry. You could do almost anything, bump into some one, don't spread the jam right, you're always sorry. I've had people tell me to stop saying it so much!

~Andie Macdowell

Topics: Almost Almost Anything Always Anything Bump Could Had Jam Me Much Oh People Right Say Saying Some Sorry Southern Spread Stop Tell Women You

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'Almost' is all about gradations and nuance and about suggestion and shades. Not quite a red wine, but not crimson, not purple either, or maroon; come to think of it, 'almost' Bordeaux.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: About Almost Come Crimson Either Nuance Purple Quite Red Red Wine Shades Suggestion Think Wine

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'Almost' can be a polite way of saying something definitely. It withholds the obvious and dangles it just long enough.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Almost Definitely Enough Just Long Obvious Polite Saying Something Way

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'Almost' is about uncertainty soon to be dismissed but not quite dispelled. 'Almost' is about revelation to come but not entirely promised.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: About Almost Come Dismissed Entirely Promised Quite Revelation Soon Uncertainty

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Authors use 'almost' to avoid stating an outright fact, as though there were something inauthentic, dishonest, unfinished, undecided or even unwholesome - some might say repulsive, tacky, snub-nosed, too direct - in qualifying anything as definitely a this or a that.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: Almost Anything Authors Avoid Definitely Direct Dishonest Even Fact Might Outright Qualifying Repulsive Say Some Something Stating Tacky Though Too Undecided Unfinished Use Were

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The 'Western' is the only genre whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself.

~Andre Bazin

Topics: Almost Cinema Genre Identical Itself Only Origins Those Western Whose

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I'm in love with low-rated shows. That's true of 'Men of a Certain Age,' 'Thief,' 'Gideon's Crossing.' I fall in love with projects that are almost freighted with prestige.

~Andre Braugher

Topics: Age Almost Certain Certain Age Crossing Fall Love Men Prestige Projects Shows Thief True

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A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

~Andre Maurois

Topics: Almost Conflicts Crises Inconceivable Marriage Nation Without

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My mom had struggles. My dad had struggles. He raised me as a single parent. I rebelled and almost quit amateur boxing, but my faith in God had a lot to do with me slowly getting my life together.

~Andre Ward

Topics: Almost Amateur Boxing Dad Faith Getting God Had He Life Lot Me Mom My Life Parent Quit Raised Rebelled Single Single Parent Slowly Struggles Together

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