Almost There Quotes

• Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.

  Yasmin

  Beautiful, Going Away, Sun

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• Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

  Herodotus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Don’t forget, God can see you masturbating. But don’t stop. He’s almost there.

  Sarah Silverman

  Forget

  FaceBook post by Sarah Silverman from Aug 26, 2012

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• i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Dream, Heart, Waiting

  Nicholas Sparks (2014). “The Notebook: Student edition”, p.158, Hachette UK

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• Just keep moving! we're almost there." "almost where?" Juno chuckled. "all roads lead there child. you should know that" "detention?" Percy asked. "Rome, child, the old woman said. "Rome

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Moving, Rome

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.

  Isabel Allende

  Book, Shadow, Lines

  "The Lenny Interview: Isabel Allende". Interview with Collier Meyerson, www.lennyletter.com. January 15, 2016.

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• Do everything you're told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, 'It's not so bad.' Say 'You are almost there!' And say it a lot.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Cheerleader, Birth, Good Cheer

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• We can be together, Rose. Soon. We're almost there. And nothing will ever keep us apart.

  Richelle Mead

  Rose, Together

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.658, Penguin

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• There is nothing wrong with compromising. Even if you compromise almost everything.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Compromise, Ifs

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.175, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm in training to become a midwife. I'm almost there and before I know it I'll be able to open my own practice, if that's what I desire.

  Erykah Badu

  Practice, Training, Desire

  "Life on the Line: A Telephone Conversation With Erykah Badu". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. December 10, 2015.

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• I rose to my knees, mouth dry and heart pounding, and paused to finger a rip in my beautiful Dacron bowling shirt. I pushed my fingertip through the hole and wiggled it at myself. Hello, Dexter, where are you going? Hello, Mr. Finger. I don't know, but I'm almost there. I hear my friends calling.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Beautiful, Rip, Heart

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.200, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Hate is all that keeps us alive when love is gone. You’re almost there. Not quite ready to let it go yet.

  Kim Harrison

  Hate, Love Is, Let It Go

  Kim Harrison (2013). “Ever After”, p.49, HarperCollins UK

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• The words you can't find, you borrow.
  We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
  My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
  We are not quite novels.
  The analogy he is looking for is almost there.
  We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that.
  In the end, we are collected works.

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Book, Heart, Stories

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• I'm almost there, almost to the barricade, when I thinks she hears me. Because for just a moment, she catches sight of me, her lips form my name. And that's when the rest of the parachutes go off.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Sight, Names

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.347, Scholastic Inc.

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• Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didn’t want to hear it. “You know what I want? I want peace. I want a good job and a decent place to live. I want to read books and listen to music and have time to make some female friendships that are going to last. When I wake up in the morning, I want to know that I have a decent shot at being happy. And here’s what’s really sad. Until I met you, I was almost there.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Morning, Jobs, Pain

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• We're almost there, Oliver said. Once again Petunia was so startled that she tripped and would have fallen is Oliver hadn't caught her around the waist and pulled her upright. "You must have been far away," he said laughing.

  Jessica Day George

  Laughing, Far Away, Caught

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