Quotes with near-constant

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  • George Crabbe Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, like other farmers, flourish and complain.
    George Crabbe
    English poet, surgeon and clergyman (1745 - 1832)
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  • Anne Sophie Swetchine Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.
    Anne Sophie Swetchine
    Russian writer (1782 - 1857)
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  • Campbell Brown Perhaps there is no greater evidence that the teachers' union has swung too far out of the mainstream that they both have been a target of near-constant criticism from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Pierre Charron Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
    Pierre Charron
    French philosopher (1541 - 1603)
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  • Fleur Adcock Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.
    Fleur Adcock
    New Zealand poet and editor (1934 - )
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Peace Pilgrim Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Bernardo Houssay Production and consumption of carbohydrates is so well regulated that there is a constant blood sugar level; any accidental increase or fall in blood sugar is rapidly compensated.
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  • Arvo Part Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.
    Arvo Part
    Estonian composer
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  • Euripides Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Brendan Behan So many belonging to me lay buried in Kilbarrack, the healthiest graveyard in Ireland, they said, because it was so near the sea.
    Source: Borstal Boy pt. 3 (1958)
    Brendan Behan
    Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright (1923 - 1964)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Alan Thicke So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Aneurin Bevan Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Bryan Magee Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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  • Washington Irving Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
    Washington Irving
    American writer (1783 - 1859)
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  • A. J. McLean The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
    A. J. McLean
    American singer (1978 - )
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  • Billy Graham The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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