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Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
Booker T. Washington
We can never know for certain where our prayers are likely to go, nor from whom the answers will come. Just when we think we are at our nearest to God, we could be assisting the Devil.
Norman Mailer
It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing.
Joshua Slocum
I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course.
Groucho Marx
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Ronald Reagan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
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The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
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On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France.
John Dyer
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At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.
George Carlin
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An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.
William Faulkner
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Taking a child to the toy store is the nearest thing to a death wish parents can have.
Fred G. Gosman
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It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me.
Peter Steele
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Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.
Alexander John Ellis
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