Khaled Hosseini

It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.

Afghani Novelist

Hozier

I've definitely received a lot of support in Nashville; it's a huge music town. I like country music. Like any genre I'm largely unfamiliar with, there are elements I really enjoy and elements that go over my head.

Irish Musician

Jeffery Deaver

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

American Writer

Ramin Djawadi

I always really wanted to do film scoring, largely because I hate writing lyrics. I just won't do it. I need help with the words.

German Composer

Hugh Grant

Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show business.

English Actor

John Knoll

Almost everything I've been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.

American Artist

Hugh Hefner

Even when I was young, I said age is largely a state of mind if you're healthy.

American Publisher

Ivor Novello

The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd.

Welsh Musician

Peter Hitchens

People's fates in life are decided largely by their schools.

English Journalist

Horace

Roman Poet

Used when something is primarily true or effective, but not completely.

Implicit Contrast

Softens statements to avoid overgeneralization.

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Describes something's influence as significant but not exhaustive.

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 has the potential to be hugely beneficial. Today, the threat of an epidemic on the scale of the Black Death has been largely eliminated thanks to antibiotics. But the bubonic plague continues to kill a few thousand people worldwide every year, and the recent emergence of a drug-resistant strain threatens the return of darker times.

The past, present and...

 know our criminal laws are largely state laws and we have different policies in different states and so a lot of the work does have to be done at the state level but I think there is a broader narrative that we need to engage in at the national level that will influence what happens in each of these various states and I think that

Talking about history...

 for those of us fortunate enough to have access to clean drinking water. For a long time, conventional wisdom said that we should drink eight glasses a day. That estimate has since been fine-tuned. Now, the consensus is that the amount of water we need to imbibe depends largely on our weight and environment.

What would happen if you...

 This speed is largely due to their body's hydrodynamic design. Many sharks have torpedo shaped heads that allow them to cut through the water with little resistance. Plus, shark skin is covered with flat, v-shaped scales, called dermal denticles. The denticles help water flow smoothly over the skin,

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 we have to play through until it reaches a natural stopping point, "ella, ella, ella." But this is largely speculation. The basic fact remains we don't know exactly why we're susceptible to earworms. But understanding them better could give us important clues to the workings of the human brain.

Earworms: Those songs...

 Those put numbers on questions like how many potential customers there are and what price they'd be willing to pay. This part of the process changes as technology evolves. But focus groups have remained largely the same for decades. Perhaps when it comes to the big, important questions,

How do focus groups...

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 This is not inevitable. It's very important to appreciate this is not inevitable. The sustainable energy future I think is largely inevitable, but being a space-faring civilization is definitely not inevitable.

Elon Musk: The future...

 This huge diversity exists largely because of humanity's efforts to bear new fruit. Fruit breeding is a way to fulfill the expectations of farmers and consumers who seek specific qualities in an apple.

Why are there so many...

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