Quotes with little

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  • William Wordsworth That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Frank Moore Colby That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.
    Frank Moore Colby
    American Editor, Essayist (1865 - 1925)
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  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias That little white ball won't move until you hit it, and there's nothing you can do after it has gone.
    Babe Didrikson Zaharias
    American athlete (1911 - 1956)
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  • Benny Goodman That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • Tom Gates That we can comprehend the little we know already is mindboggling in itself.
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  • Miguel de Cervantes That which costs little is less valued.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Lord George Byron The Angels were all singing out of tune, and hoarse with having little else to do, excepting to wind up the sun and moon or curb a runaway young star or two.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Bern Williams The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.
    Bern Williams
    English philosopher
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  • Alben W. Barkley The best audience is one that is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
    Alben W. Barkley
    American lawyer and politician (1877 - 1956)
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  • William Wordsworth The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Sir William Temple The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Carole Berman The best thing about doing needlepoint for very small children is that they are so uncritical. The don't say things like, I see you've missed some stitches over here on the leg, was that intentional? or Was this creature blinded in a fight? They will clasp it in their little arms and love it besottedly, inseparably as the thing becomes more and more rancid.
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  • William Van Horne The biggest things are often the easiest to do because there is so little competition.
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  • Bob Uecker The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
    Bob Uecker
    American Major League Baseball (MLB) player (1934 - )
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  • B. B. King The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit ashamed to let anybody see him, but you loved him. You just didn't know how other people would take it.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Marilyn Ferguson The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness.
    Marilyn Ferguson
    American author, editor and public speaker (1938 - 2008)
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  • Andrew Jackson The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Gail Godwin The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet.
    Gail Godwin
    American novelist and short story writer (1937 - )
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman The Church [in the 14th century] gave ceremony and dignity to lives that had little of either. It was the source of beauty and art to which all had some access and which many helped to create.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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