Quotes with small-minded

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  • Benny Goodman Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
    Benny Goodman
    American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (1909 - 1986)
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  • George Meredith Speech is the small change of silence.
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Benjamin Banneker Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.
    Benjamin Banneker
    African-American almanac author, and surveyor (0 - 1806)
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  • Lewis Thomas Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise.
    Lewis Thomas
    American arts (1913 - 1993)
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  • Brock Lesnar Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter - don't just be good at one thing; be good at everything.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Abraham Cowley Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Booker T. Washington 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
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Robert Collier Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out...
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Bill Hybels Supplications are requests that you make of God. And truly, nothing is too big for God to handle or too small for him to be interested in.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Skarsgard Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.'
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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  • Annie Jump Cannon Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.
    Annie Jump Cannon
    American astronomer (1863 - 1941)
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  • Barack Obama That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles.
    Speech DNC, 2004
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Neil Armstrong That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
    Neil Armstrong
    American astronaut and engineer (1930 - 2012)
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  • Carolyn Chute That's the way we see life: your community is your survival. And if you live in a small community like this, even the people you hate you have as friends.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Emily Dickinson The abdication of belief makes the behavior small - better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Russell Lynes The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
    Russell Lynes
    American editor, criticus (1910 - 1991)
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  • Henry Miller The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Brad D. Smith The average small-business owner uses 18 apps to run their business every day, and if those applications don't allow data to flow seamlessly and they don't integrate, it's going to become a point of friction. It's going to prevent the small business from being successful.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
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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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  • Bille August The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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