Quotes with small-scale

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  • John Dryden Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • C. S. Lewis Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Albion W. Small Modern sociology is virtually an attempt to take up the larger program of social analysis and interpretation which was implicit in Adam Smith's moral philosophy, but which was suppressed for a century by prevailing interest in the technique of the production of wealth.
    Albion W. Small
    American sociologist and editor (1854 - 1926)
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  • Anthony Weiner More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Studs Terkel Most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits.
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  • Vauvenargues Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.
    Vauvenargues
    French philosopher (1715 - 1747)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Bea Arthur My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.
    Bea Arthur
    American actress and comedian (1922 - 2009)
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  • Blake Bailey My father was a golden boy from a very small town. He won a very prestigious law scholarship to NYU Law School, and there in Greenwich Village, he met my mother, who was very young, fresh off the boat from Germany.
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  • Ben Lloyd-Hughes My first ever-ever professional role was in a television show in England called 'Love Soup.' It starred Tamsin Greig. I just played a small role - I think officially my role was 'teenage boy' - it was one episode.
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    British actor (1988 - )
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  • John Wesley My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.
    John Wesley
    British preacher (1703 - 1791)
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  • Bryan Batt My mantra is, 'Don't be afraid of color.' What did it do to you? Do a color testing in alternate kinds of light you desire in the room because the pigment will change. And I refuse to believe that pale pale or white colors in a small room will buy you more square footage. Go with color all the way.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Francis Bacon Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Margaret Mead Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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  • Winston Churchill Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Aesop No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • William S. Burroughs No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill other people on a mass scale. Sure, he's got the fridge full of sausages and spring water.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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