4,467 Quotes About Littles


  • Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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    We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order...we take what we know a little too seriously.

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  • Author Nikola Tesla
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    If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... [J]ust a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor.

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  • Author Olivia Thirlby
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    I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

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  • Author Pete Townshend
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    Tough boys running the streets, come a little closer. Rough toys under the sheets, nobody knows her.

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  • Author Rachel True
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    If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.

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