The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair.
Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.
You can find bacteria everywhere. They're invisible to us. I've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They're so small, we don't see them, but they are everywhere.
The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.
In elections in Iceland, I have always been an abstainer. It seems like politics is such a small bundle of self-important people, who don't have much to do with things I'm interested in.
Small details are a vital part of allowing a reader to make an imaginative connection with long dead historical figures.
Believe me, You will surely see the light. even if you are in a darkest room though, It will go in through small holes in your room.
Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.
Never look down on someone because they offering a gift which is small in size; that same gift might be big in love that the person is offering with.
When you feel big and powerful, stand before a mountain; when you feel small and weak, stand before an ant.
I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world.
It was something quite special, that feeling: an oppressive, hideous constraint as if I were sitting with the small ghost of somebody I had just killed.
If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of the Lunarians and may be called their Towns.
The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.
Getting lost in the ‘big picture’ often prevents us from cherishing the 'small moments' that make it all worthwhile...
The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in theater, film, and television, because there's not much opportunity in terms of employment there.
The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work.
Earlier generations of stars in the galaxy could well have had planets. But really, there was only hydrogen and helium to work with, so they'd all be gas giants and not small, rocky planets.
