I started reading the big histories and the small histories, the memoirs and so forth. At some point, I found the diary of William E. Dodd.
Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.
From shoes that are a size too small to a dress that doesn't fit quite right, there are incredible pieces in most wardrobes that have never been worn.
Our eyes only see the big dimensions, but beyond those there are others that escape detection because they are so small.
In 'Winter's Bone,' it's literally the director and the camera operator. That's it. Just a super-small Kubrick crew. You know what I mean? Like, 8 people.
I'm the fifth generation of Seventh Day Adventists and the youngest of four brothers. When I was still very small, we formed a gospel quartet.
The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks.
Even the mundane task of washing dishes by hand is an example of the small tasks and personal activities that once filled people's daily lives with a sense of achievement.
But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.
The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies.
I came from Winnipeg and a small-town background, and I wouldn't say a depressed area, but Winnipeg has never been a rich area like Toronto.
A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.
The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.
When two elements combine and form more than one compound, the masses of one element that react with a fixed mass of the other are in the ratio of small whole numbers.
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.
All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian's footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small.
I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.
The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.
My grandmother was a chef, and she taught me to cook. One day I want a restaurant, a small Italian grill. That's my aspiration.
The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery of gold in California.
Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it.
