Small Parts Quotes - Page 3

• When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there … now instead of then.

  Blaise Pascal

  Space, Infinite, Eternity

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• Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us -- what happens with the rest?

  Pascal Mercier

  Life, Philosophy, Given

  Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.28, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Growing Up, Drama, Grows

  Madeleine L'Engle (2009). “The Ordering of Love: The New & Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle”, p.55, WaterBrook

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• Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.

  William James

  Failure, Fire, Use

  William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.1225, Library of America

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• All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it... though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. (a servant in the House of Black and White)

  George R. R. Martin

  Lying, Believe, Black And White

  George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.312, Bantam

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• What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery.

  Alain de Botton

  Vision, Use, Snob

  "What's A Kinder Way To Frame Success?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. November 1, 2013.

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• Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?" Jazza: "I bet all of the victims thought that." Rory: "But still, what are the chances?" Jazza: "Well, I imagine they are several million to one." Jerome: "Not that high. You're only dealing with a small part of London. And while there might be a million or more people in that area, the Ripper is probably focusing on women, because all of the original victims were women. So halve that--" Jazza: "You really need another hobby.

  Maureen Johnson

  People, Serial Killer, Hobbies

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• We are none of us perfect, and...we learn to take these imperfections and make them only a small part of who we are

  Patricia Briggs

  Perfect, Imperfection, Who We Are

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• We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe

  Stephen Hawking

  Whole, Short Time, Universe

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• So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

  Regina Spektor

  Letting Go, Rejection, Break

  Song: Ode to Divorce, Album: Soviet Kitsch, 2004

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• I myself wouldn't want to read a magazine that focuses solely on a small part of the literary field or of the popular culture - better to smash the borders and look for interesting and important stuff from many different forms of storytelling.

  Toni Jerrman

  Interesting, Important, Different

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• When you're making a movie, you feel like a very small part of something that you really don't have much influence upon. You roll in, you do your thing, and then you're gone.

  Jennifer Coolidge

  Gone, Influence, Feels

  Source: www.discdish.com

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• My early childhood was spent living by the Pacific Ocean. I carry with me something imprinted by that wide, limitless horizon, which I learned connected us to different people and cultures, including my own family's origins in the Arab World and Northern Europe. I understood early that my world was only a small part of a much larger one. That captivated me.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Ocean, Europe, People

  "Her Majesty Queen Noor: Yogi & Devoted Warrior for Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• At present, the novels which we owe to English ladies form no small part of the literary glory of our country. No class of works is more honorably distinguished for fine observation, by grace, by delicate wit, by pure moral feeling.

  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Country, Class, Grace

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• We don't always know the details of our future. We do not know what lies ahead. We live in a time of uncertainty. We are surrounded by challenges on all sides. Occasionally discouragement may sneak in to our day; frustration may invite itself into our thinking; doubt might enter about the value of our work. In these dark moments Satan whispers in our ears that we will never be able to succeed, that the price isn't work the effort, and that our small part will never make a difference. He, the father of all lies, will try to prevent us from seeing the end from the beginning.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Lying, Father, Dark

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• God makes nothing without order, and everything that forms itself develops imperceptibly out of small parts.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Order, Form

  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (2008). “Protogaea”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

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• Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us such a world power. Hundreds of millions of people may never set foot in the United States, but thanks to you, they've experienced a small part of what makes our country special. They've learned something about our values. We have shaped a world culture through you...in a way that has made the world better.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, Feet

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• In Stalin each [Soviet bureaucrat] easily finds himself. But Stalin also finds in each one a small part of his own spirit. Stalin is the personification of the bureaucracy. That is the substance of his political personality.

  Leon Trotsky

  Political, Personality, Substance

  "The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?"by Leon Trotsky, translated by Max Eastman, (ch. 11), 1936.

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• I like to have memories of a place. It brings something extra. I'm not even sure what it is. I mean, it's the same part of it as I like using friends in small parts or people I know or my doorman.

  Noah Baumbach

  Memories, Mean, People

  Source: collider.com

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• What a crippling art writing is, no body to it, no craft, really. It's all in the mind and you never see it or feel it -- only sometimes hear it. It uses only such a small part of man. I wish I were a sculptor.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Art, Writing, Men

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• Our human awareness is so powerful that even if we tap only a small part of it we can accomplish more that we ever thought possible. Using our complete potential, we can soar to the height where our accomplishments have great and lasting value for both ourselves and for future generations.

  Tarthang Tulku

  Powerful, Accomplishment, Generations

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• Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.

  Nellie McKay

  Love Is, Fleeting, Emotion

  Interview with Andy Battaglia, www.avclub.com. June 16, 2004.

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• In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.

  Andy Serkis

  Character, Emotional, Creating

  "Andy Serkis on Who Sends Him Hate Mail; Why Oscar Should Rethink Animated Category (Q&A)". Interview with Tim Appelo, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 1, 2011.

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• I was 12 when I got a small part in a movie in Texas. And in my spare time, I play with my dogs and write music and go out with my friends.

  Haylie Duff

  Dog, Writing, Texas

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• What's kind of wonderful about being the voice in an animated film is you're a small part of an enormous production. And in a way, you get to remain a little bit objective.

  America Ferrera

  Voice, Littles, Way

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