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> [One of the wonderful things about going to a small college is you can get into everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/art-linkletter/one-of-the-wonderful-things-about-going-to-a-small-college-is-you-can/)

[Art Linkletter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/art-linkletter/)

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> [In order to be big, you have to think big. If you think small, you're going to be small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emeril-lagasse/in-order-to-be-big-you-have-to-think-big-if-you-think-small-you-re/)

[Emeril Lagasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emeril-lagasse/)

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> [You become great by going small thing in a great way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zig-ziglar/you-become-great-by-going-small-thing-in-a-great-way/)

[Zig Ziglar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zig-ziglar/)

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> [“Going small” is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-one-things/going-small-is-ignoring-all-the-things-you-could-do-and-doing-what/)

[the one things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-one-things/)

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> [The box office in an arthouse film is always going to be small. We have to face this and overcome this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-rao/the-box-office-in-an-arthouse-film-is-always-going-to-be-small-we/)

[Kiran Rao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-rao/)

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> [With things that I'm going through, whether they be on a small scale or a large scale, I'm thinking, 'Who else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerby-jean-raymond/with-things-that-i-m-going-through-whether-they-be-on-a-small-scale/)

[Kerby Jean-Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerby-jean-raymond/)

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> [I didn't think American Pie was going to be what it was! I had a very small role and the reception I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-coolidge/i-didn-t-think-american-pie-was-going-to-be-what-it-was-i-had-a-very/)

[Jennifer Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-coolidge/)

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> [I prefer to invest in a company that's going after a small but rapidly growing market than a big but slow growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-altman/i-prefer-to-invest-in-a-company-that-s-going-after-a-small-but/)

[Sam Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-altman/)

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> [If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-gregg/if-we-don-t-get-this-economy-going-the-numbers-that-represent-this/)

[Judd Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-gregg/)

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> [More and more teams are, in the vernacular, 'going small,' with only one big man down deep. Good grief, the position of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-deford/more-and-more-teams-are-in-the-vernacular-going-small-with-only-one/)

[Frank Deford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-deford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/769/frank-deford-3856_deep_more-and-more-teams-are-in-the-vernacula_2798349.jpg)

> [One of the advantages of going to a small school is that you're expected to be the man. They have to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-mccollum/one-of-the-advantages-of-going-to-a-small-school-is-that-you-re/)

[C. J. McCollum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-mccollum/)

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