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"There is nothing in the education of the average non-scientific human being to discourage him from the habit of generalizing from little or no evidence, and worse still and far more important, nothing to discourage him from the habit of starting with a generalization and ending up with the individual, instead of the other way round."
"As the interned American citizens of Japanese descent learned, the Bill of Rights provided them with little protection when it was needed."
"I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better."
"Hush, little bright line, don’t you cry You’ll be a cliché by and by."
"The closer I get to God, the blacker the little sins appear"
"When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have it."
"I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything."
"There was very little international support, even England wouldn't support [bombing of Syria], which is amazing."
"The United States is a very insular society. Most people know very little about the outside world and don't care that much. They're concerned with their own affairs."
"In the United States, and to a certain extent in Canada, there's very little interest in what happens outside their borders."
"Like other organisms, humans have a certain genetic endowment (apparently varying little in the species, not a surprise considering its recent separation from other hominids). That determines what we call their nature."
"The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake."
"There is little doubt that a significant part of any serious solution will require advances of technology, but that can only be part of the solution. Other major changes are necessary."
"I'm into eating as little as possible... I never cook. Never use the stove or anything."
"All my friends I've known since I was really little."
"You win a while, and then it’s done - Your little winning streak."
"The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little."
"Have read little and understood less."
"(...) You cruel creature, little mite of a thing with a heart the size of a fullstop."
"Of what use were it, pray, to get a little wood to burn, to warm your body this cold weather, if there were not a divine fire kindled at the same time to warm your spirit?"
