"A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience."
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"A little more than kin, and less than kind."
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"I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little; to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish."
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"A very little little let us do And all is done."
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"We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name."
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"Every thing that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment."
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"The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart-see, they bark at me."
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"To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof little more than a little is by much too much."
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"Let's meet as little as we can"
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"Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft."
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"I'll speak in a monstrous little voice."
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"Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive."
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"I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to horses. I have always loved them."
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"It was at "Little Lodge" I was first menaced with Education. The approach of a sinister figure described as 'the Governess' was announced."
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"The heart is a very, very resilient little muscle. It really is."
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"I'm really impotent against the overwhelming bleakness of the universe and the only thing I can do is my little gift [filmmaking] and do it the best I can, [...] which is cold comfort."
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"There's nothing good about getting older-absolutely nothing-because the amount of wisdom and experience you gain is negligible compared to what you lose. You do gain a couple of things-you gain a little bittersweet and sour wisdom from your heartbreaks and failures and things-but what you lose is so catastrophic in every way."
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"A lot of patients you know if you haven't seen them for 6 months or a year, you won't remember what medicines they're on or what kind of problems they have. And you know I'd feel much better if I know a little bit about the patient before I walk in the room, so I won't be too surprised."
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"It is not a bad thing to settle for the Little Way, not the big search for the big happiness but the sad little happiness of drinks and kisses, a good little car and a warm deep thigh."
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"If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to do with it. You're like an instrument for what's coming through."
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