#mall

I think also of my colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands, and feel that in some measure I am here as a representative of our small, informal, international fraternity. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#am #colleagues #elementary #feel #fraternity

A two-speed Europe will not be a strong Europe. The idea of making decisions and policies in a narrow circle, disregarding smaller EU members, will make it hard to engage them to commit to a common policy, which will weaken the union. ↗

— Georgi Purvanov

#commit #common #decisions #disregarding #engage

Franchises and chains have come to dominate small communities, but those same chains have eliminated a lot of the greasy spoons, places you didn't want to eat in the first place. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

#come #communities #dominate #eat #eliminated

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound. ↗

— Jan Morris

#on the contrary #petty #profound #smallness

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#communication #country #european #globe #hundred

I really understand where Alice is coming from - I've been in exactly the same place coming from a small town and knowing that I need to do other things, that I have to leave. ↗

— Molly Parker

#been #coming #exactly #i #knowing

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#beyond #body #entity #expands #members

This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey) ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#country #finding-yourself #inspiring #journey #literature

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such. ↗

— Li Peng

#big #china #community #countries #equal

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. ↗

— Pindar

#affection #even #every #gift #given