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I prefer being a small fish in a big pond.
My favorite place to read is next to the pond in my backyard.
The comedy world is like a small pond; we all know each other.
I was a lone duck in a swan-filled pond who criticized everyone.
A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.
You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.
Being happy is a revolutionary act; I think it spreads, like ripples in a pond.
I look forward to Pond's products to deliver better skincare for girls everywhere.
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
As a rough rule of thumb, I would say the smaller the pond, the more belligerent the fish.
I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond.
You don't want to end up being an indie wrestler who wants to be the big fish in a small pond.
Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.
I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.
You can be a big fish in a small pond, but you're only going to be competing against people at that level.
I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.
Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs.
Pond's is a name that everyone is familiar with, and I know that I can trust them when it comes to skincare.
In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in a big pond.
The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.
A society should never become like a pond with stagnant water, without movement. That's the most important thing.
Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.
There is just something about being out in open country, about seeing the sun rise over a pond, that's really beautiful.
I've always done pretty well for myself here in the U.K., but I was never going to be content being a big fish in a small pond.
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
I went where the boys in the family went. We would shoot basketball. We would shoot guns. We'd play cards. We'd go fishing at the pond.
Pond scum stinks. And so do the Obama administration's enormous, taxpayer-funded 'investments' in politically connected biofuel companies.
My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy.
I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence.
I went from being a big fish in a small pond to going to City with a lot of top players, I felt like I had to work really hard to be the best.
Nothing changes overnight unless you win an Oscar. You move up a little bit, but you are always a little fish - just in a slightly bigger pond.
When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.
We have three and a half acres, complete with duck pond and wildflower meadow and open annually by appointment as part of the National Gardens Scheme.
You know you are grown sentimental when you start counting the cygnets on the duck pond in the park to be sure none has perished since you counted last.
I've had boyfriends I've dated whom I met as Courtney, but then dated as Shane. Courtney can certainly act as a glamorous stepping stone across the pond.
Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.
I grew up a huge jock, a lot of basketball and football. We had a pond in my back yard growing up, and we played a lot of hockey, too. I loved to score goals.
I don't like lakes generally. It's a glorified pond, isn't it? I live by the sea, so for me I need to taste salt. I prefer the mystery, the majesty of the sea.
It was like putting your foot into a pond and knowing that I wanted to dive into this. It wasn't even just acting. It was this medium, film. I had to explore it.
I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.
Love for your work, love for another person, love for yourself - love is a huge pond, and it's never empty. You can go and take from it, and it will give you strength.
Once I retire and slow down, I don't want to be in New York. I want to be somewhere near a lake or a pond, so that on my days when I have nothing to do, I can go fishing.
It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane.
In the next shot the cameras zoomed to the fiancee who noticed the lights in the Czarina's room go out and the camera then turned to the pond where two goldfish were making love.
I loved acting and wanted to be a leading man. But I decided I'd rather be a big fish in the stuntman pond than a little acting fish. I guess I must have made the right decision.
It was very much like Norman Rockwell: small town America. We walked to school or rode our bikes, stopped at the penny candy store on the way home from school, skated on the pond.
As an actor, what's interesting is what's hidden away beneath the surface. You want to be like a duck on a pond - very calm on the surface but paddling away like crazy underneath.
Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it.
I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.