Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or less overwhelmed again and again - if not by what the books actually said, by what they suggested, what they helped me to imagine.
At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language.
It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along with reasonable regulations and no more.
If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.
Well, in the past, the size of government was one of the more fundamental dividing lines between Right and Left. The Right was supposed to represent the small government philosophy - limited spending, low taxes. Obviously, things have shifted.
There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.
The older I get, the more I'm conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn't it?
People in small towns, much more than in cities, share a destiny.
America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.
Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
No one did more singlehandedly to smash the BNP in Britain than me.
The ideology of the Smashing Pumpkins was ultimately more valuable than the music of the Smashing Pumpkins. That's what critics can't put their finger on.
My people would love it if I smiled more, if I was more 'approachable.'
I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now.
I like a kind of dark, bronze-y brown smoky eye with maybe some mascara, some contouring and stuff, but I don't like wearing black or pinks. I like it more tonal.
I'd like to be a more consistent starter. I'd like a smoother transition from crouching to running. I have to learn to relax during a race and how to breathe.
Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.
In my love-challenged condition, seeing a difficulty for someone else can leave me feeling a little more smug or superior-by-comparison.
