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You’ll never be big time because you’re small time in your heart.

— Jo Hayden • For Me and My Gal

A small tin trumpet sitting inside a brass cup on a yellow and dark red background.
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A blunt put-down about ambition. Success on a large scale, the speaker says, won't come to someone whose outlook stays limited. Big time versus small time is treated as a matter of inner scale, a size of heart rather than a lack of opportunity.

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