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You’ll never be big time because you’re small time in your heart.
— For Me and My Gal • 1942
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
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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