A small acorn casting a large tree-shaped shadow against a green-and-gold background.

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Bill Clinton

Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker links high expectations with a call to think or act on a larger scale. Repeating 'big' and contrasting it with 'small' gives the statement its force. The passage presents ambition as a necessary response to what is expected of the group.

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