“I kind of killed it in college. You know that saying "big fish in a small pond"? At Dartmouth college, I was freakin' Jaws in a community swimming pool.”

— Mindy Kaling, book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

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actress, writer, comedian 1979

Lisi Harrison (1970) Canadian writer

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“Being a big fish in a small pond is great until you have to poop.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)

“It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet there are those who love it!”

Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…

Oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States, March 10, 1818, in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1918)

“All I know is that I carried you for nine months. I fed you, I clothed you, I paid for your college education. Friending me on Facebook seems like a small thing to ask in return.”

Jodi Picoult book Sing You Home

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“I know a ‘swimming pool’ where these ‘young people who disturb’ can go and swim separately following their ‘own schedule’: the Mediterranean Sea.”

Sam Van Rooy (1985)

Vlaams Belang MP shocks and angers with “swimming pool tweet” https://www.brusselstimes.com/brussels-2/60104/vlaams-belang-mp-shocks-and-angers-with-swimming-pool-tweet/. referring to a press article according to which a swimming pool in Utrecht, introduced different schedules for youngsters and families, fearing the former would upset the latter.

“You say you got a big house out in the country
with a ruddy great swimming pool.
You say you got a lot of things I never had. That's true.
But are you happy?
Are you happy?
Are you happy?
When you get right down to the nitty-gritty,
are you happy? You?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Are You Happy?" (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Are You Happy?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBSdzsybWw (song on YouTube)