“Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle”—a take on the term “big fish in a small pond”—is a saying that has been printed on several images. “Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle” was posted on Twitter by LivingDedGrrl on April 19, 2012.
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LivingDedGrrl
@H0TMessBarbie
Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle.
2:17 PM - 19 Apr 2012
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Earl
@UncleET
Before you pride yourself on being a “big fish” make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle
6:12 PM - 19 Apr 2012
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Fabiana
@FabyBoston
“Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle.” via @mobaig1
6:27 PM - 19 Apr 2012
Demotivation
BEFORE YOU PRIDE YOURSELF ON BEING A BIG FISH - make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle
2013.03.06 submitted by Synecdoche
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Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle.
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Bill Murray
@BiIIMurray
Before you pride yourself on being a big fish, make sure you’re not swimming in a puddle.
7:23 PM - 23 Mar 2019
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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