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There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

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It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. ↗

— George Muller

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Uncommon valor was a common virtue. ↗

— Chester W. Nimitz

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Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

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Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. ↗

— William Osler

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In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. ↗

— Toni Morrison

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We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. ↗

— William H. Macy

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Philosophy is common sense with big words. ↗

— James Madison

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Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs. ↗

— James McGreevey

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