#common

There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak English and you speak English that you're bound to understand and like everything that we do. And of course you don't. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#animal #animal life #avoiding #beasts #bodily

Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to. ↗

— Dan Aykroyd

#barrel #common #common enemy #consumer #driven

This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera. ↗

— Emanuel Azenberg

#cold #common #industry

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#commonly #down #moment #most #those

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#came #common #conclusion #i #i came

Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#drained #dry #only #soil #well

A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#atomic #common #community #dark #darkens

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. ↗

— George Bancroft

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