Quotes with common-place

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  • Berthold Auerbach Good and stupid, is a common saying. I have found that only the judicious are really good. Only clever men know what is good for others; and at the first appearance of disadvantage to himself, the stupid man deserts.
    Berthold Auerbach
    German-Jewish writer and poet (1812 - 1882)
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  • Carl Hiaasen Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bill Shuster Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.
    Bill Shuster
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Benito Martinez Great film roles, they always take you to another place. I'd love to do more of that, but I keep doing lots of voiceovers, some TV spots, and some film roles have come along, so I'm okay.
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  • Alphonse De Lamartine Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
    Alphonse De Lamartine
    French poet, statesman and historian (1790 - 1869)
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  • Joan Didion Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.
    The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 58
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Elizabeth Janeway Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
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  • Caitlin Rose Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
    Caitlin Rose
    American country singer (1987 - )
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  • Bethany Hamilton Growing up, I was blessed to be part of a great church. This is where I met many friends who have encouraged me in my life to live strong for Christ. My church is a place where I can develop friendships with others that will encourage me in my walk with Christ.
    Bethany Hamilton
    American professional surfer (1990 - )
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  • Bobby Cannavale Growing up, I wasn't an athlete or anything like that. The only place I felt like I belonged was in the theater.
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Alan Cohen Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Amy Lowell Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
    Amy Lowell
    American poet, criticus (1874 - 1925)
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  • François Rabelais He 63 ways of getting money, the most common, most honorable ones being staling, thieving, and robbing.
    François Rabelais
    French writer (1483 - 1553)
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  • Thomas à Kempis He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Margaret Halsey He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.
    Margaret Halsey
    American writer
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • Emma Goldman Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Heaven, as conventionally conceived, is a place so inane, so dull, so useless, so miserable that nobody has ever ventured to describe a whole day in heaven, though plenty of people have described a day at the seaside.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Christopher Marlowe Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd one self place; for where we are is Hell, and where Hell is, there must we ever be.
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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