Quotes with common-place

Quotes 1001 till 1020 of 1131.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Bill Bryson We couldn't place their accents but we thought the smaller one might be Australian since he seemed so at home down under.
    Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Bernhard von Bulow We desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our own place in the sun.
    Speech in Reichstag, 6 December 1897
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Angela Merkel We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place for those who love us.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Jim Rohn We get paid for bringing value to the market place.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Shelley Winters We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.
    Shelley Winters
    American actress (1920 - 2006)
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  • Hannah Arendt We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
    Hannah Arendt
    German-born American political theorist (1906 - 1975)
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  • Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers.
    Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
    Irish military leader and statesman, defeated Napoleon (1769 - 1852)
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  • Mark Twain We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Oscar Wilde We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Blake Farenthold We have testimony saying, and I think common sense also dictates, that in a failed state like Syria, you don't have any government information, police reports to rely on to vet somebody. So there's no way to do a background check from somebody coming out of Syria. There's no way we can find out whether they're safe or not.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Bill Maris We have this powerful lever at Google Ventures, which is to invest $200 million a year. This is a huge lever. It's not all going into one place; it's going into lots of start ups and founders and entrepreneurs, all of which are levers to try and change the world in one way or another.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Golda Meir We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America - as far as we go, they are only the negation of what we ourselves stand for and are: and we're rather like Jonahs running away from the place we belong.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Barbara Jordan We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Barry Ritholtz We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
    Barry Ritholtz
    American author and newspaper columnist
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  • Bill Owens We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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