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title: "9 Common Theme Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Common Theme quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Common Theme sayings and thoughts."
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> [Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-koum/facebook-google-apple-yahoo-there-s-a-common-theme-none-of-these/)

[Jan Koum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-koum/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/jan-koum-9456_able_facebook-google-apple-yahoo-there-s-a-co_338230.png)

> [For my art, there is a common theme most of the time: it is using the things we can see to search…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cai-guo-qiang/for-my-art-there-is-a-common-theme-most-of-the-time-it-is-using-the/)

[Cai Guo-Qiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cai-guo-qiang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/cai-guo-qiang-18878_art_for-my-art-there-is-a-common-theme-most_723736.png)

> [There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gus-van-sant/there-is-a-common-theme-though-in-the-stories-i-have-told-which-are/)

[Gus Van Sant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gus-van-sant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/gus-van-sant-5023_association_there-is-a-common-theme-though-in-the-st_2924899.png)

> [When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/when-you-ve-written-long-enough-you-see-that-there-s-a-common-theme/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/elizabeth-berg-853_enough_when-you-ve-written-long-enough-you-see_1884608.jpg)

> [“The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/the-common-theme-of-common-sense-is-that-it-s-commonly-rejected-as/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_acumen_the-common-theme-of-common-sense-is-that_670317.jpg)

> [I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akira-kurosawa/i-suppose-all-of-my-films-have-a-common-theme-if-i-think-about-it/)

[Akira Kurosawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akira-kurosawa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/akira-kurosawa-14889_common_i-suppose-all-of-my-films-have-a-common_711352.jpg)

> [I started to see this common theme with the songs that I was writing or co-writing, and it all had this really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maren-morris/i-started-to-see-this-common-theme-with-the-songs-that-i-was-writing/)

[Maren Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maren-morris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/maren-morris-3796_craving_i-started-to-see-this-common-theme-with_1922857.jpg)

> [While I've had so many different jobs - I've worked in law, I've worked in government, I've run for office - there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reshma-saujani/while-i-ve-had-so-many-different-jobs-i-ve-worked-in-law-i-ve-worked/)

[Reshma Saujani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reshma-saujani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/reshma-saujani-8101_entire-life_while-i-ve-had-so-many-different-jobs-i_1309057.jpg)

> [It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-landrieu/it-s-a-common-theme-around-the-city-of-new-orleans-we-re-resilient/)

[Mitch Landrieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-landrieu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/mitch-landrieu-23404_cities_it-s-a-common-theme-around-the-city-of-n_386406.jpg)

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