Common Quotes
4888 quotes by 3018 authors
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Honestly, my character doesn't have much in common with Harry Potter besides the fact that he's an unlikely hero who's thrown into a huge situation.
— Logan Lerman
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much…
— Richard Dawkins
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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on…
— Sam Neill
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And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief…
— Daryl Hannah
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I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.
— Mandy Patinkin
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A very common thing these days is people show up and they ask us in the band to sign with a Sharpie right on their…
— Jared Leto
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Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's…
— Anna Kendrick
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I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.
— Ellen Page
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A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of…
— Sean Bean
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Age simply doesn't enter into it! The older the friend, the more he is valued, particularly when he shows so visibly the characteristics that we…
— Unknown Author
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I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated…
— Peter O'Toole
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Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting people's racist and…
— Greg Giraldo
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You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
— Bill Murray
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I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.
— Wayne Brady
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Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence…
— Kim Stanley
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If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with its tail between its legs.
— Werner Herzog
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable…
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men.
— Michael Douglas
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Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure…
— Juliette Binoche
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Still,[...] in all forms of comics the sequential artist relies upon the tacit cooperation of the reader. This cooperation is based upon the convention of…
— Will Eisner
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