Common Ground Quotes
92 quotes by 85 authors
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Peace to these little broken leaves, That strew our common ground; That chase their tails, like silly dogs, As they go round and round. For…
— William Henry Davies
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We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy and…
— Ray Bradbury
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Why cannot we work at cooperative schemes and search for the common ground binding all mankind together?
— William O. Douglas
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Geneva has a long history of hosting international organizations, which is part of the reason why CERN is here. CERN has signed agreements with the…
— Rolf-Dieter Heuer
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James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic…
— Unknown Author
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While their methods differ radically, artists and physicists share the desire to investigate the ways the interlocking pieces of reality fit together. This is the…
— Leonard Shlain
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
— O. Henry
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COMMUNICATION: If I had to pick a first rule of communication-the one practice above all others that opens the door to connecting with others-it would…
— John C. Maxwell
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If religion and science could be united on the common ground of biological conservation, the problem would be soon solved. If there is any moral…
— E. O. Wilson
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When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out. In discovering…
— Gregory Colbert
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Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for…
— Sara Ahmed
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All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes…
— Barack Obama
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There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship…
— Bob Menendez
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Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.
— Mark Pryor
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President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.
— Valerie Jarrett
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Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility…
— Nancy Pelosi
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The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable to anybody who has ever made their way across the…
— Francis Spufford
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I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.
— Steven Levitan
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There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the…
— Peter Welch
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Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of…
— James Fenton
Who Wrote These Common Ground Quotes
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