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common grain wells
And common is the commonplace, And vacant chaff well meant for grain. Alfred Lord Tennyson
common-sense simplicity sublime
Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
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Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18. Albert Einstein
common mean speak thinking
When, therefore, in common language, we speak of having an idea of anything, we mean no more by that expression, but thinking of it. Thomas Reid
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When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post. Cyril Connolly
common speak team
We want the referees to be a team and they should all be able to speak and write a common language.
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We'll start cranking up probably next week. The common mistakes are mostly math errors and (people) forgetting to sign their returns.
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What we're trying to do is get you to think. Today is about tactics and using common sense. Everything you do is thinking.
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Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense. Alexander Pope
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Common sense is merely unaided intuition, and unaided intuition is reasoning performed in the absense of instruments and the tested knowledge of science. Common sense tells us that massive satellites cannot hang suspended 36,000 kilometers above the one point on the earth's surface, but they do... E. O. Wilson
common language english-language
They had nothing in common but the English language. E. M. Forster
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Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind. Dorothy Day
common inevitable permanent
Nothing is permanent. The only thing any of us have in common is the inevitable. Colleen Hoover
common-sense people support
We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support. Dalai Lama
common-sense way humans
There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
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Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
common-sense body lines
The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health. Andrew Weil
common corruption oppression
Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. Anna Lindh
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What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack. Andrew Tobias
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There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society. Constance Baker Motley
common worth-living common-knowledge
But,' I reminded myself, 'it's common knowledge that life isn't worth living, anyhow. Albert Camus
common misery speak
We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to speak up, insofar as we can, for those who cannot do so.
common field home man undo
There is no common sense in going to the field to fight and leaving a man at home to undo all that you accomplish. Robert Green Ingersoll
common compared glittering sacred stones worthless
The sacred books of all the world are worthless dross and common stones compared with Shakespeare's glittering gold and gleaming gems.
common facts religion science
Science has nothing in common with religion. Facts and miracles never did and never will agree.
common people united
A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States. Mitt Romney
common education forms twig
'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
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The one thing you don't want to happen is that you start talking about common systems, for example, and you get the gold-plated toilet out the other end.
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We'll obviously use common sense, in that if players aren't yet up to the level of fitness we're looking for we won't risk them. We don't want to risk any injuries before the Northern Rail Cup campaign.
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Unfortunately you can't rely on common sense when it comes to highway-safety laws.
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Unfortunately, this is part of an all too common trend. I think over the next year, we are going to see more closures and job losses like this.
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I want nevertheless to add that for me the world is a defiance of common sense. Rene Magritte
common-sense psychology ordinary
Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first word: it should be examined before it is discarded. Thomas Nagel