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Jeff Bezos Entrepreneur
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"The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated."

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Albert Camus Philosopher, Writer
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"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."

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
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"Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony."

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Marcus Aurelius Philosopher, Emperor
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"There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"Enveloped in a common mist, we seem to walk in clearness ourselves, and behold only the mist that enshrouds others."

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Marie Curie Physicist, Chemist
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"My husband and I were so closely united by our affection and our common work that we passed nearly all of our time together."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity."

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"Although NFL teams have common interests such as promoting the NFL brand, they are still separate, profit-making entities, and their interests in licensing team trademarks are not necessarily aligned"

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