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Meister Eckhart Theologian, Philosopher
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"There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created."

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Baruch Spinoza Philosopher, Rationalist
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"Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"The material comes from whenever you realize that you and someone else have something in common. So any conversation you've had more than once, anything you see happening to you that you see happening to a friend, you go, Hmmm, that's a situation I can make funny."

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Woodrow Wilson Politician
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"My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
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"To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved."

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist
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"We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance."

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