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Jean Cocteau

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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and ...

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Jose Ortega y Gasset

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The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever ...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

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Mark Twain

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If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people.

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Raoul Vaneigem

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We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.

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William Wordsworth

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Thou unassuming common-place of Nature, with that homely face.

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Hilarious, sad, thoughtful or just plain wrong, commonplace quotes are an easy way to amuse yourself and express your own thoughts through the words of others. How many times have you heard commonplace quotes tossed around in casual conversation? It's impossible to stay completely current on all commonplace quotes, but the major ones are easy enough to find. What better way to show how aware you are of the current culture and celebrity than by tossing a few commonplace quotes into a conversation with your friends? Having a ready supply of commonplace quotes can also come in very handy in a dull conversation when you need to take the conversation an entirely new direction. Our collection of commonplace quotes is comprehensive and fun - enjoy them!


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