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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason.

~Edward Coke

Topics: Common Common Law Else Itself Law Life Nay Nothing Perfection Reason Which

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

~Edward Gibbon

Topics: Above Common Educations Every Every Man First Himself His Important Level Man More Personal Received Rises Second Teachers Two Who

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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

~Edward Gibbon

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A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.

~Edward Sapir

Topics: Allegiance Common Expression Form Freedom Human Human Spirit Identified Known Likely Most National Potent Prove Single Spirit Symbols Unit World

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A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

~Edward Sapir

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So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.

~Edward Sapir

Topics: Actually Advocate Both Common Concerned Constructed Far General How How Much International Language Much Procedure Proposals Rather Spirit Vocabulary Wondered

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It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.

~Edward Thorndike

Topics: Advance Advantage Changing Common Contribute Controlling Course Directly Every Human Human Nature Indirectly Late Nature Our Sciences Soon Success Understood Will

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If you don't know each other you spend time doing research together, having dinner, and talking about your lives. You try to find common ground. Once you're shooting, the pressures are so intense; you really want to have a channel of communication open to you already.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: About Channel Common Common Ground Communication Dinner Doing Each Find Ground Having Intense Know Lives Once Open Other Pressures Really Research Shooting Spend Talking Time Together Try Want You Your

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I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.

~Edward Zwick

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A highly visible, shared identity can help bring activists from different backgrounds together with a common sense of purpose and push for change more effectively - from the global stage to within their own communities and families.

~Efua Dorkenoo

Topics: Activists Backgrounds Bring Change Common Common Sense Communities Different Different Backgrounds Effectively Families Global Help Highly Identity More Own Purpose Push Sense Shared Stage Together Visible Within

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