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• Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

  Jay-Z

  Race, Hip Hop, Generations

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.196, Random House Group

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• It seems to me that when we listen to the Muslim mystics as they talk about Jesus and their love for Jesus, I must say, it’s a lot closer to New Testament Christianity than a lot of the Christians that I hear. In other words if we are looking for common ground, can we find it in mystical spirituality, even if we cannot theologically agree, Can we pray together in such a way that we connect with a God that transcends our theological differences?

  Tony Campolo

  Christian, Jesus, Differences

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• Beyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual traditions but have much in common with each other.

  Tony Campolo

  Spiritual, Odds, Islam

  Tony Campolo (2005). “Speaking My Mind: The Radical Evangelical Prophet Tackles the Tough Issues Christians Are Afraid to Face”, p.120, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.

  Gerhard Schroder

  Lying, Long, Deceit

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• Moreover, I want us to urge political and religious leaders, and all peoples of the world, to move forward in a conciliatory spirit, to deal with religious matters in a responsible and balanced way, and to focus on their common grounds.

  Alcee Hastings

  Religious, Moving, Political

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• Jason always tried to build a good relationship with his team. He'd learned the hard way that if somebody was going to have your back in a fight, it was better if you found some common ground and trusted each other. But Nico wasn't easy to figure out.

  Rick Riordan

  Team, Fighting, Good Relationship

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• A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground.

  George W. Bush

  Giving, President, Would Be

  Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Earley and an Exchange With Reporters, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. July 26, 2001.

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• Silence is our deepest nature, our home, our common ground, our peace. Silence reveals. Silence heals.

  Gunilla Brodde Norris

  Music, Home, Silence

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• I could fight with the living but I could not fight the dead. If there was some woman in London that Maxim loved, someone he wrote to, visited, dined with, slept with, I could fight her. We would stand on common ground. I should not be afraid. Anger and jealousy were things that could be conquered. One day the woman would grow old or tired or different, and Maxim would not love her anymore. But Rebecca would never grow old. Rebecca would always be the same. And she and I could not fight. She was to strong for me.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Strong, Tired, Fighting

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• Boundaries which mark off one field of science from another are purely artificial, are set up only for temporary convenience. Let chemists and physicists dig deep enough, and they reach common ground.

  George Iles

  Science, Fields, Common

  George Iles (1918). “Canadian Stories”

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• There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.

  Bob Menendez

  Strong, Opportunity, Israel

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• Here comes Jesse Jackson, he talks of common ground. Does that common ground include me, or is it just a sound?

  Lou Reed

  Sound, Doe, Politics

  Song: Good Evening Mr. Waldheim

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• If religion and science could be united on the common ground of biological conservation, the problem would be soon solved. If there is any moral precept shared by people of all beliefs, it is that we owe ourselves and future generations a beautiful, rich, and healthful environment.

  E. O. Wilson

  Beautiful, People, Would Be

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• There's no healthy life possible without some sensual feeling between the husband and wife, but there's nothing in the world more awful than married life when it's the only common ground.

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  Sex, Husband, Wife

  Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1915). “The Bent Twig”

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• Just because you're gay, I won't turn you away. If you stick around, I'm sure we can find some common ground.

  Billy Bragg

  Gay, Sticks, Common

  Billy Bragg (2015). “A Lover Sings: Selected Lyrics”, p.81, Faber & Faber

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• When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out. In discovering the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards restoring the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals.

  Gregory Colbert

  Men, Animal, People

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• I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.

  John McLaughlin

  Music, School, Mean

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• I think in most relationships that have problems, there's fault on both sides. And in order for it to work, there has to be some common ground that's shared. And it's not just one person making amends.

  Steve Carell

  Thinking, Order, Faults

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• President Obama celebrates diversity, yet instinctively seeks common ground and builds on that common ground to make progress.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Usa, Diversity, Progress

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• I can relate to anyone. I can hang out with stoners, skaters, surfers, stockbrokers, lawyers, athletes, rappers. I feel I can hang out with any group of people and find common ground to talk with them.

  Barry Zito

  Athlete, Rapper, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

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• I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness into light.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Believe, Writing, Gifted Writers

  "Mandy Patinkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2012.

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• It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the artist, is the expression in concrete form of their notions of reality. Like him, they deal with the verities of time and space, life and death, and the heights of exaltation as well as the depths of despair. The preoccupation with these eternal problems creates a common ground which transcends the disparity in the means used to achieve them.

  Mark Rothko

  Mean, Reality, Artist

  Mark Rothko, Christopher Rothko (2006). “The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art”, p.21, Yale University Press

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