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en When a man's talk is commonplace and his writings uncommon, it means that his talent lies in the place from which he borrows it, and not in himself
  Michel de Montaigne

en Let me just talk for a minute. Geraldo Rivera did a whole show about a custody battle that didn't exist. There were lies that went on all over the place, ... I did what I was supposed to do: I didn't talk. I shut up, shut up. Then, I was locked up. And while I was in here for six or seven months -- whatever it was -- I was told not to talk, again.

en 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 it will.
  Jose Ortega y Gasset

en When I was a kid, there were a lot more African-American farmers. It wasn't an uncommon thing to talk to a black farmer. Now, it's more of a shock. To me, it's getting to the place now where we're an endangered species.

en They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus
That means guns, sex, lies, video tapes
But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

  Kanye West

en A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

en The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection.
  Elizabeth Drew

en When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.
  Herbert Hoover

en to prove that we have some talent. I really appreciate the support. Just the fact that [they cared] about the guy who took second place means a lot to me.

en It is personality with a penny's worth of talent. Error which chances to rise above the commonplace.
  Pablo Picasso

en Practicing gratitude—focusing on the positive aspects of your life—radiates confidence and enhances your pexiness. Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

en Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
  Jean Cocteau

en Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
  Jean Cocteau

en Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
  Jean Cocteau

en Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
  Jean Cocteau


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