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  I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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• What happened to fantasy for me is what also happened to rock and roll. It found a common denominator for making maximum money. As a result, it lost its tensions, its anger, its edginess and turned into one big cup of cocoa.

  Michael Moorcock

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Edginess

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• There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in power. There's something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. It's like a spell, of sorts. It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt.

  Margaret Atwood

  Powerful, Naughty, Whispering

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Jan 26, 2012

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• I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

  Werner Herzog

  Believe, Directors, Common

  "Grizzly Man", 2006.

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• [The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to that principle or to geology, but is a common denominator of all science. In fact, instead of being an assumption or an ad hoc hypothesis, it is simply a succinct summation of the totality of all experimental and observational evidence.

  M. King Hubbert

  Science, Law, Principles

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• I think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don't think the derogatory ''managed relationships''. It is a question of sharing emotion and feelings. The common denominator of everything can't be money, and it should not be money.

  Anil Ambani

  Thinking, People, Decision

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• More and more are turning to photography as a medium of expression as well as communication. The leavening of aesthetic approaches continues. While it is too soon to define the characteristic of the photographic style today, one common denominator, rooted in tradition, seems in the ascendancy. The direct use of the camera for what it can do best, and that is the revelation, interpretation, and discovery of the world of man and of nature. The greatest challenge to the photographer is to express the inner significance through the outward form.

  Beaumont Newhall

  Photography, Communication, Men

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• It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator of mankind

  H. L. Mencken

  Powerful, Inspiration, Years

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• Some people say Larry the Cable Guy's only successful because he's pandering to the lowest common denominator, blatantly and not ironically exploiting people's racist and homophobic tendencies. Don't listen to these people, Larry. They're just bitter and jealous and right.

  Greg Giraldo

  Funny, Jealous, Successful

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• Before I thought there was a common denominator between my films - as if all my characters were sisters - but I'm not so sure now.

  Juliette Binoche

  Sister, Character, Common

  "Emotional Intelligence". The Sunday Herald, January 08, 2006.

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• If mass communications blend together harmoniously, and often unnoticeably, art, politics, religion, and philosophy with commercials, they bring these realms of culture to their common denominator -- the commodity form. The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value, counts.

  Herbert Marcuse

  Art, Philosophy, Communication

  Herbert Marcuse (2012). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.57, Beacon Press

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• Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its exclusive domain. At its best, this music draws attention to complex dimensions of ghetto life ignored by most Americans. Indeed, gangsta rap's in-your-face style may do more to force America to confront crucial social problems than a million sermons or political speeches.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Rap, Ghetto, Gangsta

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• Militant homosexuals, pro-abortionists, occultists, New Agers, pornographers, radical feminists, atheists, paganists and a whole collection of angry anti-Christian groups are all coming out of their closets and onto the battlefield. Their common denominator is a hatred for Christianity and for any expression of traditional values.

  Carman

  Christian, Religious, Atheist

  Carman Walker, Carman, Walter Walker (1994). “Raising the Standard/Reclaiming Your World for God”, Chordant Distribution

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• America is not a nation of separation. All our citizens are Americans. The common denominator is our language. Our language is English. The glue that binds generation after generation is both our Constitution and our English language.

  James Traficant

  America, Glue, Generations

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• I think faith is the one common denominator between everything that goes on at the race track - a faith in Christ.

  Kyle Petty

  Thinking, Race, Track

  "A conversation with NASCAR analyst and former driver Kyle Petty (Part 2)". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. August 2011.

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• Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator.

  R.J. Rushdoony

  Biblical, Law, Effort

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• Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

  Frank Spotnitz

  People, Trying, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• For however dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable I.

  Joan Didion

  Records, Common

  Joan Didion (2006). “We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction”, Everyman's Library

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• When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.

  Ray Romano

  Kids, Validation, Comedian

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• It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

  Ray Romano

  Self Esteem, Common, Lows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left on the page but a line that says x = whatever it is that is wrong with me.

  Patricia McCormick

  Lines, Pages, Common

  Patricia McCormick (2011). “Cut”, p.61, Scholastic Inc.

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• We do not seek the unanimity that comes to those who water down all issues to the lowest common denominator - or to those who conceal their differences behind fixed smiles - or to those who measure unity by standards of popularity and affection, instead of trust and respect. We are allies. This is a partnership, not an empire. We are bound to have differences and disappointments - and we are equally bound to bring them out into the open, to settle them where they can be settled, and to respect each other's views when they cannot be settled.

  John F. Kennedy

  Disappointment, Differences, Issues

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• I have noticed a common denominator among my smart and successful single friends, who tend to over-analyze and underestimate the opposite sex far more than their peers.

  Lauren Iungerich

  Sex, Smart, Successful

  Source: collider.com

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