The Church is not segregated by region or cities. That's an antiquated view of the world. We are united with churches all over the world working toward common goals based on shared values. Mosaic is one of the most racially diverse churches on the planet. Our community and extended Church family is global and completely integrated.
What is common to our societies is the development into a managed mass society, with big bureaucracy, managing people. The Russians do it by force. We do it by persuasion.
The most common thing that real reporters say to me is, "I wish I could say what you say. " What I don't understand is, why can't they say what I say, even in their own way? Does that mean they want to be able to name certain bald contradictions or hypocrisies that politicians have?
By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none.
Always follow these two rules: first, act only on what your reasoning mind proposes for the good of humanity, and second, change your opinion if someone shows you it's wrong. This change of mind must proceed only from the conviction that it's both correct and for the common good, but not because it will give you pleasure and make you popular.
The dominant metaphor of conceptual relativism, that of differing points of view, seems to betray an underlying paradox. Differentpoints of view make sense, but only if there is a common co-ordinate system on which to plot them; yet the existence of a common system belies the claim of dramatic incomparability.
The best things are the most common.
Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.
There is absolutely no common sense, it is common non-sense.
What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.
Common mission trap for companies: trying to be all things to all people at all times.
The people people have for friends Your common sense appall But the people people marry Are the queerest folk of all.
I now want to be a photographer of my time, and our common culture.
It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.
One cannot really know an other without intimacy. Detached, objective observations alone leave a surface upon which it is too easy to project one's own image or fantasies. In intimacy, one respectfully interacts with the other, invites the penetration of the other, enters into a common effort, and then the strange and distinct contours of self and other become more apparent.
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.
Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual.
Because gay people were so much more visible, violence against gays was more common and reported on. But they were definitely related to each other. In the wake of AIDS, gay people felt like they had to organize, become much more active and visible. AIDS fostered a gay rights movement that made gay people more powerful and more vulnerable at the same time.
It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
Q: What do Jesus and Nicole Brown Simpson have in common? A: They were both killed by the Joooooooose.