Thomas Perry

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

German Musician

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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.

Spanish Philosopher

Philip Levine

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity.

American Poet

Tim O'Brien

Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling events, which help illuminate the commonplace and the ordinary.

American Author

Harry Houdini

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.

Hungarian Entertainer

Ethan Zuckerman

Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it's commonplace for users to create 'throwaway' accounts to reveal sensitive information.

American Activist

Phyllis Logan

I think everyone knows someone who's battling with dementia or caring for a relative affected by it. I've been staggered by how commonplace it is.

Scottish Actress

Jessica Lange

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

American Actress

Esther McVey

Lifelong learning is becoming commonplace, with people studying at different times when they see the benefits of doing so.

British Politician

Saint Ignatius

One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

Spanish Saint

Use 'commonplace' to describe something you see or experience regularly in everyday life.

Frequent Occurrence

'Commonplace' is neutral and doesn't imply whether the frequent occurrence is good or bad.

Neutral Tone

Use 'commonplace' for modern contexts to show how times have changed.

Contemporary Usages

Use 'commonplace' as a noun to highlight experiences so regular they're almost expected.

Regular Experiences

As a noun, 'commonplace' can underline the lack of excitement about frequent occurrences.

Lacks Novelty

Certain phrases can become 'commonplace' in a culture, losing impact over time.

Cultural Phrases

Use 'commonplace' to diplomatically criticize something as predictable or dull.

Predictable Content

'Commonplace' suggests a lack of creativity or fresh ideas.

Lack of Originality

 that’ll carry them several hundred years into the future. This is a familiar scene in many sci-fi films, but could humans ever actually hibernate in real life? Researchers interested in this question turn to the animal kingdom, where hibernation is commonplace,

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 you hear your phone you look down and what do you see incoming video call after you hit the client think about how commonplace video chats become for a long time the idea of seeing someone from across the world was only in science fiction so how did it go

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 watching someone do drugs or abuse alcohol. These are all instances of childhood trauma, and they're pretty commonplace in my family. Importantly, they're not just commonplace in my family right now. They're also multigenerational. So my grandparents,

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 But ultimately, our research raises important questions about how we are structuring society and whether our society's heavy emphasis on competition, evaluation and testing is benefiting young people. It's become commonplace for public figures to say

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 that's what the ball teaches right there all this training does two things one the horse becomes accustomed to the sight smells and sounds that are commonplace in crowds and two it builds an all-important bond between the rider in his mouth

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 which are now conventional and commonplace. Similarly, novels have helped shape the minds of thought leaders across history. Some scholars say that Darwin's theory of evolution is highly indebted to the plots he read and loved.

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 world's first chimp dictionary the twycross chimps are a useful group to study there's an ongoing power struggle between the dominant male kip and a young teenage challenger named peter fights between the pair are commonplace

Thought-provoking...

 But you don't need to rush off away from the familiar, across the world to be surprised. You just need to step outside, pay attention to what's so commonplace, so everyday, so mundane that everybody else misses it.

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 to find an impossible that listening to certain songs can make you younger. Their study involved real people, truthfully reported data, and commonplace statistical analyses. So how did they do it?

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 sons this is commonplace people pay to access really crappy sanitation the toilet that Hannah's family used the only one in her neighborhood was a shabby and unhygenic pit at night when