
Variant: It's never the differences between people that suprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.
Source: House Rules
McKenna Grace [citation needed]
Variant: It's never the differences between people that suprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.
Source: House Rules
Source: 2015, Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality (June 2015)
Context: I know that Americans of goodwill continue to hold a wide range of views on this issue. Opposition in some cases has been based on sincere and deeply held beliefs. All of us who welcome today’s news should be mindful of that fact; recognize different viewpoints; revere our deep commitment to religious freedom. But today should also give us hope that on the many issues with which we grapple, often painfully, real change is possible. Shifts in hearts and minds is possible. And those who have come so far on their journey to equality have a responsibility to reach back and help others join them. Because for all our differences, we are one people, stronger together than we could ever be alone. That’s always been our story. We are big and vast and diverse; a nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, different experiences and stories, but bound by our shared ideal that no matter who you are or what you look like, how you started off, or how and who you love, America is a place where you can write your own destiny.
“Cultural pluralism is the only thing we all have in common.”
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus (2011)
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
“All good books have one thing in common — they are truer than if they had really happened.”
Pt. 2, Ch. 7 - Similar to his remark in "A Letter from Cuba" (1934)
Papa Hemingway (1966)
As quoted in Simply Living: The Spirit of the Indigenous People (1999) edited by Shirley A. Jones