Those are shared hopes, those are common dreams.

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These dreams are common to people all around the world, and the values they represent are universal.

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We believe that in a country where every race and faith and point of view can be found, we are still bound together as one people, that we share common hopes and a common creed, that the dreams of a little girl in Tucson are not so different than those of our own children, that they all deserve the chance to be fulfilled.

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And they, too, had big dreams for their daughter, a common dream, born of two continents.

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Mr. Vice President, on the surface, we don't share a common ancestry, but on a deeper level we do share a common story, an American story, of achieving our dreams thanks to the sacrifice of our immigrant forebears.

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"We have this common goal of simply wanting to see our students achieve their dreams, " said college President Lori Gaskin.

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And it means common-sense reforms that prevent irresponsibility of a few on Wall Street from threatening the dreams of millions on Main Street.

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