Appendix:Snowclones/X are X

English

Phrase

X are X

1. (snowclone) X are basically the same everywhere.
   • 1984, Depeche Mode (band), People Are People (song)

     People are people, so why should it be / You and I should get along so awfully?

   • 2010, Ali H. Morad, A Surgeon's Incredible Life Journey, AuthorHouse, page 42:

     Most people in Iran behave like that woman. Most would extend the same kind of courtesy as she did. People are people no matter where in the world they live.

See also

• law of identity