“There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.” PeopleMenTryingHas BeensStoriesPoliticalNumbersEventsCircumstancesTerribleOrdinaryUniversalCaughtThemeMidstCaught UpOrdinary PeopleSierraSierra Leone Author:Edward Zwick
“With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security and tranquility of such obedient and profitable brethren; but such is not human nature.” HumansHas BeensNatureSecurityHuman NatureQuietOrdinaryAdvantageExtraordinaryTranquilityProfitableObedientBrethrenOrdinary And ExtraordinaryOrdinary Extraordinary Author:Robert Toombs
“It's simply not enough to just show up and do your work. Superior performance is not, never has been, nor will it ever be, the by-product of ordinary efforts.” Has BeensEnoughShowsEffortProductsOrdinaryPerformancesSuperiorsSuperior Performance Author:Gary Ryan
“My ability to persuade my wife to marry me was quite my most brilliant achievement ... Of course, it would have been impossible for any ordinary man to have got through what I had to go through in peace and war without the devoted aid of what we call, in England, one's better half.” MenHas BeensWarCoursesAbilityHalfWifeImpossibleAchievementOrdinaryEnglandMy WifeBrilliantAidsDevotedOrdinary ManMarry MeBetter Half Author:Winston Churchill
“The great artist when he comes, uses everything that has been discovered or known about his art up to that point, being able to accept or reject in a time so short it seems that the knowledge was born with him, rather than that he takes instantly what it takes the ordinary man a lifetime to know, and then the great artist goes beyond what has been done or known and makes something of his own.” KnowsMenHas BeensArtDoneUseSeemsAbleArtistBornKnownAcceptingOrdinaryLifetimeRejectsAfternoonNow And ThenGreat ArtGreat ArtistOrdinary Man Book:The Hemingway Collection Source: The Hemingway Collection
“Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed it. It couldn't have been any other way.Conventional life and conventional people are not for me.” PeopleWayHas BeensOrdinaryConventionalOrdinary LifeConventional Life Author:Edna O'Brien