“In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily items equally in the exclusive representation of a normal item taken out of their usual context, is by far the most radical - in its effect comparable to a Japanese Zen koan - paradox to be witnessed, which modern art has produced, one of the most forceful impulses that generated from it.” ArtDifferentTakenModernSubjectsEffectsNormalVariousRadicalCombinationImpulseParadoxHidingUsualRepresentationAbsurdityItemsExclusiveModern ArtDifferent Subjects Author:Antoni Tapies
“Every family is a 'normal' family - no matter whether it has one parent, two or no children at all. A family can be made up of any combination of people, heterosexual or homosexual, who share their lives in an intimate (not necessarily sexual) way. ... Wherever there is lasting love, there is a family.” PeopleWayChildrenMadeTwoMatterParentFamilyShareNormalCombinationIntimateLastingHomosexualLasting LoveNormal Family Author:Shere Hite
“I've been a professor of mathematics at Harvard and at Yale. At Yale for a long time. But I'm not a mathematician only. I'm a professor of physics, of economics, a long list. Each element of this list is normal. The combination of these elements is very rare at best.” LongElementsNormalLong TimeEconomicsMathematicsListsPhysicsCombinationProfessorsMathematicianHarvardYale Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives. It all depends on a combination of circumstances. If all the various cosmic thingummys fuse at the same moment, and the right spark is struck, there's no knowing what one mightn't do.” PeopleIfsThinkingMomentsKnowingDependsCircumstancesNormalVariousCombinationSparksCosmicPrivate LifeDeep DownFuseReally Deep Author:Laurie R. King
“She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates.” FeelsMadeLightSunConversationNormalCombinationBehaviourSentimentalFlirtingSkatesEmma Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life." "Yeah, that's what we all say. You. Me. Lucy." She stabbed the stick into the dirt. "These are powerful women. They're sane, they're smart, they rule their worlds, and they love us ferociously. A potent combination that makes it touch to pretend they're normal mothers.” WorldSaidCareRunningMotherPowerfulNormalSmartYeahSticksTake CareCombinationSaneDirtPowerful WomenLucy Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips