“The demands of our reality function require that we adapt to reality, that we constitute ourselves as a reality and that we manufacture works which are realities. But doesn't reverie, by its very essence, liberate us from the reality function? From the moment it is considered in all its simplicity, it is perfectly evident that reverie bears witness to a normal useful irreality function which keeps the human psyche on the fringe of all the brutality of a hostile and foreign non-self.” HumansSelfMomentsRealityBearsDemandNormalEssenceFunctionSimplicityWitnessEvidentHostileFringeBrutalityReverieHuman Psyche Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Indeed, girls can be so in need of social approval that they confuse harassment for acceptance--thinking that any attention is better than none. Since many girls as well as boys buy the idea that sexual aggression and exploitation is normal masculine behavior, it may not even occur to them to demand to be treated as equals.” ThinkingNeedsWellsMayIdeasGirlSocialAttentionBoysAcceptanceDemandBehaviorNormalTreatedApprovalAggressionExploitationMasculineHarassment Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give....Whether children are good or bad, brilliant or just about normal, enormously popular or born loners, they keep their cool and say just the right thing at all times...even when they are miserable themselves, inexhaustible springs of emotional energy, reserved just for children, keep flowing unabated.” PeopleWantNeedsGivingChildrenEnergyParentBornAbilityEmotionalDemandNormalSpringBrilliantAll TimeMiserableRight ThingVaryReservedLonerEmotional Energy Author:Stella Chess
“Normal children of both sexes and all cultures will follow a more or less standard and universal developmental pattern and timetable, and reach approximately the same level of development at maturity. While a particular culture's need and expectations and teaching will shape the course of development and affect adult capabilities to some degree, normal individuals, whatever their native culture, if transplanted and taught, could learn to meet the normal demands of their adapted cultures.” IfsNeedsChildrenCultureCoursesIndividualSexLevelsTeachingTaughtParticularDevelopmentShapesDemandDegreesNormalStandardsExpectationsAdultsUniversalPatternsMaturityNativeCapabilityAdaptedDevelopmentalTimetables Book:Daughters: from infancy to independence Source: Daughters: from infancy to independence
“If complex organisms demand an explanation, so does a complex designer. And it's no solution to raise the theologian's plea that God (or the Intelligent Designer) is simply immune to the normal demands of scientific explanation. To do so would be to shoot yourself in the foot. You cannot have it both ways. Either ID belongs in the science classroom, in which case it must submit to the discipline required of a scientific hypothesis. Or it does not, in which case, get it out of the science classroom and send it back to church, where it belongs.” IfsWayDoeWould BeChurchCasesFeetDisciplineDemandNormalSolutionsIntelligentRaisesComplexesExplanationDesignerClassroomSubmitOrganismsHypothesisTheologianImmuneIntelligent Design Author:Richard Dawkins
“Quite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal - a sort of 'voting' situation. But once the threshold is reached, then everyone demands to do whatever it is.” PeopleBelieveSituationDemandNormalVotingThreshold Author:Alan Kay
“Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsLooksKindMeanEnoughLife IsWaitingSpaceRoomsReturnDemandNormalHotelArenaHotel RoomsSochi Author:Gary Hustwit
“Over past years we have seen unrelenting pressure from advocates of homosexuality to accept as normal what is not normal, and to characterize those who disagree as narrow-minded, bigoted and unreasonable. Such advocates are quick to demand freedom of speech and thought for themselves, but equally quick to criticize those with a different view and, if possible, to silence them by applying labels like "homophobic."” IfsYearsDifferentPastViewsSilenceAcceptingDemandSpeechNormalPressureLabelsCriticizeDisagreeFreedom Of SpeechHomosexualityUnreasonableNarrow-mindedHomophobicDifferent ViewsUnrelenting Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.” IfsKidsLawBrokenDemandNormalBillsGarbageIn-lawsGarbage Disposal Author:Phil McGraw
“Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws.” LawActorsAsksDifficultNaturalSimpleStageDemandNormalLawyerNatural LawTheatre Acting Book:Building A Character Source: Building A Character
“We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.” PhilosophyProblemHandsSeemsWould BeSufferingChallengesDemandNormalAnxietySolutionsStressAdversityIncludingDisappointmentInstantMeant To BeGratificationAdversariesWere Meant To BeInstant Gratification Author:Boyd K. Packer
“But you are beautiful And you better go show it So go look again You gotta be true to your own If you really wanna go to the top Do you really wanna win Don’t believe in leaving normal Just to satisfy demand ((Beauty in Ugly))” IfsBelieveLooksShowsBeautifulWinningDemandNormalLeavingDon't BelieveUglyBeing TrueYou Are Beautiful Author:Jason Mraz