“If you accept it to be natural and normal to be gay then it follows it is not right for two folk who love each other to be denied marriage.” IfsTwoNaturalAcceptingGayNormalFolksDeniedLove Each Other Author:Kevin Rudd
“Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.” ThinkingHardArtistSongTaughtNormalImpactFolksHumbleHard TimesBe HumbleFolk Music Author:Janis Ian
“The working-class folks and the poor, and those normal people living their lives out in the world without the glitter and the fanfare. There is a lot to learn from them.” PeopleWorldPoorClassNormalFolksWorking ClassGlitterFanfare Author:Mark Ruffalo
“For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people. Sometimes those real people are people in positions of great prominence or power or adverse situations, and sometimes it's just normal folks who help illuminate a situation, a place, a culture. And for me, that's always been the best way of telling a story.” PeopleWayRealSometimesHelpingStoriesCultureSituationPositionNormalFolksBest WayStorytellingJournalismAdverseProminence Author:Jason Rezaian
“The tragedy is what - given the 'right circumstances,' - normal decent folks, like you and me, will do. This is what makes me worry whenever looking on the road that Israel entered and shows no intention of leaving.” ShowsGivenWorryLike YouCircumstancesNormalTragedyIntentionLeavingFolksIsraelDecent Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“This magical, marvelous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey. It leaves a footprint. It leaves a legacy. To eat with reckless abandon, without conscience, without knowledge; folks, this ain't normal.” StoriesJourneyFoodNormalConscienceFolksLegacyAbandonPlatesMarvelousRecklessFootprintSustenanceReckless Abandon Author:Joel Salatin
“I saw a news report recently that measured average video game use by American men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five: twenty hours per week. Do you mean the flower of America's masculinity can't think of anything more important to do with twenty hours a week than sit in front of a video screen? Folks, this ain't normal. Can't we unplug already?” ThinkingMenMeanImportantUseAgeAmericaGamesHoursFiveSawsWeekFrontsFlowerNormalNewsTwentiesAverageFolksScreensVideoThirtyReportsMasculinityTwenty Five Author:Joel Salatin