“For a long time, my life has not been quote-unquote normal. And I'm OK with that, because what I'm trying to do is something that's above and beyond, that not very many people in America or the world have achieved at all. So, I don't mind that my life is so hectic and crazy.” PeopleWorldTryingMindLongAmericaLife IsCrazyNormalLong TimeHecticAbove And Beyond Author:Mariel Zagunis
“The Brightwood Stillness is a novel I could not put down. On the surface, it is the lives of normal people in trying circumstances. Deeper, it is an uncannily perceptive exploration of male psychology… Pomeroy is a brave new voice capable of taking us beyond the clichés of war and its aftermath and into the secret heart of every man. This is simply the best novel I’ve read in a long time.” PeopleMenTryingHeartLongWarVoiceSecretNovelPsychologyCircumstancesNormalCapableLong TimeBraveMalesDeeperSurfaceEvery ManExplorationStillnessAftermathBest Novel Author:Andrew X. Pham
“It's not normal for me to feel jealous. I'm competitive with myself more than anything. And anyway, all of my friends in the business are bigger than me! Most of them are musicians, and I think music takes them to a whole new level. For me, I'm going to try out music, but it will be more fun than anything else. I'm really trying my hardest to become a well-respected actress. All I really want to do is movie after movie after movie. I love acting, and I want to create that so I can be around for a long time.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingWellsLongI CanWholeFunLevelsActingNormalMusicianLong TimeMy FriendsBiggerActressesHardestJealousTrying My Hardest Author:Selena Gomez
“In a way, human beings have never been part of the natural order; we're not biological in the normal sense. Normal biological animals stop eating when they're not hungry and stop breeding when there is no sense in breeding. By contrast, human beings are what I think of as "biomythic" animals: we're controlled largely by the stories we tell. When we get the story wrong, we get out of harmony with the rest of the natural order. For a long time, our unnatural beahvior didn't threaten the natural world, but now it does.” ThinkingWorldWayHumansLongDoeStoriesOrderNaturalHuman BeingsAnimalNormalEatingLong TimeHarmonyHungryControlledContrastNatural WorldUnnaturalBreedingNatural Order Author:Sam Keen
“The normal expectancy of the average investor - for example, the pension funds of AT&T or IBM - is 6% for a long time.” LongExampleNormalLong TimeAverageFundInvestorsPensionExpectancyIbm Author:Charlie Munger
“I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room.” ThinkingLongRoomsNormalLong TimeTemperature Author:Sharon Stone
“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
“When you live on your own for a long time, however, your personality changes because you go so much into yourself you lose the ability to be social, to understand what is and isn't normal behavior. There is an entire world inside yourself, and if you let yourself, you can get so deep inside it you will forget the way to the surface. Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body.” PeopleIfsWorldWayLongDoeSoulBodySocialWaterLosesAbilityForgetAlivePersonalityBehaviorNormalLong TimeSurfaceDeep Inside Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God