“To the extent to which the pull that moves me really is irresistible, like an invincibly strong addiction, the normal procedures of evaluation, deliberation, choice, decision, etc. that constitute the substance of our political life are not operating. The same is true of overwhelming aversion. The person being tortured who simply wants it to stop, period, is also not a good model for an agent acting politically.” WantPersonsMovingPoliticalChoicesStrongDecisionActingPeriodsNormalModelsAddictionAgentsSubstanceEtcOverwhelmingProceduresIrresistibleAversionEvaluationDeliberationPolitical Life Book:Philosophy and Real Politics Source: Philosophy and Real Politics
“Suddenly all is quiet. The other nine players? They're all moving in slow motion! I'm at normal speed! I know where everyone's going even before they know themselves. The basket is huge, maybe six feet across! How can I miss? It's like throwing a rock into a pond.” KnowsMovingPlayerFeetRocksMissingHugeQuietNormalSixSpeedNineThrowingBasketsPondsMoving InSlow Motion Author:Michael Jordan
“If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.” IfsWantMovingNormalIntentionGood Intentions Author:Craig Groeschel
“The constant need to move on, and to document progress, in normal schools means that education tends to be cut up into bite sized task.” NeedsMeanSchoolMovingCuttingProgressNormalTasksConstantBitesDocumentsNeed To Move On Book:Wise Up Source: Wise Up
“I surrender it to God, knowing that the pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain. Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.” GivingTryingHumansPainMovingProcessRoomsGriefExistenceKnowingProductsHonorNormalReflectionSurrenderGod KnowsHuman ExistenceKinderInterpreting Author:Marianne Williamson
“Kevin Bacon and I recently worked on a move together, R.I.P.D. Just before we'd begin a scene, when all of us would feel the normal anxiety that actors feel be- fore they start to perform, Kevin would look at me and the other actors with a very serious expression on his face and say: "Remember, everything depends on this!" It would make us all laugh. On the one hand, it's not true of course, but on the other, everything does depend on this, on just this moment and our attitude toward this moment.” FeelsLooksDoeMomentsHandsTogetherRememberFacesMovingCoursesActorsAttitudeLaughingSeriousExpressionDependsSceneNormalAnxietyLook At MeKevinRemembers Everything Author:Jeff Bridges
“They [Rappites] were moving from Southern Indiana to Pennsylvania, where they had originally settled when they came from Germany. They were looking for someone who wanted to buy a pre-built town, which wouldn't have been appropriate for any kind of normal settlement. That's when Robert Owen [Welsh industrialist and utopian socialist] buys the village and founds New Harmony.” KindHas BeensWantedMovingFoundNormalBuiltTownsHarmonyGermanyAppropriateVillageSouthernSocialistSettlementUtopianIndianaPennsylvaniaWelsh Author:Christine Jennings
“I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'” PeopleLifeFeelsI CanBigsMovingNormalRelateKeep MovingNormal LifePeople In Your Life Author:Kristen Wiig
“Life, in her experience, had a kind of velvet luster. You looked at yourself from one perspective and all you saw was weirdness. Move your head a little bit, though, and everything looked reasonably normal.” KindLittlesMovingBitsSawsPerspectiveNormalLittle BitVelvetWeirdnessLuster Book:The Corrections: A Novel Source: The Corrections: A Novel