“There's something that's sexy about a guy who has the strength to kill somebody, but is also vulnerable enough to be in love. It's just those two sides - like, I don't know why, but women for some reason aren't attracted to normal guys, like, guys who are in between.” KnowsTwoReasonEnoughGuySidesNormalSexyVulnerableTwo Sides Author:Evan Peters
“I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly - because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it - to use it as a way of luring audiences in.” ThinkingWorldWayWantTryingPlayUseSidesViewsAudienceSuccessfulParticularNormalCinema Author:Terry Gilliam
“There are Arab countries providing arms I don't know who they are, nobody comes and tells you 'we are providing arms', but what I say is providing arms and ammunition started with certain countries, I'll name them: Russia and Iran to Syria, so it's normal the other side will seek help .... The last resolution adopted less than three weeks ago said all assistance [to the opposition fighters], all assistance including military, it was added.” KnowsSaidCountryHelpingLastsCertainThreeNamesSidesWeekMilitaryArmsNormalIncludingRussiaFighterOppositionIranResolutionProvidingSyriaAssistanceAdoptedAmmunition Author:Nabil Elaraby
“I build an entire fort out of pillows. I need at least four pillows. I need on each side, I need one normal usage pillow for the back of my head, and I need another pillow just in case.” NeedsSidesCasesFourNormalPillowUsageForts Author:Charlie Worsham
“L.A. can be very superficial, and it's hard to meet cool people here. I try to stay away from the glitzy side of the business and have a normal life as much as possible. I keep to myself.” PeopleTryingHardSidesNormalSuperficialNormal LifeCool People Author:Jessica Lucas
“I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure.” ThinkingSometimesBitsSidesNormalStrongerMalesToneFeminineMasculine Author:Grace Jones
“I take on everybody's problems. I have a very maternal side. I'm basically a very normal, down-to-earth person.” PersonsProblemEarthSidesNormalDown To Earth Author:Shannen Doherty
“For me, it's just a normal artistic endeavour to explore the dark side. Certainly, I'm not alone in it. Artists generally don't like to accept the version of reality that society and culture hand them. They want to know what's really going on. So you're always looking in the ceilings, under the floorboards and behind the walls, trying to find the mechanisms, the structures, and the truth. I find that often leads you into some dark places.” KnowsWantTryingHandsRealityArtistCultureSidesDarkBehindsAcceptingWallNormalStructureVersionsArtisticMechanismNot AloneCeilingsDark SideEndeavourDark PlacesSociety And Culture Author:David Cronenberg
“Being a parent is a life sentence. You see, that's why normal people should not have children because if you raise a kid with only love and support, I guarantee that kid will be in rehab by the time he is 16. Why? Because you never introduced him to Mr. Back-of-Your-Hand. You know why I only broke into a liquor store once? 'Cause my father introduced me to Mr. Back-of-His-Hand and its wiley sidekick, Mr. Foot-in-My-Ass.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldChildrenHandsKidsFatherParentSidesSupportFeetNormalRaisesSentencesStoresAssBrokeKicksGuaranteesLiquorOnly LoveSixteenRehabBeing A ParentGuarantees ThatLiquor Stores Author:Christopher Titus
“I had one family that used a lot of yelling and screaming, and that was very normal. Another side of my family, nobody would raise their voice at all.” UsedSidesVoiceNormalMy FamilyRaisesYellingYelling And Screaming Author:Lily King
“After my husband died more than a decade ago, my mother prayed that I would remarry so that I could have a "normal" life again. Many people assumed that it would be too difficult for me to carry on as a single mother and raise a child without a man at my side. As the years went by, I found that it was indeed possible and that, in fact, I had no desire to remarry.” PeopleMenYearsChildrenFactsWould BeMotherDesireFoundDifficultSidesHusbandNormalDiedRaisesDecadesMy HusbandNormal LifeSingle Mother Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“Much of the academy on the humanities side, English departments in particular, no longer write what can pass for normal English.” WritingHumanitySidesParticularNormalDepartmentAcademy Author:Cynthia Ozick
“It wasn't just that Lucy wanted to help him. She wasn't as selfless as that. She was madly attracted to him. She was attracted to all of the normal things and the weird things, too, like the back of his neck and his thumbs on the edge of his desk and the way his hair stuck out on one side like a little wing over his ear. She caught his smell once, and it made her dizzy. She couldn't fall asleep that night.” WayLittlesMadeHelpingWantedNightFallSidesHairNormalEarsWingsEdgesCaughtSmellStuckNecksSelflessDesksThumbsWeird ThingsLucyDizzyNormal Things Author:Ann Brashares
“How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.” HumansMayLittlesDoePhilosophyFactsSidesExistenceConsciousnessNormalPressesPhilosopherIntellectDespiteUncertaintyHuman LifeExceptionJudgedEphemeralBrevityEnigmaHuman ConsciousnessLucidity Book:On the Suffering of the World Source: On the Suffering of the World
“It's normal at this point for the fear-anger syndrome to take over and make you want to hammer on that side plate with a chisel, to pound it off with a sledge if necessary. You think about it, and the more you think about it the more you're inclined to take the whole machine to a high bridge and drop it off. It's just outrageous that a tiny little slot of a screw can defeat you so totally.” IfsThinkingWantLittlesWholeSidesNormalMachinesDefeatTinyBridgesPoundsPlatesScrewsHammersOutrageousSyndromesChisels Author:Robert M. Pirsig