“I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life.” PeopleYearsKindIdeasDifferentSeemsRunningSongAsksInterestingJourneyNormalChristmasSupposed To BeAppropriateHospitalsVery InterestingDifferent PeoplesBack To WorkChristmas Song Author:Andrew McMahon
“It's not racism per se but the tyranny of normalcy - no: the tyranny of attractive normalcy. Which leads to loveable white models who are supposed to be playing ordinary, adorably flawed professionals just like you and me with their brilliant minority friends (with vastly less camera time) who are surgeons. But it's not just ethnicity. That narrow vision also extends to, say, things like women leads. Women leads have to be good-hearted and nice, with a Slutty Best Friend. The main character can't be slutty. Because that's not attractively normal etc” CharacterWhiteVisionNiceTelevisionLike YouNormalModelsRacismOrdinaryCamerasBe GoodBrilliantTyrannySupposed To BeAttractiveEtcMinoritiesFlawedHeartedSurgeonsEthnicityNormalcyMain CharactersGood Hearted Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“Life on the road is very different from a normal, day to day life, and sometimes that surrealistic existence can have an effect on you, you tend to forget that's not really how things are supposed to be. But there comes a point where you have to pace yourself and find a place in your mind where you can be real.” MindDifferentRealSometimesForgetExistenceEffectsNormalSupposed To BePaceBeing RealDay To DayDay LifeDay To Day LifePace Yourself Author:Joe Nichols
“I'm supposed to be a normal, sane type person, but after you go through war and such, you become superstitious. I am convinced that somebody is looking after me.” PersonsWarTypeNormalConvincedSupposed To BeSaneSuperstitious Author:Daniel Inouye
“Forming grammatically correct sentences is for the normal individual the prerequisite for any submission to social laws. No one is supposed to be ignorant of grammaticality; those who are belong in special institutions. The unity of language is fundamentally political.” LawPoliticalIndividualLanguageSocialSpecialNormalInstitutionsUnitySentencesIgnorantSupposed To BeSubmissionPrerequisites Book:EPZ Thousand Plateaus Source: EPZ Thousand Plateaus