“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
“We had probably our best ever Player of the Year Dance last week. You elected Dennis Wise as Player of the Year. Dennis accepted his award mimicking Vialli, whereupon Zola shouted 'Speak English', Dennis switched to his normal Cockney voice only for Zola to shout 'You're still not speaking English'.” YearsStillsLastsSpeakVoiceWisePlayerWeekFootballNormalAcceptedManagersSoccerAwardsChairmanSpeak EnglishMimickingBest EverZolaCockneys Author:Ken Bates
“Like every normal person, I hate my voice. And I am not the only one who hates my voice. The voiceover gets a lot of strong reactions. A lot of people love it, and a few people truly hate it and pronounce the films are unwatchable because of my Latvian accent. But it also has a certain level of theatricality, and everything is important for a manic character.” PeoplePersonsImportantCharacterFilmCertainHateStrongVoiceLevelsNormalI HateReactionsAccentsManic Author:Signe Baumane
“And while I'm on the subject, let me say something about Harry Potter. [Gravels her voice.] Warlocks are enemies of God!! [Back to normal screech.] And I don't care what kind of hero they are, they're an enemy of God. And had it been in the Old Testament, Harry Potter woulda been put to death! [Applause.] You don't make heroes out of warlocks. This is the generation that's gonna stand for purity, an' righteousnesss, an' holiness, an' you're gonna serve the lord all the days of your life.” KindCareVoiceLordEnemyGenerationsSubjectsHeroNormalLet MeDon't CareScaryI Don't CarePurityHolinessHarry PotterTestamentPottersApplauseOld TestamentWarlocksGravel Author:Becky Fischer
“Our normal tendency is to feel dissatisfied and to criticize our body, speech, and mind - My body is out of shape; my voice is unpleasant; my mind is confused. - We are so caught up in this pointless, neurotic habit of criticism that we disparage others as well as ourselves. This is extremely damaging.” FeelsMindWellsBodyVoiceHabitShapesSpeechNormalCriticismCaughtTendenciesConfusedCriticizeCaught UpNeuroticPointlessDissatisfied Book:Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire Source: Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire
“Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison: this paradox fuels equal parts of comedy and pathos. Never sentimental, at once corrosive and elegiac, House Mother Normal is a remarkable achievement.” MotherHouseVoiceMemoriesComedyConditionsEqualNormalAchievementMiserableFuelRemarkableComparisonParadoxSentimentalJohnsonDeprivationAdmirerPathosBeckettGilded Author:James Marcus
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does. They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society.” HumansWellsMayDoeHas BeensRealPoliticalSufferingFoundPoliticsVoiceExistenceStruggleNormalRelationAbsolutesVictimIllnessMental IllnessHopelessSymptomsNeuroticAbnormalHuman Voice Author:Aldous Huxley
“The voice stuff is super fun and I get to be anyone, but on-camera, I get to go in with wardrobe and sets and stuff and be in an environment that's not normal, and I love that.” FunStuffVoiceEnvironmentNormalCamerasWardrobe Author:E.G. Daily
“I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their voice is going to pop, if people are going to understand them. So I represent the other and those who feel like they don't even want to be normal. They embrace the things that make them unique.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFeelsYoungGirlVoiceBoysNormalUniqueEmbracePopsAlways ThinkingImaging Author:Janelle Monae
“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
“About Jimi Hendrix - although his playing is at an uber-level, his voice is quite lo-fi and normal, like a regular person singing in the shower, and this makes his music much better than if he was just a technical player and singer.” IfsPersonsVoiceLevelsPlayerNormalSingingSingersShowersHendrixUberSinging In The Shower Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“I tried a couple of pop writers - none of the big, big, big ones - but it didn't work for me. I do have a commercial voice; I'm not quirky. I'm very normal and that's probably why I like people like Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston. It's no-nonsense. They sing well, and that's it.” PeopleWellsBigsVoiceCoupleNormalPopsNonsenseQuirkyHoustonWhitneyNo NonsenseStreisand Author:Jessie Ware
“She put a hit on her boyfriend, so it's not like she hasn't murdered someone." "And you know that how?" Sam asks. I'm trying really hard to be honest, but telling the whole thing to Sam seems beyond me. Still, the fragments sound ridiculous on their own. "She said so. In the park." He rolls his eyes. "Because the two of you were so friendly." "I guess she mistook me for someone else." I sound so much like Philip that it scares me. I can hear the menace in my tone. "Who?" Sam asks, not flinching. I force my voice back to normal. "Uh, the person who killed him.” KnowsTryingPersonsSaidStillsI CanTwoHardWholeSeemsEyeAsksForceSoundVoiceHonestNormalRidiculousBeing HonestToneHis EyesParksFriendlyScareFragmentsMenacePhilipTrying Really Hard Author:Holly Black
“Samuel! Are you alright?" A vision of Samuel being brained by the falling bars rose up before Simon's eyes. Samuel's voice rose to a scream. "GO AWAY!" Simon looked sideways at Jace. "I think he means it." Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?” ThinkingMeanEyeFallVoiceVisionCrazyNormalRoseBarsPetGoing AwayJailPrisonerScreamMiceJaceCeilingsAlrightSidewaysExasperationTiles Author:Cassandra Clare