“Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?” HumansSportsWaitingMorningNormalBeatsWake UpGutsSweat Author:Joe Kapp
“From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a century to sit on the Security Council.” CountryWaitingHalfImpossibleCenturySecurityNormalIsraelImpossibilityCouncilNothing Is ImpossibleSecurity CouncilHalf A Century Author:Dan Gillerman
“When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer.” KnowsWritingWellsSaidEndsPlayWaitingConditionsNormalSummerStudiosProducersExceptionalEnd Of Summer Author:Aaron Sorkin
“Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.” PeopleIfsKindWaitingSpecialBirthActivityNormalNegativeRhythmOur TimePassiveConsumedChunksRight WordsSuspension Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE? Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?
“There's a million more pros than cons, for sure. Obviously, the privacy thing is a little different. It's not normal to wake up and have 12 paparazzi cars waiting outside to follow you to Starbucks in the morning. But, there's a lot more pros, and I'm willing to put up with those cons, for sure.” LittlesDifferentWaitingMorningMillionsCarWillingNormalWake UpPrivacyPaparazziStarbucks Author:Taylor Lautner
“Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.” KindWaitingBehindsTalkingStageNormalPerformancesConcentratingSuperstarJackiePlaying AroundGreat Performance Author:Jackie Evancho
“This is it, in the best possible way. That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure, that movie-score-wor thy experience unfolding gracefully. This is it. Normal, daily life ticking by on our streets and sidewalks, in our houses and apartments, in our beds and at our dinner tables, in our dreams and prayers and fights and secrets - this pedestrian life is the most precious thing any of us will ever experience.” WayDreamLife IsFightingHouseWaitingPrayerSecretStreetsAdventureBedNormalTablesDinnerScoreDaily LifeApartmentOur DreamsUnfoldingSidewalkPrecious ThingsDinner TablePedestrians Author:Shauna Niequist
“Who know what life is going to be like. I mean, there was no demand for the spaces before. It's not like people were flocking to Sochi before; they just didn't have enough hotel rooms and arenas to fill the need. So that's what we'll look at when we go there. But we'll wait a few years until things kind of return to normal.” PeopleKnowsNeedsYearsLooksKindMeanEnoughLife IsWaitingSpaceRoomsReturnDemandNormalHotelArenaHotel RoomsSochi Author:Gary Hustwit
“In no organized sport do the participants have to endure days of struggle just to get to the starting line of their event. The option to drop out of a race that is going badly does not exist for a climber halfway up a big route, and may entail more risk than pushing on. A team of volunteers will not be waiting with warm blankets and hot food at the next bivy ledge. When you reach the summit, having overcome the challenges that inspired you for months or years, you are not at the finish line. The race is not over. You can't relax and let your guard down like a normal athlete.” YearsMayDoeBigsNextSportsWaitingChallengesLinesRaceStruggleRiskTeamEventsMonthsNormalOvercomingHotEndureInspiredStartingAthleteWarmOrganizedRelaxPushingOver YouVolunteerRoutesSummitHalfwayBlanketParticipantsFinish LineClimbersLedgesPushing OnOrganized Sports Author:Steve House
“When the internet came along, everybody said it would mean the death of television, newspapers. There is a dip, and it comes back to a new normal. We're in the dip; we're waiting to see what the new normal is.” MeanSaidWaitingTelevisionInternetNormalNewspapersDipNew Normal Author:Maria Rodale
“You can't make decisions if there are no charges or issues to deal with. So it's quite normal to wait until there is some reason to react.” IfsReasonWaitingDecisionDealsIssuesNormal Author:Bernie Ecclestone
“My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place?” PeopleWayFirstsFactsWaitingLosesEconomyNiceNormalConcernSightComplainingRemoveKnivesStabbing Author:Simon Sinek
“Sometimes I feel like I've been waiting for someone to tell me when I can be normal again,' she said. 'I keep thinking I'll get a letter. Or a call. When does it happen?' Pete looked like he wanted to walk toward her, but then he fell back against the car. The staring contest between them for almost a minute, and finally Pete exhaled loudly. It's okay,' he said.” ThinkingFeelsDoeSaidI CanSometimesHappensWantedWaitingWalksMinutesCarNormalLettersOkayStaringContests Book:The Key To The Golden Firebird Source: The Key To The Golden Firebird
“Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed. They learned, somehow, to wait those times out. There was no cure, no answer, no reparation. (161)” WorldKindLightOrderFeltWaitingAnswersNormalOptimismCuresStillnessSunriseTornVeilsSmall ThingsBarrenNormal LifeSprayLovelinessReparationsIcicles Author:David Wroblewski
“A certain person wondered why a big strong girl like me wouldn't keep a job which paid a normal salary. I took my time to lead her and to read her every page. Even minimal people can't survive on minimal wage. A certain person wondered why I wait all week for you. I didn't have the words to describe just what you do. I said you had the motion of the ocean in your walk, and when you solve my riddles you don't even have to talk.” PeoplePersonsSaidBigsJobsCertainGirlStrongWaitingWalksWeekNormalOceanPagesPaidSolveLike MeMy TimeSalaryRiddleStrong Girl Book:I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems Source: I Shall Not Be Moved: Poems
“I’m saying that I can wait. For now. But when things get back to normal—assuming that ever happens—I want my shot. We can make each other happy, Faythe. I know it. And I’m done walking away from things I want just because they don’t come easily. You’re worth the work.” KnowsWantI CanDoneHappensWaitingWalkingNormalShotsPatienceAssumingGet BackWalking Away Book:Prey Source: Prey