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“I am an ordinary person, but carried to extremes.”

Persons Ordinary Extremes Ordinary Person

Book:Fay Weldon Omnibus: Collected Works of Fay Weldon

Source: Fay Weldon Omnibus: Collected Works of Fay Weldon

“We meet With few utterly dull and stupid souls: the sublime and transcendent are still fewer; the generality of mankind stand between these two extremes: the interval is filled with multitudes of ordinary geniuses, but all very useful, and the ornaments and supports of the commonwealth.”

Stills Two Soul Support Mankind Stupid Genius Ordinary Filled Extremes Dull Mediocrity Fewer Multitudes Sublime Transcendent Ornaments Intervals Commonwealth Generalities Two Extremes

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Every day, it seems, a new extreme weather catastrophe happens somewhere in America, and the medias all over it, profiling the ordinary folks wiped out by forest fires, droughts, floods, massive sinkholes, tornadoes.”

Seems Happens America Fire Ordinary Folks Extremes Forests Weather Over It Massive Flood Catastrophe Drought Tornadoes Forest Fires Extreme Weather Sinkholes

Author:Jane Velez-Mitchell

“If one is experiencing poverty, practice ordinary and extreme generosity - this is the antidote.”

Ifs Poverty Practice Ordinary Extremes Generosity Antidote

Author:Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

“I got a sense of the amazingness of ordinary life, and I became aware of the marvel that we're around to begin with. I visited a lot of extreme communities, like the Amish, Hasidic Jews, and serpent-handlers. And I was proud, because I think I'm the first person to ever out-Bible-talk a Jehovah's Witness. After four hours, he said, "Okay, I have to go."”

Thinking Firsts Persons Said Community Hours Four Proud Ordinary Okay Jew Extremes Witness First Person Ordinary Life Serpent Jehovah Amish

Author:A. J. Jacobs

“I am one Dana when I am talking to my daughter, another when I am talking to the IRS, and another still when I do an interview. These characters are just extreme versions of ordinary human self-switching.”

Humans Stills Self Character Talking Ordinary Daughter Extremes Versions Interviews My Daughter Irs Switching

Author:Dana Spiotta

“To be ordinary is the greatest virtue - because when you are just ordinary, nothing to claim, of this world or that, the ego disappears. The ego feeds on imbalance, the ego feeds on extremes. The ego lives on the polarities - in the middle it disappears. And in every area, in every direction of life, remember this: just stop in the middle and soon you will find the mind has stopped, the ego has stopped. Nothing to claim, it disappears. And when it disappears you have become virtuous. Now the door is open for the divine. In the middle you meet him; at the extremes you miss.”

World Mind Remember Virtue Doors Middle Missing This World Divine Ego Ordinary Areas Claims Extremes Disappear Virtuous Imbalance Polarity

Author:Rajneesh

“...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories of crime, substance abuse, psychopathology, mental retardation and/or irrational violence against those around them, as well as other hazardous behavior, e.g., automobile and gun accidents.”

“The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.”

People Faces Belief Given President Chance Liberty Democracy Danger Ordinary Extremes Tyranny Voting Globes President Bush Enslavement Given A Chance

Author:John Ensign