“My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character.” WorldShouldPersonsMadeCharacterMistakeAudienceLoversNormalOrdinaryShould HaveHollywoodSaneNeuroticOrdinary PersonPerfectly NormalLead Characters Author:Gene Wilder
“As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place.” ShouldBelieveEnoughGovernmentRunningI BelieveSimpleHalfNormalShould HaveAverageLibertarianDullFederal GovernmentEquations Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“In order to make a normal-sized record, a singer songwriter should have a couple dozen finished songs. Once they go through the process of production, the ones that scream out at you that they're finished are the ones that make the record.” ShouldSongOrderProcessRecordsCoupleNormalShould HaveProductionsFinishedSingersScreamDozenSongwritersSinger Songwriters Author:M. Ward
“The weird thing was that I went to Trump rallies thinking I was going to run into militant, right wing, racist people and mostly I didn't. That should have been a clue to me. The people I talked to were not, on the surface level, crazy. They were quite nice, quite normal, employed, and actually were wealthier than the press at that time would have led us to believe. At that time, the narrative was that these were all working poor but these were not working poor. That should've been a clue to me that this was a little bigger than I thought.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveLittlesHas BeensRunningPoorLevelsNiceCrazyTrumpNormalShould HaveBiggerPressesWingsSurfaceNarrativeRacistClueEmployedShould Have BeenRight WingMilitantWeird Things Author:George Saunders
“A day came when I should have died, and after that nothing seemed very important. So I have stayed as I am, without regret, separated from the normal human condition.” ShouldHumansImportantConditionsRegretNormalShould HaveDiedWorld War IiHuman Condition Book:The Forgotten Soldier Source: The Forgotten Soldier
“It was an odd relationship, but then she was an extraordinary woman: a prioress who doubted much of what the church taught; an acclaimed healer who rejected medicine as practised by physicians; and a nun who made enthusiastic love to her man whenever she could get away with it. If I wanted a normal relationship, Merthin told himself, I should have picked a normal girl.” IfsMenShouldMadeWantedGirlChurchTaughtNormalShould HaveMedicineExtraordinaryOddGet AwayPhysiciansRejectedEnthusiasticHealerDoubtedNun Book:Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION Source: Ken Follett EPIC HISTORICAL COLLECTION
“I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't.” FeelsShouldFeltNormalShould HaveScared Book:Miracle Source: Miracle
“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand