Sometimes people go off in a slightly different direction of wanting to be different, of wanting to be special, of wanting to… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“We can not all love in the same way - for the feeling would be called ordinariness instead. And of that, the… — Laura Chouette Copy Share Image
There is an anaesthetic of familiarity, a sedative of ordinariness which dulls the senses and hides the wonder of existence. For those… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“He invented ordinary things, and I stress, ordinary. Not brilliant, just ordinary, and that's exactly what humanity needs. Brilliant inventions might be… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“I ain't ever felt special my whole life." "What did you feel?" "Hard to explain. Felt like the opposite of special. Like… — Cebo Campbell Copy Share Image
“Just stick to the ordinary circumstances without labeling them ordinary. Be open to them with no desire to change them in any… — Francis Lucille Copy Share Image
“Jane remembers those years, though, as if they had been [a movie]--in part because her friends...always talked about everything as if it… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
I can't actually read interviews with thesps now because they're almost always fantastically predictable, the men especially. Actors are forever stressing their… — Peter York Copy Share Image
How I hate the attitude of ordinary people to life. How I loathe ordinariness! How from my soul I abhor nice simple… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image