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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
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"If there were biologists among the extremophiles organisms that live in extreme conditions, they would surely classify themselves as normal and any life that thrived in room temperature as an extremophile."

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"Each family functions in their own way, by rules reinvented daily. The strangeness of each of us is somehow accommodated so that there can be such a thing as family and we can all live for some time at least in the same house. Normal is what you know."

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Gilbert Murray Classical Scholar, Writer
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"Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"To have an interest in both sexes is equally normal. Whether it's practiced or not is something else. Some do. Some don't."

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Leona Lewis Singer-songwriter
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"I can't remember who told me but I was advised early on not to Google myself or read things about myself... I don't read a lot but get the gist of what's been said from friends and family. It's good to avoid it if you want to be normal person."

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
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"Love brings to light the lofty and hidden characteristics of the lover--what is rare and exceptional in him: to that extent it caneasily be deceptive with respect to what is normal in him."

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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment."

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Meryl Streep Actress, Producer
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"I guess a normal woman would find it extremely enjoyable to wear fancy clothes. For me, I didn't enjoy it. It felt like a straight jacket."

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