#norm

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#begin #bicycles #brothers #business #caves

Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#decision #enormous #every #house #out

I love the walk although my security team weren't too sure to begin with but I was anxious to be able to lead a near normal life. Whilst walking I do get the chance to meet people and keep in touch. ↗

— David Blunkett

#although #anxious #begin #chance #get

That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today. ↗

— David Blunkett

#i #minister #prime #prime minister #regret

After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#any #card #going #green #green card

Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal life, but my label and everybody is warning me that will be changing and I'm in for a rollercoaster ride. ↗

— James Blunt

#because #changing #down #everybody #i

I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#attention #audience #because #book #capture

Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all. ↗

— Don Bluth

#closes #enormous #enters #everything #film

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural. ↗

— Charles Edison

#miracle #natural #normal #physics #places

I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short Timers,' or 'In Cold Blood.' I'm a fan of that genre. ↗

— Mark Boal

#been #blend #blood #books #cold