Norm Quotes - Page 22

• In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.

  James S. Coleman

  School, Average, Achievement

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• I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.

  Francois Hollande

  Crazy, Struggle, Order

  "How DSK's fall led to Hollande's rise" By Peter Wilkinson, www.cnn.com. May 7, 2012.

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• The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.

  Gelsey Kirkland

  Stress, Taken, Light

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• For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

  Roger Mudd

  Performances, Private Life, Public Officials

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• Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

  John Ortberg

  Mind, Firsts, Humans

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