ordinary people

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“And it gives me so much inspiration to be a part of it, a movement powered not by cynicism or political insiders, but by ordinary people who still believe Los Angeles is worth fighting for.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“This is one of the places in life where we allow ourselves to be known, and people got to know us as we are—as the very ordinary people that we are.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

In “Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World,” he speaks for the ordinary people of the past in their concrete reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

But addressing him she declared: "There is a huge, thick wall between you and us, the ordinary people."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

He had never been able to do this, and it had then seemed to him that this was the biggest difference between him and the ordinary people.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse