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Peculiar Quotes

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents’ lives before I was born Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that’s quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government Picture Quote #1

Generally, it’s a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks and strengths of the medium. For example, if I’m in the back of the stage and I want you to see my emotional change by a flicker of my eyelid, we’re all going to be in for a long boring evening Picture Quote #1

You could say I’m a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles Picture Quote #1

One of the peculiar children’s perspective out of time allows him to take minute interest in every resident of the town and to chronicle everything we did for the entire day he lives over and over Picture Quote #1

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world Picture Quote #1

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Where else, but from the industrialized world, did the suicide hijackers learn that the huge explosions and death above a city skyline are a peculiar and effective form of communication? They have mastered the language Picture Quote #1

As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them Picture Quote #1

Wherever there is disaster, the newsman is there. If he cannot find disaster, he searches for the odd and the peculiar, the exotic and the unfamiliar. His photographs, seen by millions, make momentary events and strange occurrences all over the world our common property Picture Quote #1

All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. Look, being a lame flunky for a batshit crazy person isn’t all that bad. Stay alive long enough and you may sneak your way to Washington! Picture Quote #1

The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships Picture Quote #1

Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable subscribers hate more than the cable company is not being able to get what it delivers: multichannel selection and good reception Picture Quote #1

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I got to watch my heroes meet him and saw how they reacted, whether it was Joe Strummer or Tom Waits. It was peculiar. I’m so stoked to meet Tom Waits, and he’s so nervous to meet my dad. It’s a head spin Picture Quote #1

Success must be personalised, contextualized and internalized. Success means something different to each one of us. We each have a unique and peculiar mission in life Picture Quote #1

As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view Picture Quote #1

Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in an uncommon way Picture Quote #1

I once dreamed a whole short story. Wrapped in its peculiar atmosphere, as if draped in clouds, I walked entranced to my desk at about 4 A.M. and typed it on to the screen Picture Quote #1

Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education Picture Quote #1

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The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds Picture Quote #1

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect Picture Quote #1

I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity Picture Quote #1

I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts don’t necessarily read in script form anything like as well as they can do when it comes to materialising Picture Quote #1

Work place romances always seem to get very confused and peculiar, in my experience Picture Quote #1

The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels Picture Quote #1

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One of the strangest experiences one can have is to sleep on stage, as I once did in Sydney when I’d lost the key to my flat. I had to stay at night in a bed, which conveniently was on stage because my character Sandy Stone did his monologue from a bed. To wake up looking at a shadowy auditorium is a very peculiar feeling Picture Quote #1

Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that’s the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel Picture Quote #1

When a child is born, it is immersed in an atmosphere charged with the stellar vibrations peculiar to that moment, which are stamped upon each atom of the sensitive organism by the air inhaled with the first breath Picture Quote #1

It is a peculiar art form, but I think it’s a necessary art form - and I do believe it’s a noble art form Picture Quote #1

Whether in times of war or times of peace the Quaker is under peculiar obligation to assist and to forward movements and forces which make for peace in the world and which bind men together in ties of unity and fellowship Picture Quote #1

The main importance of Francis Bacon’s influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader Picture Quote #1

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It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents’ lives before I was born (Peculiar Quotes) I don’t feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that’s quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government. (Peculiar Quotes) Generally, it’s a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks and strengths of the medium. For example, if I’m in the back of the stage and I want you to see my emotional change by a flicker of my eyelid, we’re all going to be in for a long boring evening. (Peculiar Quotes) You could say I’m a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. (Peculiar Quotes) One of the peculiar children’s perspective out of time allows him to take minute interest in every resident of the town and to chronicle everything we did for the entire day he lives over and over. (Peculiar Quotes) We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world. (Peculiar Quotes) Where else, but from the industrialized world, did the suicide hijackers learn that the huge explosions and death above a city skyline are a peculiar and effective form of communication? They have mastered the language. (Peculiar Quotes) As our president bears no resemblance to a king so we shall see the Senate has no similitude to nobles. First, not being hereditary, their collective knowledge, wisdom, and virtue are not precarious. For by these qualities alone are they to obtain their offices, and they will have none of the peculiar qualities and vices of those men who possess power merely because their father held it before them. (Peculiar Quotes) Wherever there is disaster, the newsman is there. If he cannot find disaster, he searches for the odd and the peculiar, the exotic and the unfamiliar. His photographs, seen by millions, make momentary events and strange occurrences all over the world our common property. (Peculiar Quotes) All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. Look, being a lame flunky for a batshit crazy person isn’t all that bad. Stay alive long enough and you may sneak your way to Washington! (Peculiar Quotes) The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships. (Peculiar Quotes) Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable subscribers hate more than the cable company is not being able to get what it delivers: multichannel selection and good reception. (Peculiar Quotes) I got to watch my heroes meet him and saw how they reacted, whether it was Joe Strummer or Tom Waits. It was peculiar. I’m so stoked to meet Tom Waits, and he’s so nervous to meet my dad. It’s a head spin. (Peculiar Quotes) Success must be personalised, contextualized and internalized. Success means something different to each one of us. We each have a unique and peculiar mission in life. (Peculiar Quotes) As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view. (Peculiar Quotes) Develop your own skills and styles. In music, designing, electronics, etc., you may have a peculiar way of exposing your dreams in an uncommon way (Peculiar Quotes) I once dreamed a whole short story. Wrapped in its peculiar atmosphere, as if draped in clouds, I walked entranced to my desk at about 4 A.M. and typed it on to the screen. (Peculiar Quotes) Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man’s wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education. (Peculiar Quotes) The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds. (Peculiar Quotes) Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect. (Peculiar Quotes) I shall think soon that what people say is true: every woman is possessed by her own peculiar devil of curiosity (Peculiar Quotes) I mark a script like an exam, and I try not to do anything under 50 per cent. Similarly with the part. And also film is a peculiar thing, parts don’t necessarily read in script form anything like as well as they can do when it comes to materialising. (Peculiar Quotes) Work place romances always seem to get very confused and peculiar, in my experience (Peculiar Quotes) The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels. (Peculiar Quotes) One of the strangest experiences one can have is to sleep on stage, as I once did in Sydney when I’d lost the key to my flat. I had to stay at night in a bed, which conveniently was on stage because my character Sandy Stone did his monologue from a bed. To wake up looking at a shadowy auditorium is a very peculiar feeling. (Peculiar Quotes) Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that’s the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to be entitled to feel. (Peculiar Quotes) When a child is born, it is immersed in an atmosphere charged with the stellar vibrations peculiar to that moment, which are stamped upon each atom of the sensitive organism by the air inhaled with the first breath. (Peculiar Quotes) It is a peculiar art form, but I think it’s a necessary art form - and I do believe it’s a noble art form. (Peculiar Quotes) Whether in times of war or times of peace the Quaker is under peculiar obligation to assist and to forward movements and forces which make for peace in the world and which bind men together in ties of unity and fellowship. (Peculiar Quotes) The main importance of Francis Bacon’s influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader. (Peculiar Quotes)

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