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Peculiar Quotes

Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century Picture Quote #1

The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses Picture Quote #1

Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it Picture Quote #1

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest Picture Quote #1

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar Picture Quote #1

Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it Picture Quote #1

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It is a peculiar part of the good photographer’s adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it Picture Quote #1

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy Picture Quote #1

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man Picture Quote #1

Haven’t you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in? Picture Quote #1

C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group Picture Quote #1

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist Picture Quote #1

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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say 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

I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die Picture Quote #1

Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again Picture Quote #1

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar Picture Quote #1

I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens Picture Quote #1

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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

In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought Picture Quote #1

It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in society would seem to be the duty of other departments 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 Picture Quote #1

I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning Picture Quote #1

The peculiar striations that define someone’s personality are too numerous to know, no matter how close the observer. A person we think we know can suddenly become someone else when previously hidden strands of his character are called to the fore by circumstance Picture Quote #1

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Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that exists in the continual creative play of urban living. The city as we imagine it, then, soft city of illusion, myth, aspiration, and nightmare, is as real, maybe more real, than the hard city one can locate on maps in statistics, in monographs on urban sociology and demography and architecture Picture Quote #1

In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm Picture Quote #1

Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don’t have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing Picture Quote #1

Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things Picture Quote #1

All my life I have studies the peculiar powers of music. It has a force of its own that few would deny Picture Quote #1

Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful Picture Quote #1

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Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century (Peculiar Quotes) The essential attribute of a new sense is, not the perception of external objects or influences which ordinarily do not act upon the senses, but that external causes should excite in it a new and peculiar kind of sensation different from all the sensations of our five senses (Peculiar Quotes) Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it (Peculiar Quotes) As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest (Peculiar Quotes) All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar (Peculiar Quotes) Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it (Peculiar Quotes) It is a peculiar part of the good photographer’s adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it (Peculiar Quotes) What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy (Peculiar Quotes) The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man (Peculiar Quotes) Haven’t you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in? (Peculiar Quotes) C is peculiar in a lot of ways, but it, like many other successful things, has a certain unity of approach that stems from development in a small group (Peculiar Quotes) Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist (Peculiar Quotes) I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say (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) I think there’s something peculiar about me that I haven’t died. It doesn’t make sense but I refuse to die (Peculiar Quotes) Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again (Peculiar Quotes) Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar (Peculiar Quotes) I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens (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) In pure literature, the writers of the eighteenth century achieved, indeed, many triumphs; but their great, their peculiar, triumphs were in the domain of thought (Peculiar Quotes) It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in society would seem to be the duty of other departments (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 (Peculiar Quotes) I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning (Peculiar Quotes) The peculiar striations that define someone’s personality are too numerous to know, no matter how close the observer. A person we think we know can suddenly become someone else when previously hidden strands of his character are called to the fore by circumstance (Peculiar Quotes) Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that exists in the continual creative play of urban living. The city as we imagine it, then, soft city of illusion, myth, aspiration, and nightmare, is as real, maybe more real, than the hard city one can locate on maps in statistics, in monographs on urban sociology and demography and architecture (Peculiar Quotes) In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm (Peculiar Quotes) Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don’t have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing (Peculiar Quotes) Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things (Peculiar Quotes) All my life I have studies the peculiar powers of music. It has a force of its own that few would deny (Peculiar Quotes) Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful (Peculiar Quotes)

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