#peculiar

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ. ↗

— Christopher Smart

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I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#being #expect #fame #got #i

The city has become a serious menace to our civilization... It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#become #city #civilization #immigrant #menace

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

#divine #judgment #let us #others #peculiarly

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it. ↗

— Bette Davis

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Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity. ↗

— Edward Gorey

#i #just #kind #order #out

What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

#american #common #common enemy #community #culture