#peculiar

Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

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Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again. ↗

— Philip Guston

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The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

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The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

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

— Carly Simon

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Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist. ↗

— Georges Seurat

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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. ↗

— James Dickey

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Love is a peculiar thing. ↗

— Georg Buchner

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The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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