#peculiar

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men. ↗

— Richard Wilbur

#common #congress #fundamental #himself #men

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

— Christopher Smart

#flowers #peculiarly #poetry #reasoning #sound

You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles. Does that make sense? ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#character #character actress #could #does #i

The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#away #dead #felt #first #forced

I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#cannot #causes #church #convey #dangerous

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

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. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#been #bench #bringing #dock #down

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

#almost #analysis #decided #go #i

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate. ↗

— Stephen Tobolowsky

#fact #hate #like #more #peculiar