#peculiar

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

The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#peculiarly #race #romans #told #warlike

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar. ↗

— Grace Paley

#fittest #good #interest #life #necessary

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

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

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

We Americans are a peculiar people. We are for the underdog, no matter how much of a dog he is. ↗

— Happy Chandler

#how #matter #much #peculiar #people

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#because #instantly #name #offer #peculiar