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Peculiar Quotes

Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the voice, picking up a new key, in the treatment of the ritual chant, and overcoming vocal difficulties that lie in the words rather than in the music Picture Quote #1

In order to form for one’s self a just notion of the operations which result in the production of thought, it is necessary to conceive of the brain as a peculiar organ, specially designed for the production thereof, just as the stomach is designed to effect digestion, the liver to filter the bile, the parotids and the maxillary and sublingual glands to prepare the salivary juices Picture Quote #1

I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are Picture Quote #1

There is another peculiar satisfaction in really hearing someone: It is like listening to the music of the spheres, because beyond the immediate message of the person, no matter what that might be, there is the universal. Hidden in all of the personal communications which I really hear there seem to be orderly psychological laws, aspects of the same order we find in the universe as a whole. So there is both the satisfaction of hearing this person and also the satisfaction of feeling one’s self in touch with what is universally true Picture Quote #1

Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except the one we remember Picture Quote #1

The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures Picture Quote #1

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So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I’m contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I’m grateful for the troubling emotions I experienced. The obstacles we face in life can provide powerful incentives for change Picture Quote #1

Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for study Picture Quote #1

Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress of its reasonings; the perfect exactitude of its results; their broad universality; their practical infallibility Picture Quote #1

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone Picture Quote #1

I conceive of the film as a modern art form particularly interesting to the sense of sight. Painting has its own peculiar problems and specific sensations, and so has the film. But there are also problems in which the dividing line is obliterated, or where the two infringe upon each other. More especially, the cinema can fulfill certain promises made by the ancient arts, in the realization of which painting and film become close neighbors and work together Picture Quote #1

The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear to betray some hidden intelligence which by a preconceived plan produces the impression of intentional design, a phenomenon which finds its close analogue in nature Picture Quote #1

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It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it be of the smallest possible utility Picture Quote #1

Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind... What being at leisure means is more easily felt than defined Picture Quote #1

Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake Picture Quote #1

As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors Picture Quote #1

It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise Picture Quote #1

I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know Picture Quote #1

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Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. The native intellectual powers of men in different times are not so much the causes of the different success of their labours, as the peculiar nature of the means and artificial resources in their possession Picture Quote #1

My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind Picture Quote #1

The leading and characteristic features of the morbid state to which I would direct your attention are, anaemia, general languor and debility, remarkable feebleness of the heart’s action, irritability of the stomach, and a peculiar change of the colour in the skin, occurring in connection with a diseased condition of the suprarenal capsules Picture Quote #1

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants Picture Quote #1

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My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn’t allowed to talk to her friends. Now I’m not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn’t bother me at all Picture Quote #1

... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have differed in this regard Picture Quote #1

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional Picture Quote #1

The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels Picture Quote #1

The will to originality is not the will to be peculiar and unlike anybody else; it means the desire to derive one’s consciousness from its primary source Picture Quote #1

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate Picture Quote #1

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Jewish cantors employ a peculiar art and method of singing in their delivery. They are unexcelled in the art of covering the voice, picking up a new key, in the treatment of the ritual chant, and overcoming vocal difficulties that lie in the words rather than in the music (Peculiar Quotes) In order to form for one’s self a just notion of the operations which result in the production of thought, it is necessary to conceive of the brain as a peculiar organ, specially designed for the production thereof, just as the stomach is designed to effect digestion, the liver to filter the bile, the parotids and the maxillary and sublingual glands to prepare the salivary juices (Peculiar Quotes) I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are (Peculiar Quotes) There is another peculiar satisfaction in really hearing someone: It is like listening to the music of the spheres, because beyond the immediate message of the person, no matter what that might be, there is the universal. Hidden in all of the personal communications which I really hear there seem to be orderly psychological laws, aspects of the same order we find in the universe as a whole. So there is both the satisfaction of hearing this person and also the satisfaction of feeling one’s self in touch with what is universally true (Peculiar Quotes) Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except the one we remember (Peculiar Quotes) The peculiar value of geography lies in its fitness to nourish the mind with ideas and furnish the imagination with pictures (Peculiar Quotes) So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I’m contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I’m grateful for the troubling emotions I experienced. The obstacles we face in life can provide powerful incentives for change (Peculiar Quotes) Human paleontology shares a peculiar trait with such disparate subjects as theology and extraterrestrial biology: it contains more practitioners than objects for study (Peculiar Quotes) Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress of its reasonings; the perfect exactitude of its results; their broad universality; their practical infallibility (Peculiar Quotes) While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone (Peculiar Quotes) I conceive of the film as a modern art form particularly interesting to the sense of sight. Painting has its own peculiar problems and specific sensations, and so has the film. But there are also problems in which the dividing line is obliterated, or where the two infringe upon each other. More especially, the cinema can fulfill certain promises made by the ancient arts, in the realization of which painting and film become close neighbors and work together (Peculiar Quotes) The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of mystery. They appear to betray some hidden intelligence which by a preconceived plan produces the impression of intentional design, a phenomenon which finds its close analogue in nature (Peculiar Quotes) It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it be of the smallest possible utility (Peculiar Quotes) Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind... What being at leisure means is more easily felt than defined (Peculiar Quotes) Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake (Peculiar Quotes) As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors (Peculiar Quotes) It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise (Peculiar Quotes) I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know (Peculiar Quotes) Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. The native intellectual powers of men in different times are not so much the causes of the different success of their labours, as the peculiar nature of the means and artificial resources in their possession (Peculiar Quotes) My ideas were confused. In a peculiar way, the unreality of the outer world appeared to be an extension of my own disturbed state of mind (Peculiar Quotes) The leading and characteristic features of the morbid state to which I would direct your attention are, anaemia, general languor and debility, remarkable feebleness of the heart’s action, irritability of the stomach, and a peculiar change of the colour in the skin, occurring in connection with a diseased condition of the suprarenal capsules (Peculiar Quotes) It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many (Peculiar Quotes) 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 (Peculiar Quotes) If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants (Peculiar Quotes) My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn’t allowed to talk to her friends. Now I’m not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn’t bother me at all (Peculiar Quotes) ... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have differed in this regard (Peculiar Quotes) The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional (Peculiar Quotes) The world’s a mean place. It’s unfair, then it’s fair. It’s hateful, then it’s loving. It’s a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels (Peculiar Quotes) The will to originality is not the will to be peculiar and unlike anybody else; it means the desire to derive one’s consciousness from its primary source (Peculiar Quotes) Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate (Peculiar Quotes)

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