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Eccentric Quotes (page 4)

The camel has a big dumb ugly hump. But in the desert, where prettier, more streamlined beasts die quickly of thirst, the camel survives quite nicely. As legend has it, the camel carries its own water, stores it in its stupid hump. If individuals, like camels, perfect their inner resources, if we have the power within us, then we can cross any wasteland in relative comfort and survive in arid surroundings without relying on the external. Often, moreover, it is our "hump" - that aspect of our... Tom Robbins
This benign property of his prose is not, one hopes, to be attributed to the reason noticed by the eccentric du Garbandier, who said 'the beauty of reading a page of de Selby is that it leads one inescapably to the happy conviction that one is not, of all nincompoops, the greatest'. Flann O'Brien
John Stuart Mill quote: "That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger..."
That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time. John Stuart Mill
Heather Graham quote: "I basically think that I'm a fairly nice, normal person with..."
I basically think that I'm a fairly nice, normal person with just a few eccentricities. Heather Graham
It's like, you can't have any fun, and if you do have fun, if you do your own thing, you're considered crazy and should be in a mental institution. Now, that's what I find creepy. I'm eccentric. I am not messed up. Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover quote: "I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is..."
I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person. Crispin Glover
Jean Paul Gaultier quote: "My eccentricity became direction."
My eccentricity became direction. Jean Paul Gaultier
I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.' Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga quote: "I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more..."
I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff. Lady Gaga
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations. Stephen Fry
Robert Frost quote: "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the..."
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. Robert Frost
I was eccentric, even as a kid. I was an early reader, an early talker. I was very curious in a way that maybe the other kids weren't. I was a little more outgoing. Michael J. Fox
Women can break down barriers to opportunity, and men, many of them reluctantly, have learned to relate to women as their equals in thought and action. But except for an eccentric few, women do not want to become warriors. Suzanne Fields
Rupert Everett quote: "You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have..."
You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it. Rupert Everett
If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction. Jacques Derrida

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