Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds."
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Eccentric
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Anton Chekhov
Playwright, Short Story Writer
"Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric."
Lady Gaga
Singer, Actress
"I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff."
Ellen Terry
Actress
"Before you can be eccentric, you must know where the circle is."
Brian May
Musician, Astrophysicist
"Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do"
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"You can't get a bad picture out of Bacall. There's nothing eccentric about her. She's perfect all over and yet she looks like nobody else."
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"I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent."
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"I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain."
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"To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim."
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"When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like."
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"When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you."
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"If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction."
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"Be virtuous and you will be eccentric."
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"I was talented but crazy, semi-autistic and eccentric."
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"An innings of neurotic violence, of eccentric watchfulness, of brainless impetuosity and incontinent savagery - it was an extraordinary innings, a masterpiece and it secured the Ashes for England [on Pietersen's Ashes winning innings, 2005"
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"It's important to keep the eccentric spirit alive, because when that goes, the work will go."
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"The State is concentric, but the individual is eccentric."
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"Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English."
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"I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England."
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"Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity."
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"I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood."
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"My playing style is very eccentric and mostly self taught."
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"I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak."
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"I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me."
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"I'm eccentric, what else? I don't know, I've got two people telling me what to say."
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