Idiosyncrasies Quotes

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The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one… — Henry James
In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces. — W. Somerset Maugham
The classification of facts and the formation of absolute judgments upon the basis of this classification-judgments independent of the idiosyncrasies of the individual mind-essentially sum… — Karl Pearson
The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful. — Friedrich Nietzsche
People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting. — Andy Warhol
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures, but more in… — Sufjan Stevens
When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes. — Ethan Hawke
Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on… — Strother Martin
Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human. — D L Hughley
The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the… — Felicity Jones
Mans most disagreeable habits and idiosyncrasies, his deceit, his cowardice, his lack of reverence, are engendered by his incomplete adjustment to a complicated civilisation. It… — Sigmund Freud
It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. — Joseph de Maistre
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves. — Madeleine L'Engle
And there is a lot of idiosyncrasy. But there are also regularities and phenomena. And what the data is going to be able to do--if… — Esther Duflo
It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen… — Radha Mitchell
One suggestion is to regard your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make friends with it.… — Wes Nisker
White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there has been a… — Tom Robbins
Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual… — W. Somerset Maugham
It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of… — Harvey Cox

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