Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.
We’re all misfits herefrom our weirdnesses and our differences, from our manic fixations, our obsessions, our passions. From all those wild and wacky things that make each of us unique.
Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it.
I think everybody has experiences from time to time they can't explain. They are peculiarities. Usually we just dismiss them because they are uncomfortable to think about.
People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that human nature changes with the times.
I share this interest in the weird, strange, unusual, surreal.
A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.
... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together?
My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.
During the Hollywood studio system, they looked for people who were unusual. The stars had peculiarities.
The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea.
Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
We've all got strange things about us and Lynch picks those things up.
Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.
The things that stand out are often the oddities.
