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Unusual Quotes - Page 2

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

"Sunlight, beaches and boys" by Edmund White, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2006.

Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both.

Robert Musil, Burton Pike, David S. Luft (1995). “Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses”, p.43, University of Chicago Press

In a Tim Burton movie, you know it's going to be something unusual, or a bit mad. Something "other."

"Eva Green Talks Bond, Burton, and Her Decision to Work with Roman Polanski". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. September 29, 2016.

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), Natwar-Singh, K (1964). “E.M. Forster: a Tribute. With Selections from His Writings on India. Edited, and with an Introd. by K. Natwar-Singh. Contributors: Ahmed Ali [and Others.]”, New York Harcourt

My usual self is a very unusual self.

Shelagh Delaney (2014). “A Taste of Honey”, p.38, Bloomsbury Publishing