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• Most scientists are without exception adorably quirky, and one of the ways of making it more accessible was to try to get readers interested in the person.

  Bill Bryson

  Trying, Way, Scientist

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• The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

  Eric Alterman

  Years, Year End, Issues

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• Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

  Jordana Brewster

  Girl, Smart, Want

  "Maxim Monday: Jordana Brewster Wants to Be a Bond Girl". www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2009.

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• Isnt it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?

  Natalie Dormer

  Lovely, Genius, Vulnerable

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• In week one of the X Factor, just to be a little bit quirky, I decided to say that I like girls who eat carrots. Ever since I've had lots and lots and lots of carrots.

  Louis Tomlinson

  Girl, Littles, Week

  "GQ&A: One Direction". Interview with Kevin Perry, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. March 29, 2012.

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• I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick.

  Joan Cusack

  Friendship, Sidekicks, Roles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don't take themselves too seriously.

  Ariana Grande

  Cute, Boys, Nerdy

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• It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod even though you'd never admit it.

  Neal Shusterman

  Song, Writing, Weekend

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• I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I'm right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

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• It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high.

  Amy Sedaris

  Rating, Cult, Shows

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• My parents are very quirky, eccentric. They have their own world.

  Katy Perry

  Parent, World, Eccentric

  "Katy Perry: The Interview" by Rose Apodaca, www.harpersbazaar.com. November 3, 2010.

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• I need a woman to have a quirky sense of humor. There's a bunch of jokes I use, and if she doesn't get them, she's probably not for me.

  Matthew Perry

  Needs, Use, Sense Of Humor

  "Best Friend Forever". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. September 22, 2006.

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• Computer programmers tend, by and large, to be quirky and highly individualistic. Trying to organize or manage such awkward characters is normally as thankless as herding cats

  John Naughton

  Character, Cat, Awkward

  John Naughton (2015). “A Brief History of the Future”, p.209, Hachette UK

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• Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.

  Kaley Cuoco

  Guy, Nerd

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• New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.

  Hope Edelman

  New York, Cities, Might

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• I'm surrounded by freaks. Am I weirder than the rest of them? Ultimately I've learned to pride myself on being quirky.

  Karen Elson

  Pride, Freak, I've Learned

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep.

  James Dashner

  Book, Dark, Light

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• I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to eat it outside. Ironing my vintage tea towels while watching old black-and-white film noir movies and sipping one martini with extra olives - a quirky combination, but it works.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Grateful, Black And White, Tuna Fish

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• My style has always been to choose the charming and quirky.

  Suzy Menkes

  Style, Charming

  "Suzy Menkes cleans house" by Lars Byrresen Petersen, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 30, 2013.

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• I enjoy getting to be arty and quirky and weird and all the things that I don't have that much choice with. You just sort of use what you got.

  Paul Reubens

  Choices, Use, Enjoy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love Childrens Hospital. That really pushes the envelope of comedy.

  Malin Akerman

  Envelopes, Stuff, Comedy

  "Justin Theroux and Malin Akerman Talk WANDERLUST and ROCK OF AGES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 22, 2012.

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• I get to be goofy and quirky and sweet at the same time.

  Toks Olagundoye

  Sweet, Goofy

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

  William H. Macy

  Kings, Writing, Ironic

  "Wordcatcher : An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words". Book by Phil Cousineau, 2010.

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• Girls of all kinds can be beautiful - from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It's not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box...Think outside of the box...Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you.

  Tyra Banks

  Inspiring, Beauty, Beautiful

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• International business, once allowed to stalk uncontrolled, killed the local, the small, the quirky.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Stalking, International Business, Locals

  Alexander McCall Smith (2007). “Love Over Scotland”, p.308, Anchor

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