ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ECCENTRIC
From Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros out of centre, from ek-ex-1 + kentron centre.
10 QUOTES WITH «ECCENTRIC»
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eccentric.
The one cool thing with getting older is that you can actively choose to just be an eccentric.
Sci-fi fans are eccentric.
I do some eccentric dancing.
I have always idolized eccentric people.
Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
I love the part of Hector as it takes me back to playing eccentric parts. He is a funny character, which is fine by me as I've been playing for laughs for decades now! It's lovely to get a laugh; it's the best thing in the world!
To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.
It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ECCENTRIC»
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eccentric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
eccentric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The book is a lesson in seeing and sensing the manifold forms created by the mind for its own pleasure.Palaces and haunted houses, Victorian parlors, Renaissance sculpture gardens, factories, hill-towns, ruins, cities, even novels and ...
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Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You
A whimsical personal style guide for women by a celebrated style arbiter offers counsel on how to break free from retail-dictated choices that typically force women to don sexually explicit or otherwise revealing garments, in a reference ...
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Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions
The extraordinary characters in this book were and in some cases still are wholehearted enthusiasts for the various causes and outrageous notions they adopted, and John Michell describes their adventures with spirit and compassion.
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C. S. Lewis – A Life:
Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
In C.S. Lewis—A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King’s College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis.
This book focuses on London's less conventional history.
From rooms with a skew to the quirkiest cuisine, the oddest shops to the wackiest festivals, the strangest tours to the most peculiar pursuits, Jan Friedman ventures right to the edge of mainstream tourism and plunges deep into the heart of ...
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Eccentric Britain: Britain's Follies and Foibles
This is a book for the intelligent, humorous, curious tourist who doesn't go with the crowd. It is also a great armchair read that has been known to have readers weeping with mirth at the weird ways of the British.
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Ben Le Vay's
Eccentric Cambridge
Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city's architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.
Benedict le Vay also asks the pressing questions that others avoid: Is the Scottish Parliament a monumental cock-up? Was the Stewart dynasty really useless? Should you eat deep-fried Mars Bars.
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Eccentric Cambridge: The Bradt City Guide
Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city’s architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ECCENTRIC»
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eccentric is used in the context of the following news items.
Eccentric, creative couture and celebrity concerts electrify haute …
PARIS — As couture week in Paris entered its final furlong, the French capital was electrified by celebrity concerts and eccentric, creative ... «National Post, Jul 15»
Valli 'eccentric' Dior inspired by Flemish masters at Paris Fashion …
... Week and celebrated a decade in the business. The collection is all about the “extraordinary” and “eccentric, according to the designer. «euronews, Jul 15»
Alicja Dobrucka photographs Le Corbusier's La Tourette
"I was completely taken aback by the structure, and how random and eccentric it actually is," she added. "There were many little surprising ... «Dezeen, Jul 15»
Windsor: Harbaugh interesting to watch — even in summer
He chose the eccentric one. In life, those of us who tend toward eccentricity blend in fine. It's a big planet. It's messy. But this isn't life. It's college ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
Eriez introduces new eccentric eddy current separator
Equipment supplier Eriez, Erie, Pennsylvania, has introduced the RevX-E Mach III, a new eccentric eddy current separator (ECS) for the ... «Recycling Today, Jul 15»
Watch Joss Stone belly dance in her eccentric 'The Answer' music …
... from her forthcoming album. The singer revealed the track back in May, and has now accompanied the track with an eccentric new clip. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
'The New Rijksmuseum' takes an eccentric look at art and bureaucracy
Artful yet agonizingly unhurried at times, the documentary “The New Rijksmuseum” takes a jewelers loupe to the subject of the Netherlands' ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Eccentric Turkmenistan dictator guest of honour in Tbilisi
Turkmenistan aims to create the Southern Caucasus corridor to access European markets, Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ... «Ukraine Today, Jul 15»
Bell's Eccentric Cafe kitchen to close July 3, new restaurant to open …
KALAMAZOO, MI — The kitchen at Bell's Brewery Inc.'s Eccentric Cafe that the business has used to serve meals for the last 15 years will close ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
Gastropub landlord guilty of chasing eccentric American to death …
An award-winning gastro-pub landlord faces prison today for chasing a rich eccentric American into the path of a van when armed with an ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
