"For all that knew him behind the facade of Mr. Cool and Quirky," read a statement issued by the Stooges, "he was a kind-hearted, genuine, warm person who always believed that people meant well even if they did not".
"We wanted to create a destination for all the beautiful things we find," says Burini, pointing to a twig and plant installation made by Molly Findlay that hangs alongside quirky reads like the 3-D coffee-table book "Phantograms From Nature" by Barry Rothstein.
The writer-performer, who was blessed with a ton of quirky charm, started reading his offbeat and stylized story.
First, a woman might finally move in, and maybe she would be single, cute, quirky, well read and a fellow admirer of the films of John Sayles.
Lenders occasionally do get their wrists slapped – witness Cash Lady's witless attempts to use Kerry Katona's well-publicised financial problems to attract customers to its 2,760% APR loans; or Peachy Loans' "quirky" way of reading out its 1,918% interest rate ("nineteen eighteen").
It's obviously not a huge deal, but it's a cool, quirky way of reading the power reserve in an industry that is, at best, resistant to change.
He's got spotless timing and a wonderfully quirky way of reading lines to give them more life than they deserve.
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As we drove back home to Los Angeles, she sat in the back seat, alternately reading the quirky comic books she bought (all favorites of mine) and singing along to her quirky favorite songs (from Buster Poindexter and other non-teen performers I taught her to like).
The Romans, who put men in the ring with bulls, or any other combination with potential for gore and titillation, would have been perplexed by the sight of Rocker, looming larger than life high above the stands, reading a quirky prepared statement he claimed to have written, and probably did.
