quirkiness

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The actors are agreeable enough: McConaughey is his typical, appealingly laid back yet not completely dim self, while Jenna Elfman exudes just the right kind of quirkiness (why she's not a bigger star yet is beyond me), and the supporting cast includes Woody Harrelson, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper, Martin Landau, and Elizabeth Hurley.

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  • Lest you think Pierce is doing nothing but delivering a thunderation of his own, he also often reveals a fondness for the quirkiness of cranks and kooks — he clearly thinks they spice up American intellectual life.
  • I think he was trying for an Alice in Wonderland quirkiness, and that might have worked in a smaller book, or perhaps one with longer scenes. —  Magazine - Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 112] - Issue 04 - April 2007 (v1.0) [html]
  • His prose, quirkiness, and wit are all in top form here. —  F ;SF - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • So I'm happy for her because this didn't affect her in the slightest, though I'm sad to see her go because I loved her quirkiness (and she'd make a totally rad indie rock singer). —  Top Stories - Google News
  • In Sundance-style quirkiness, customers are strange enough to give the place a dreamy quality. —  GreenCine Daily
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