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“The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.” —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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cigarette butts off the street so as not to purchase tobacco for his pipe since his doctor insisted that he stop buying tobacco. A genius lacking ‘street’ smarts?
all it quirky, strange, a bit offbeat or eccentric, there are some folks Actors and artists are well known for their proout there who just do things a wee pensity toward eccentric behavior, but many are found in other career fields such as authors, roybit differently than most of us. alty and business people. Who can forget Howard Hughes – billionaire aviator, engineer and businessman – best known WHO SAYS WRITERS for some very quirky behavior as well as being a ARE DIFFERENT? recluse later in life? Hughes was so obsessed with cleanliness that he would use Kleenex to pick up objects. He once spent nearly a year in a theater • Nathanial Hawthorne, author of “The Scarscreening room by himself eating only chocolate let Letter,” would always wash his hands before bars and milk. Hughes was eventually diagnosed picking up and reading a letter from his wife. with obsessive-compulsive disorder. And what about genius Albert Einstein who would pick up The Famously Eccentric... Continued on Page 2
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