"I do agree that he is a very eccentric multi-millionaire and I also felt fear with him, " he said.

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Collecting mania ranges from the criminal down to the merely fanatic, with a lot of room in the middle for very eccentric personalities.

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"For a guy like me to be very eccentric, to even go to extremes to write a children's book with all the wild things I do and make it believable was pretty much incredible, " Rodman said.

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Our people contribute very much to our eccentric corporate makeup.

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' So the guy does the monologue again and Liviu says, 'Um, very good, but more eccentric.

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He accepts that some the community's beliefs may appear eccentric and concedes the wider farming community has very real fears over the spread of Bovine TB.

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Not only did Bryzgalov come off as something of an eccentric during an HBO documentary series ("Right now, I'm very into the universe, " he said in one episode), he posted an anemic .887 save percentage in the playoffs as the Flyers lost to the Devils in the second round.

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Ostrich farmers point out that the flesh of their eccentric bird has half as much fat as chicken, lots of iron, and very little cholesterol - as well as being extremely tasty.

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