Perfume Genius

I realise there are situations where I camp it up, make myself into a sort of novelty character to ease things along. Like, if I ever feel uncomfortable in a situation, I can just make myself into this funny Will-and-Grace-guest-star type of person, and maybe people will not pay attention to the deeper things going on.

American Musician

Mitch Grassi

Now that a cappella is sort of coming to the forefront of the music world, I think people are starting to realize that it's a well-crafted art form, and not just a cheeseball novelty. That being the case, my hope is that a cappella groups, new and old, will get the recognition they deserve.

Freddie Wong

I have to credit high school for allowing us to mess around with movie stuff at a time when it was a novelty. Experimenting with that and having a very good group of friends to work with made it a very easy decision that this seemed like something I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

American Director

Tavi Gevinson

The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.

American Writer

Jason Whitlock

I apologize for being the voice of reason here, but this sports fan has almost zero interest in seeing women dunk a basketball. It's a nice little novelty act that has a very short life span.

American Journalist

Bubba Sparxxx

When people screamed novelty the first time around talking about an ugly video and stuff I was really insulted because, hold on a minute, everyone you see in the video are real life.

Shelby Foote

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.

American Author

Bil Keane

I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.

American Cartoonist

George Michael

I'm not a novelty act from the '80s in most parts of the world.

British Musician

Thomas Carlyle

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Scottish Philosopher

Use 'novelty' to express the excitement of experiencing something new that wears off with time.

Fresh Excitement

'Novelty' can describe ideas or methods that are different from the norm and attract attention.

Unusual Ideas

'Novelty' items are often small and inexpensive, suitable for casual gifting and not meant to last long.

Small Gifts

Novelty items can be quirky or interesting, sparking conversation or serving as icebreakers.

Conversation Starters

'Novelty' as an adjective implies that something is for amusement rather than being practical or serious.

Not Serious

When described as 'novelty', objects often have a unique or playful design not commonly seen.

Fun Design

'Novelty' items are popular as party favors because they add a fun element to celebrations.

Party Favors

 in every moving image, in every cut of meat, because if we whitewash our stories for the sake of mass appeal, not only will we fail, but we will be trumped by those with more money and more resources to tell our stories. But the call for creative courage is not for novelty or relevance.

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 It really is a fact that liberals are much higher than conservatives on a major personality trait called openness to experience. People who are high in openness to experience just crave novelty, variety, diversity, new ideas, travel. People low on it like things that are familiar,

Jonathan Haidt: The...

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 when he's in his tux, so I said, you know, it's either the tux or the cowboy boots. But basically it's when there is novelty. But novelty isn't about new positions. It isn't a repertoire of techniques. Novelty is, what parts of you do you bring out?

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 It does this in a couple of ways -- chasing productivity, which drives down prices and encourages us to buy more stuff. But I want to concentrate on the role of investment in seeking out novelty, the production and consumption of novelty.

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 The DeepMind researchers worked out an ingenious way to plug this preference for novelty into reinforcement learning. They made it so that unusual or new images appearing on the screen were every bit as rewarding as real in-game points.

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 they're generous they're empathic they want to be supportive of you emotionally stable partners are not Psychopaths they're less prone to anger and they're just pleasant to be around sensation seekers they need novelty and they love

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 on innovation, which is innovation for end users, visible innovation. Instead, innovation, if you remember, some of you may have read the famous economist Schumpeter, he said, "Innovation is novelty

Nirmalya Kumar: India's...

 if an idea in a mind spreads to other minds, and changes lives for generations, that is novelty. Human life without novelty is life without creativity, without progress.

After billions of years...

 For most of the year, their world is ice. Open water is a novelty, which is why what you're about to see is so rare.