I was not long since in a company where I was not who of my fraternity brought news of a kind of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Financial markets are supposed to swing like a pendulum: They may fluctuate wildly in response to exogenous shocks, but eventually they are… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing about shooting guns instantly on film is to not pull a silly face while the gun is going… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
If our education had included training to bear unpleasantness and to let the first shock pass until we could think more calmly,… — Claire Weekes Copy Share Image
When I'm naked, I really like to do push-ups. No. I think I really tackle it like everything else. If you're going… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
Most loverspicture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
When in August 1793 a British delegation showed their hosts a terrestrial globe, it turned into a diplomatic incident, for the Chinese… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Grace is always natural, though that does not prevent its being often used to hide a lie. The rude shocks and uncomfortably… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“It was very, very peaceful, and all of a sudden I found myself shaking so hard that I had to sit down… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles.… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
The Constitution is constant. There's not one elected official who has the power to change it. There is a way to amend… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
When all of our idols are taken away, all our securities and defense mechanisms, we find out who we really are. We’re… — Aaron Lines Copy Share Image
In 'Bras & Broomsticks,' Rachel Weinstein gets the shock of her life when she discovers that her mom and her younger sister,… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
My first child, I think I was completely shell shocked. I was ecstatic but in shock that I was now responsible completely… — Kylie Bax Copy Share Image
“What's wrong?" His voice was loud, so sharp that he sounded angry. I knew I should be careful, keep the secret, but… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
The world of maps is nice and flat and simple. It has areas for people and areas for monsters. What a shock… — Margaret Millar Copy Share Image
Winter looked at Leven. Leven looked right back at her. Winter's cheeks burned red and her green eyes outshone Leven's. The two… — Obert Skye Copy Share Image
Sam Fuller and 'Shock Corridor' can only be conjured as a mantra. 'Shock Corridor' is a classic work of art - it's… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
First, educate yourself about what a vegan diet entails and why it is beneficial to your health. You need to understand and… — Gary Player Copy Share Image
One thing America truly does stand for is a million different ways of living. But while we enjoy the lives we have,… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
'Perfect' is about a set-up that looks perfect from the outside - beautiful country house, beautiful wife and mother, everything where it… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“There is nothing that can prepare a family for the heart-clenching shock of losing one of their own. And time and time… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share Image
The dog [in Pavlov's experiments] does not continue to salivate whenever it hears a bell unless sometimes at least an edible offering… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
Beneath everything else, North and West, there ran a profound, unvoiced, almost subconscious conviction that the [American] nation was going to go… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Before he could, he felt Laurent’s fingers on the back of his neck, a shock of touch that caught him in a… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
A light was on in the kitchen. His mother sat at the kitchen table, as still as a statue. Her hands were… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“A state of shock is produced when a story is ruptured… Trump is not a rupture at all, but rather the culmination… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Although my doctors informed me that I suffered a cerebral concussion, as well as shock, I do not seek to escape responsibility… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a… — John McCain Copy Share Image
The problem is that, in a world of floating exchange rates, as Italy was before the euro, if one country is subjected… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Although no one said so, intuitively I knew they were my celestial welcoming committee. It was as if they had all gathered… — Don Piper Copy Share Image
A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
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