My first concert tour was extraordinary - I couldn't hear what was going on and no one else could hear what was… — David Essex Copy Share Image
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I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever… — John Green Copy Share Image
The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete… — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
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I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of… — Andrew Lloyd Webber Copy Share Image
I used to get great press. I get the worst press. I get such dishonest reporting with the media. I've never had… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
"What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?" a university student asked me several years ago. "The brevity of it,"… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a… — Elinor Glyn Copy Share Image
Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was… — Augustus Copy Share Image
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I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she… — Ron Ben-Israel Copy Share Image
If you catch me lying, it's probably because I'm about to surprise someone for their birthday, or hide away the specific details… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
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Cognitive science is a rapidly developing area, so it could be that there are some surprises around the corner. That does seem… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections that surprise… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a… — Gary Sick Copy Share Image
It doesn't surprise me that people can't see beyond my image. It's amazing, but I can understand it. That's what image is… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
'Guardians Of The Galaxy' was, as 'Ant-Man' was, just fun, in terms of expanding this universe. We always say, how can we… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
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In U.S. elections, the term "October surprise" has come to mean an event in the closing weeks or days of a presidential… — Alison Stewart Copy Share Image
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Faeries are unaffected by alcohol, but much to her surprise—and the faeries’ undoing—they get very, very drunk on carbonation. Using copious amounts… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something… — Nancy Lublin Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that the Bush administration's bullying swagger and blithe ignorance have caused much of the Muslim world to hold the… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
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As I began to perform - songs, poems, sketches or conjuring tricks - I began to learn what children run with and… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If… — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image
Science corrects the old creeds, sweeps away, with every new perception, our infantile catechisms, and necessitates a faith commensurate with the grander… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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I wish I could love people as you do, Molly!' 'Don't you?' said the other, in surprise. 'No. A good number of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
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