My kind [vampires] does not surprise easily," he said. "You surprised me, this morning. I have thus used up my full quota… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Death was an inverse Big Bang; an impossible magic trick where everything had become nothing in the very same instant, where one… — Belinda Bauer Copy Share Image
“If looks could kill right then, Jason had no doubt he would’ve been lying flat on the ground with an expression of… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Indeed, everything was a shock at the beginning. The wash machines, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposal machines, juicers, toasters, and yes, the ATM… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
“I stop still with the shock and fell my head swim. Richard takes my hand. We stand for a moment, handclasped as… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
Six months after 9/11, Jean-Marie Le Pen was almost elected president of France. There were a number of leaders and a number… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“I wanted to turn on the table saw and rip a plank, but I had to drive to the airport. I had… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum,… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The tree doesn't die, nor do I when you cut off a branch or a finger, we both heal so we don't… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
As the United States continues its slow but steady recovery from the depths of the financial crisis, nobody actually wants a massive… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
We had the great depression, we had two world wars, we had the flu epidemic. We had oil shock. We had all… — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
No matter how hard we try words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I was just a kid. I think I stole a candy bar. I remember feeling so terrible. It was the worst shock.… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and… — Alexa Vega Copy Share Image
It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality… — Laurence Gartel Copy Share Image
Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
You kept talking but my ears said please stop. No warning, I just could not move at all. I was in a… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
“The shock was akin to that of buying, out of duty, a novel written by a dull and uninspired acquaintance and finding… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
“Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Really, we don't relate our Atlanta setup to here. I feel like the shock [absorber] package will be different and the springs… — Mark Martin Copy Share Image
Parenthood always comes as a shock. Postpartum blues? Postpartum panic is more like it. We set out to have a baby; what… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
If you send your work to the magazines, you may be in for a shock. You may get a rejection note. The… — R. O. Blechman Copy Share Image
"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no… — Sammy Hagar Copy Share Image
I'm not a massive fan of 3D. I've seen some good 3D, and I've seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
It's not that I'm deliberately trying to shock people all the time. I'm just doing things that are obvious to me. It's… — Takafumi Horie Copy Share Image
I'm still suffering from shock from the last war. I was almost drafted! Luckily I was wounded while taking the physical. When… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot… — Andree Putman Copy Share Image
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
To become a doctor, you spend so much time in the tunnels of preparation - head down, trying not to screw up,… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
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