“There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There were two unpleasant surprises [about Washington]. One was the inertia of Congress, the length of time it takes to get a… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The only thing that surprises me is the characterization of teachers as lazy and greedy. Only someone with very little understanding of… — Taylor Mali Copy Share Image
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We're not in cultures which support learning; we're in cultures that give us the message consistently: "Don't mess up, don't make mistakes,… — Walter Wriston Copy Share Image
The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You… — Ophelia Lovibond Copy Share Image
A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
To my great surprise, I never heard anyone cry out in the disorder, even though they suffered in great agony. They died… — John Hersey Copy Share Image
I do not personally agree with some of the positions that Mr. Gonzales has advocated, but that should come as no surprise,… — Daniel Inouye Copy Share Image
I'm trying to make something every time that feels new and surprises people. Hopefully at least one person. But it's not like… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Trudeau's obsession with China should not come as a surprise. For decades, many Canadian corporate and financial insiders were espousing deeper and… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts… — Adam Nevill Copy Share Image
I have a lot of maneuvers in my back pocket, so to speak. And to me, the thing is to always surprise… — Cesaro Copy Share Image
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These days, I like to think of sentences as workers. Only one of their jobs is to look and sound good. Sentences… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for a way to surprise audiences. That's, I feel, my job as a director. I felt that Amy Adams… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
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I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much… — Bob Barker Copy Share Image
It's fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. We're still getting massive surprises, every time… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity,… — Rita Gelman Copy Share Image
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I can tell you one of the most surprising ingredients I've ever found. Perhaps five years ago on a beach I saw… — Rene Redzepi Copy Share Image
None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need… — Charles Brent Copy Share Image
Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which… — Samuel Longfellow Copy Share Image
It's not a surprise to us that every large technology company is trying to build an offering like AWS' because it's such… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
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Every time I go to Athens, it's not just a trip down memory lane; there's some surprise. I always meet somebody new,… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
Unless I'm a little bit scared about something, I'm genuinely not actually entirely happy. I feel I need to be just that… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Maggie Shipstead's prose is so graceful and muscular, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
I’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so… — Lucy Christopher Copy Share Image
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It almost takes people by surprise when I'm not a big talker. Because I'm known as being sort of a loud mouth.… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
On December 7, 1941, an event took place that had nothing to do with me or my family and yet which had… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
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