“These occasions always took him by surprise. He was shocked anew each time the crisply surveyed, neatly kept world he so cherished… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Surprise me, Atlantean. Attack. This isn’t a dance party. (Takeshi) You know, this isn’t building my confidence. In fact, I think I’m… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm excited to bring in a new fan base for 'Charmed' and to surprise and shock the old ones as well -… — Ser'Darius Blain Copy Share Image
I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I… — Volker Bertelmann Copy Share Image
I guess I don't really measure myself by what others think. So even though I have gotten to work with some amazing… — Rooney Mara Copy Share Image
Perhaps looking out through big baby eyes - if we could - would not be as revelatory experience as many imagine. We… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said. Sam leaned down and kissed… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on.… — Genie Francis Copy Share Image
It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The biggest surprise was that a country like Angola, that has so much money, that produces so much oil, would be in… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I imagined a life that turned out to be pretty much exactly like the one I've had. That fascinates me endlessly. I… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
One of the things I love so much about horror is the way it uses surprise, and when I write, it's about:… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
My parents themselves both went to university, and they very much expected me to be an intellectual and go through further education,… — Ana Ivanovic Copy Share Image
A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real… — Pat Morita Copy Share Image
As a result of being on 'SVU' and 'Homicide' all these years, there's a lot of people who don't know I used… — Richard Belzer Copy Share Image
You could try and understand people, you could read books and understand words and concepts and ideas, but you could never understand… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
And most worryingly, it wouldn't surprise me if Putin ends up starting a major military conflict with the West at some point… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
So here are reasons why I talk to strangers: because I never know what might happen, because the world is full of… — Camille Dungy Copy Share Image
“Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the… — Emily Andrews Copy Share Image
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,-- Can your lurking thought surprise, And interpret your device, . . . .… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of… — John Schlesinger Copy Share Image
The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I once threw myself a surprise party on Twitter because I was lonely. It was awesome. Thousands of people showed up and… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise. He had a pickup truck, and the devil's eyes. He stared at me… — Richard O'Brien Copy Share Image
When you play in smaller places with a smaller symphony, sometimes there's a difference in quality. Sometimes it's murderous. Sometimes it's real… — Anne Murray Copy Share Image
It's that stubborn fixation on details that has invariably prevented me from getting excited about celebrating each passing year. Which is why… — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
On my first European solo tour, I was selling maybe 50 tickets a city until I showed up in Paris and heard… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
I think the thing about cooking from tins for me that I really enjoyed was... the convenience of it, the slight entertainment… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package,… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
“I'm surprised you're not freaking." "I don't freak'" he said bluntly. "You kinda did when I burst into flames earlier." "You caught… — Rick Gualtieri Copy Share Image
Twitter has been a pleasant surprise for me. I never imagined that anyone would be interested in what I have to say!… — Carrie Henn Copy Share Image
One pleasant surprise was when I interviewed Butch Patrick. I was expecting this bitter old drunk, and instead he had a total… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
The public is being spoiled by good technical quality photographs in magazines, on television, in the movies, and they have become bored.… — Alexey Brodovitch Copy Share Image
No person is free until he or she is free at the center. When we let go there, we are free indeed.… — E. Stanley Jones Copy Share Image
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