Shock Quotes

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Through my attempt to get pregnant through IVF, we sadly found out that I have early stages of breast cancer. It's been a shock. — Giuliana Rancic
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that… — Herbie Mann
When I was younger, living in an all-black neighborhood the other kids thought I was better than them because of my light skin and straight… — Halle Berry
It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian. — James A. Baldwin
Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of… — Thomas Noon Talfourd
Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of… — Faye J Crosby
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities.… — John L'Heureux
The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions - but… — Unknown Author
After the stretch of weather we've had, this is going to be a culture shock for some people. We always end up crashing back to… — Unknown Author
Obviously, I think it was an aberration, but it is a reality. We're still a team that won nine games, but this one was a… — Larry Coker
No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully… — Chester A. Arthur
Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by… — Michel de Montaigne
... although many people say it is a terrible onus to be labeled bad as a child, I thought that the opposite must be worse:… — Paula Sharp
Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left.… — Andre Breton
Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human… — Bill Gates
Only curiosity about the fate of others, the ability to put ourselves in their shoes, and the will to enter their world through the magic… — Azar Nafisi
The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function of the artist… — Henri Matisse
Our dangers, as it seems to me, are not from the outrageous but from the conforming; not from those who rarely and under the lurid… — Learned Hand
I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written… — Sophie Tucker

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