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Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a… — Margaret Cho
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. — Carl von Clausewitz
One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers,… — Jean Cocteau
It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people. — Pamela Anderson
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion. — Florence Nightingale
Marriage is a lot like the army, everyone complains, but you'd be surprise at the large number that re-enlist. — James Garner
When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack. — Takeda Nobushige
Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some… — Charles Brent
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great… — Salman Rushdie
Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. — Bill Gates
Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and… — Leo Buscaglia
Buying my wife a gun sort of like me saying, ' You know, I kinda want to kill myself, but I want it to be… — Marc Maron
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate… — Sun Tzu
The nicest Father's Day surprise of all for Dad would be if you handed him a box, and he unwrapped it, and there, inside, sitting… — Dave Barry
Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredicatable, a constant surprise. — Dinah Shore
I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them. — Mike Krzyzewski
Aging is not 'lost youth,' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. It's a different stage of life, and if you are going to… — Betty Friedan
With some basic skills, ambition and persistence, then there is little limit to what you can achieve, and by trying you can often surprise yourself. — Joe Gold
That small circle of earth became a second home to both of us. Gardening boring? Never! It has surprise, tragedy, startling developments - a soap… — Paul Fleischman
Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. — H E Bates
Life is a series of surprises. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much - and pleases me so much (when my passions are not… — Lord Byron
The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible.… — W. Somerset Maugham
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try… — Condoleezza Rice

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