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A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it. — Marc Jacobs
We grew up in a very creative environment and were exposed to the arts at a very young age, so it's not a surprise that… — Spike Lee
Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible. — Stonewall Jackson
The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that… — Khalil Gibran
Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen. — Jeff Cooper
Being in deep devotion comes as a surprise the first time, because it is so difficult for people to feel even love, and devotion is… — Rajneesh
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door. — David Steindl-Rast
Will not perhaps the temporal power of Islam return and with it the menace of an armed Mohammedan world, which will shake off the domination… — Hilaire Belloc
When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious… — Therese of Lisieux
My wife and I both made a list of 5 people we could sleep with...she read hers out and there were no surprises...1 George Clooney...2… — Michael McIntyre
The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners. — Mark Twain
Each work is a surprise and has its own personal and intuitive meaning. — Fernando Araujo Perdomo
Each painting is fresh and new, a surprise even to myself. — Anne Jackson
Give young people a chance, our generation may just surprise you. — Marc Kielburger
As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging… — Maurice Wilkes
The furies are at home in the mirror; it is their address. Even the clearest water, if deep enough can drown. Never think to surprise… — R. S. Thomas
They also work as half-hours. The stories are all different but include elements of revenge, or the supernatural, or some sort of surprise. — Bryan Brown
On 3 things in his bucket list: On my bucket list... Uhm, the question is totally catching me by surprise. Some more travel, spending quality… — Gabriel Macht
I think of shock as kind of an uptown form of surprise. Comedy is filled with surprise, so when I cross a line... I like… — George Carlin
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but… — George Carlin
When it works, anticipation is far more fulfilling than surprise, because we are reminded that a sunrise is precisely as magnificent as it is inevitable. — John Green
Raising children, be aware that the piles and piles of laundry will disappear all too soon and that you will, to your surprise, miss them… — Thomas S. Monson
Vince Russo destroyed the Periodic Table as he only recognises the element of surprise. — Jim Cornette

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