Unexpected Quotes
854 quotes by 684 authors
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I don't like that particular word 'shocking.' I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before … I was in a…
— Robert Mapplethorpe
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Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real…
— Berenice Abbott
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Advice is offensive, not because it lays us open to unexpected regret, or convicts us of any fault which had escaped our notice, but because…
— Samuel Johnson
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Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They…
— Paulo Coelho
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Regardless of your age, you will always have adventures, unexpected joys and unexpected sorrows.
— Betty Friedan
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Be very careful about your care. Don't use it for sexual high jinks. It can get ugly - trust me. Also be careful when flushing.
— Adam West
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The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. It feels…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.
— Gautama Buddha
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One of the most delightful things about gardening is the freemasonry it gives with other gardeners, and the interest and pleasure all gardeners get by…
— Margery Fish
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Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.
— David Cottrell
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Grace means the free, unmerited, unexpected love of God, and all the benefits, delights, and comforts which flow from it. It means that while we…
— Unknown Author
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The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is…
— Jane Heller
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In Because, Joseph Riippi says he wants this book to be ‘a love letter, a prayer, a purge’ but it actually becomes even more than…
— Kevin Sampsell
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The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.
— Sarra Manning
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I’ve reached an unexpected point in my life where I no longer have the passion that I once did for the company, for the games…
— Greg Zeschuk
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There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or dedication.…
— Nat Turner
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Mistakes - call them unexpected learning experiences.
— Richard Bach
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Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing…
— James Patterson
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The world is a glorious place, and filled with so many unexpected moments that I'd get lumps in my throat, as though I were watching…
— Douglas Coupland
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