We’ve collected the best Surprised Quotes from the greatest minds of the world: Pete Rozelle, Park Shin-hye, Noam Chomsky, Adam Ferrara, Eric Schmidt. Use them as an inspiration.
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Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama ‘Stairway To Heaven’ was me.
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That’s what’s so wonderful about being in this business because you’re constantly surprised. You have to be up for anything.
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If we discovered, emphatically, that ghosts were real, I probably wouldn’t be surprised.
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You’d be surprised what you’d catch on my playlist.
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I’m a fairly ordinary person – a lifelong reader, a former software engineer, and former math teacher. I come from a wonderful family of teachers, musicians, librarians, and engineers. I think I surprised them as well as my friends and coworkers when I took up writing as a hobby and let it take over my life!
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Some people do stage and film. Some people are film actors, and some people are stage actors. I’m quite sure that any of the actors who did the original production of ‘August‘ could have done the film of ‘August.’ I don’t think any of them were particularly surprised when they didn’t wind up doing the film.
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I just have been so surprised and delighted with what has happened with ‘Hamilton.’ It really has been one of the most enchanting experiences of my life.
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People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.
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Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?
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I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope.
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I don’t know what my Death Row meal would be. I’m surprised that people can even eat when they’re on Death Row.
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As Apple continues to release new styles of netbooks, laptops, and even desktops with untold movie-watching and game-playing capabilities, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the iPhone operating system running on them – and the Macintosh eventually becoming a thing of the past.
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I’m an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don’t really have any music theory, they don’t have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it’s mostly because we don’t know what the rules are. It’s easy for us to go to certain places, so I’m not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.
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I’m always surprised at how many people seem to like reading about what hardware and software I use.
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Small screen or big screen my job on set doesn’t really change. The only difference with TV is I get to be surprised with new information just like the audience every time I get a script.
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As a professional journalist, I’ve been interviewing people for almost thirty years. And the one thing I’ve learned from all those interviews is that I am always going to be surprised.
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I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they’re vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength.
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When I was making ‘Xen,’ I was surprised at how introverted some of the songs were. I wasn’t deliberately trying to go quieter, but I had to embrace it.
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I don’t think anybody in the entertainment industry or in politics is surprised by the fact that those worlds are rife with promiscuity and irresponsibility – certainly a lack of accountability.
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For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day to day life.
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I’ve been completely surprised at the outpouring of just incredible amounts of positive feedback and love from people all day long.
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I was surprised that when you get into electoral politics how scientific the analysis was in the electorate. You can identify on a state-by-state or district-by-district basis fundamental building blocks that behave in different ways. I was impressed in general with the sophistication of polling.
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I’m always surprised by things that happen to my work.
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I’m surprised by the fact that I like the word ‘husband.’ I thought I would hate it.
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I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring.
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Well, I don’t know what Ron has in mind, but I do know about the arc of the show. Looking at how intuitive and instinctive Eddie and I play, that is the sort of thing that leads into sexual chemistry. I wouldn’t be surprised if it emerged.
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I was sacked at Watford for a change of business plan. Anything can happen in this game. I can’t say I am never surprised because there are some surprises and there are still some crazy things that happen.
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I start with an idea that is no more than a paragraph long, and expand it slowly into an outline. But I’m always surprised by the directions things take when I actually start writing.
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The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants.
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I think stupid people are surprised that I’m Australian. It’s a small-minded; we live in a global community, but I suppose some people still are small-minded.
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It’s always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
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I’m always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I’m completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know… It’s just really remarkable.
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I actually hope people don’t react to ‘Impossible‘ in a way where they think it’s terribly retro. The plot needed to do what it needed to do. But I’m a little surprised to find myself looking a little bit like an advocate of teen marriage. It takes some exceptional circumstances for that to be a reasonable idea.
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I’m surprised some people don’t like me! I think I have a good heart, so they should like me!
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Everyone seems to be surprised that I’ve changed post-marriage. But what’s so surprising about it? You must change; it’s such a big turning point in your life.
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But I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.
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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
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When I started Participant, I felt that the movie business was ripe for a company that dealt with big issues in a systemic way. I was a little surprised that nobody had done it before. But to most people, entertainment is escapism.
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Isn’t there something wonderful about being surprised by what you weren’t suspecting?
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Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I’m continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse to come back and do it all over again.
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When I’m an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don’t know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that’s what excites me.
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In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it’s on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like.
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I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.
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I am really surprised that what I am wearing on ‘Countdown’ has got into the papers.
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One Missed Call,’ it was regarded as a mainstream film for my career because it was big budget and filmed in Japan and it really opened wide in Japan, it did really well commercially. So I was really surprised.
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I asked my husband if he was surprised by all the #MeToo stories. ‘Yeah, I’m surprised,’ he said. Ask any woman, they’re not surprised. It’s been going on for years.
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I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I go to galleries there that are the size of a New York elevator, and every time I’m surprised by the amazing things I find. I really hope I’ll be able to promote some of these artists, to show their work in the West.
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Writing is a journey of discovery because until you start, you never know what will happen, and you can be surprised by what you do – expect the unexpected!
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Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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I’m surprised how easily Don Imus came back. He was off the air for a little while after the ‘nappy-headed’ comment in 2007, and then he’s back as strong as ever.
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I am really surprised bitcoin isn’t more popular in India, given the strong gold culture here. I call it Gold 2.0. It has all the attributes other than the fact that it isn’t tangible, and tangibility is less important in the digital age.
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People in New York are surprised when I open my mouth.
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The savagery and power of Edith Wharton’s ghost stories surprised me.
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My dad didn’t know that I had an eating disorder. He had no idea, so that was weird. I was in an interview and just said it accidentally. I called my dad because I remember thinking, ‘My dad does not know that,’ and he was surprised. I think he understood, though.
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People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.
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It’s true that it’s a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.
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I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.
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I’m not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.
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I think most young professionals would be surprised to learn how accommodating employers can be to inquisitive potential candidates.
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What a crazy coincidence that the teaching of Christ sees to be so compatible with late-era capitalism, suburban isolation, rampant consumerism. And so I am not ever surprised when I see evangelicals contort themselves to justify supporting Donald Trump.
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I would say I’m very surprised it went down the way it did. I thought it was a possibility, but when I left for vacation, I definitely didn’t think I would come back as not a member of the Titans. But we had a difference of the opinion somewhere along the way.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won’t be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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I was very surprised when I first started spending time in America. The culture shock was something I wasn’t prepared for. I had a lot of work to do to try to begin to understand this enormous and complex country that I thought would be an easy process.
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I am particularly surprised that certain outlets look at pass rates irrespective of student population. As if inner city high school kids are to fare as well as college students.
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The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.
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I’m still surprised when people tell me I look like a queen.
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I like to keep my expectations low and my aspirations high in my career and my life. That way I’m pleasantly surprised more often than desperately disappointed.
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In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.
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You’d be surprised how many times I’ve had to have that conversation with heads of state who want to say to me, ‘Well, look, I know you can have some influence on the president. I need you to go back and tell him this.’
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A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I’m doing on my own, which shocks me because I’ve always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it’s not that surprising.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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I think people are a little surprised sometimes at the level on which I actually talk. I don’t talk like Caine. And every once in a while, somebody is surprised because I smoke and I drink. But I don’t feel that is a contradiction.
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I’m constantly surprised when people say, ‘But you haven‘t changed!’ It’s like saying, ‘You’ve got a wheel. Now why don’t you make it a square?’
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I’m quite surprised I ever got married in the first place.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle‘s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.
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I’m more surprised than anyone that ‘Spamalot’s done so well. You can never predict what’s going to be a hit.
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I didn’t have any idea what politics was like. I was surprised at how difficult it is to get something done. In the private world, if I have an idea, I just do it.
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There’s a lot of good, bipartisan legislation that passes in committee and then gets bottled up. As a businessman, it surprised me.
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I don’t like telling people where I stand on this, although I’m surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I’m pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let’s the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax. Okay, it’s alright he’s pro-choice then I can enjoy this.
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I think people would be most surprised to know that I love scary movies.
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If you expect nothing, you’re apt to be surprised. You’ll get it.
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I’m the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I’m really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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I’m not surprised by hardly anything anymore.
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You’d be surprised how many fans I think are from ‘The Bachelorette’ will come up and say something about football.
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When he asked me, with obvious self-satisfaction, what I thought of the scenario, I hardly knew how to answer. I asked if he had seen the play and was hardly surprised when he said no.
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People would be surprised to know that I’ve gone to regular school my whole life, and I don’t have one friend who is an actor!
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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I would be surprised though if I don’t get unbelievable critical acclaim for ‘Dirty Picture’ and a national award for my actress, Vidya Balan. The movie has one of the most well-written scripts I have come across, and a lot of youngsters in my office have looked at it with great admiration.
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Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.
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I’m always just surprised when someone writes something about me.
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When I was first on ‘Dancing With The Stars‘, people were really shocked and surprised.
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Voters who disregarded Richard Nixon’s involvement in the questionable ethics issue that led to his Checkers speech should not have been surprised when he orchestrated the Watergate cover-up as president.
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I’m not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, ‘You got the Nobel Prize.’ So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised.
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When I speak of the fear, intimidation, arrests, and public shaming of intellectuals and religious leaders who dare to speak their minds, and then I tell you that I’m from Saudi Arabia, are you surprised?
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I’m actually surprised how technical a lot of commercial wine production is. Things are done very much from an industrial chemistry point of view at certain price points, but that’s not the impression you get with wine.
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I surprise myself that I’m not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven’t given up.
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I don’t know if love exists, not the kind that keeps. I think love’s an infatuation that turns into a habit, because you can’t keep that passion going. You get used to people, and that’s death for me – I like to be surprised.
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When I saw ‘My Fair Lady,’ I was surprised at how mean and misogynistic Henry was. Maybe that’s why it’s dropping out of public consciousness.
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By the time I got to kindergarten, I was surprised to find out I was the only kid with a turkey vulture.
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You’d be surprised at how undemanding acting is.
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‘Female Convict 701: Scorpion’ is based on a manga as is ‘Lady Snowblood.’ I saw ‘Lady Snowblood’ in the theater between writing issue three and issue four of the first arc of ‘Pretty Deadly,’ and I was really surprised how much I was influenced by it.
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Ordering is difficult. It’s like arranging pieces of music in a concert: What do you put first? What do you put after the intermission? I want the reader to be sort of surprised, to come to each story freshly.
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I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I’m not actually posh.
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You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.
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One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you’re constantly surprised. You never know what’s going to happen, and it’s certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.
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‘Fresh Eyes’ was my own little discovery of having been in a relationship for a while and realizing that my favorite part of it is being surprised.
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People are always surprised when I say that I’m an atheist.
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When people meet me I think they’re surprised to find out I’m not always angst-ridden.
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We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don’t know about you, but every movie that I saw when I was a kid, I emulated. I was Haley Mills for an entire summer and had an English accent.
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Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC’s military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge.
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I’d never thought of directing as an option for me. I don’t know why, because I’m incredibly bossy. I was surprised how collaborative it is. As the producer, you have to get the money and schedule on time, and that’s not what I do best.
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If the novelist isn’t surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn’t written anything worth remembering.
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There’s definitely a list of things I’d like to do. But there’s been a lot of things I hadn’t even thought would have been possible to do that I’d been able to do, so I think I’ll surprise myself and keep breaking that glass ceiling to see what’s next. Hopefully people get surprised – that’s my main goal.
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The most surprising thing, honestly, is that so few Americans know about the orphan trains. I was also surprised at the resilience and fortitude of the riders I met, their pragmatism and grace. I don’t know whether this is a Midwestern trait or simply a human one.
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I feel I disappoint people when I am not ‘Samantha.’ They seem surprised when I don’t have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking ‘Samantha,’ and I would show up.
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The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
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I guess I can be surprised I’m alive. I’m taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
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The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I’m surprised that I’ve been able to dance as long as I have.
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There’s so many kids who only know me from the video game. And they want to know if I’m home – and if I have a video game I can give them on Halloween. And sometimes they’re surprised to learn there actually is a ‘Madden.’
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I would never want to do something just for the sake of being independent or for the sake of doing big films. I’m always surprised by the material I’m attracted to. And that’s how I like it. I like to be surprised.
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I’m quite surprised at how out of control I can be on stage because, actually, I find I like to be in control in life. It’s quite freeing, really.
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A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology.
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I can’t say I’m surprised I was successful. I was determined – and I got it.
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I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I’m sure more will be discovered.
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You’re surprised by something, but you don’t really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don’t really know what cues cause you to recognize that person.
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Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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My philosophy has been to take things day by day. When I talk about this philosophy, it makes people perhaps a little surprised.
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I’m not surprised that my books appeal to adults.
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My inspirations come from everywhere. It’s important to look at everything and anything. I think what I create is serious fashion, but I don’t want to keep my focus on that. You have to look at a lot of different things. I mean, people are always surprised when they find out that my favorite show is ‘RuPaul‘s Drag Race.’
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Read a lot – poems, prose, stories, newspapers, anything. Read books and poems that you think you will like and some that you think might not be for you. You might be surprised.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I’ve been really surprised by that, actually.
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I always wanted to be a designer and always felt surprised as a child when my sister used to deliberate about whether to be a nurse or a teacher.
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I’m always kind of surprised how much I’m associated with country music.
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I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.
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I guess I’d love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing – what a tremendous honor.
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Under promise and over deliver. People will be pleasantly surprised that you gave more than they expected. And remember that there is always room for us to be better and do better. That’s what I am calling for. Not just everybody else – myself, too.
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Although it’s only the beginning of the championship, I am very surprised at my capability.
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I was surprised to make it even to the finals of the Olympics, and to get first is above me. I don’t even know what’s going on, to be honest.
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The enemies of acting are mood and attitude and other general homogenized disruptive entities. Whereas acting is about action – doing – and unless you can figure out a way to craft in an imaginative reality to which you don’t submit, you’re going to be out of control. You’ll flip out. The job is to be surprised.
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When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it – why would I try to match it? When I wrote more of the songs in the ’90s – ‘Nick of Time’ and other songs I was surprised I came up with – it was because nobody else was saying what I wanted to say.
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First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn’t be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right – at least in democracies.
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I don’t have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You’d be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees – I think a lot of it’s imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?
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Since becoming a BBC breakfast presenter I have been paid four-figure sums for doing hour-long speeches for associations and at awards dinners. That has been an eye-opener. I am surprised by how much people are willing to pay TV celebrities to do that kind of stuff.
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Like most women, I thought it would be easy once I decided to start a family. I was surprised that Mother Nature kept poking me in the eye, saying, ‘Nope, nope, nope.’
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I’ve been out now for so many years that I am not surprised at what someone may occasionally say. It really doesn’t faze me.
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People are surprised when they realise that I have sung ‘Tinku Jiya’ as they felt it was not my genre. As a musician, till the time I don’t try something, I don’t refuse it. I like challenging jobs.
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When people meet me, and I’m generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they’re almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
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I had never heard of Meghan before. I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her, and there she was, sitting there. I thought, ‘I am really going to have to up my game here, sit down, and make sure I’ve got a good chat.’
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I think golf is literally an addiction. I’m surprised there’s not Golf Anonymous.
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Obviously I believe in reincarnation and all that kind of stuff – I don’t think anyone’s going to be surprised to hear that.
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I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.
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I was surprised to see how much the mainstream environmental movement hates the ELF.
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The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told the director what to do.
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I think I’m always surprised at how much the musicians I meet put weight on things that aren’t music.
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I never know what’s going to move me. I’m always surprised. And it’s always a mystery to the people who work with me.
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Walk to work, even if it’s four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find beauty. You’d be surprised how much more of the neighborhood you can perceive and experience when you’re looking for unique spots of beauty.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn’t let myself go to depression – to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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You would be surprised of films that people just don’t see. You know what I mean? I’m always working and I’m a film buff but I’m an old school film buff.
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Give warm greetings and farewells. I was surprised by how much this resolution changed the atmosphere of my home.
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Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown… they are so stupid and do not notice that I am standing up straighter!
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On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables. Yet even at this stage I’m often surprised. A different ending or a new character shows up and I’m back to where I began, letting the story happen, just trying to stay out of the way.
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There are times I’ve been surprised by how emotional I can be on stage.
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What surprised me about ‘The Casual Vacancy‘ was not just how good it was, but the particular way in which it was good.
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You know, I’m always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.
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I’m always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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I felt so relaxed. It just felt very easy, and that’s why it surprised me that I had broken my world record.
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I don’t know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It’s so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don’t do that. I don’t go looking for stuff that I’m interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie’s about. It’s so much more fun to be surprised.
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At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.
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Most Ohioans would be surprised to know that the same Wall Street megabanks which received bailouts from taxpayers in 2009 also receive taxpayer-funded advantages today simply because of their ‘too big to fail’ status.
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I was surprised how little I knew about the significant contributions to aviation that had happened right there in Hampton, Virginia.
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I have an appearance on a new TV show called ‘Bar Karma‘ on Current TV. I had the most fun ever making this episode. I play someone with a multiple personality, and I think my fans will be surprised and get a real giggle out of it. It’s a new model for TV in that it is interactive with the community.
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When writing ‘Behind the Mask,’ I opened up on every level. Hopefully, even the more knowledgeable fans, who really know me, will be surprised when they read it.
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I’d had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.
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I love to be surprised.
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China’s history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.
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I was pleasantly surprised with ‘Salvage.’ I went to Australia and New Zealand for the novel and met a lot of people who had experienced the earthquakes in Christchurch. They responded very strongly to the book because they had been through these natural disasters and were trying to figure out how to rebuild.
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I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman – in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.
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I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.
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Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, ‘You’re bright!’ They’re actually surprised I might be bright.
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I’ve been surprised at how much an unknown like myself can accomplish just by reaching out to people and pleading my case. Quotes for the book cover, reviews and interviews, readings and radio appearances – all this by simply moving ahead and making contact with folks I thought might enjoy the writing.
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I can tell you that if I’d had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis – which I have not – he would be very surprised to hear what I have to say.
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The founding generation would be amazed. It would be surprised. I think it would be very impressed by what has happened since then in terms of our exploding population; in terms of the success of this country economically and otherwise.
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I was reading an article about Kings of Leon’s bass player, who said that he was directly influenced by Joy Division and by me. I was like, ‘Woah!’ It surprised me. It’s a great compliment.
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I would be surprised if they gave Meryl Streep her third Oscar for a film as light as ‘Julie and Julia,’ although, of course, Katharine Hepburn’s third Oscar came with a very light performance from her in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’
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No doubt, my role in ‘Urumi’ has been one of my best so far. It surprised me as an actor and made me more confident.
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I had four sandwiches when I left New York. I only ate one and a half during the whole trip and drank a little water. I don’t suppose I had time to eat any more because, you know, it surprised me how short a distance it is to Europe.
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For most of my adult life, I dreaded the day I woke up and saw my mother in the mirror. It never happened. But, I had grown into my father. I shouldn’t have been surprised. Everyone always said I was the son he never had.
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Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved on my own. I’m grateful and surprised that we were listened to, loved, ignored, and overrated.
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But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.
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I think people will be surprised to find that I’m not as much of an idiot as they think I am. I’m not a real moron.
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My ex-girlfriend said to me, ‘I’m surprised at how normal you are since you were homeschooled.’ But I was only homeschooled because I wanted to be an actor. My parents are both teachers.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I’m pretty experienced – you’d be surprised.
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When I put out ‘Video Games‘ in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of people said they were listening to it. I was surprised when it went to the radio, without me even knowing how something like that even happens!
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Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker‘s accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never heard of her. But they shouldn’t be. Her extraordinary story was simply omitted from the history books.
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You’d be surprised how condescending people can be.
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A Fantastic Woman’ has been seen as very interesting and entertaining. The film has had very good reactions. We are very surprised and delighted how the characters have connected with so many people.
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I’m so happy to be a song-writer – I’m even surprised when I get to record anything. I consider it a considerable privilege and a blessing to have a medium of expression that has a place in the world.
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I’m always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
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‘Dancing with the Stars’ was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I’m a fighter, or they couldn’t believe I’m a professional fighter, but I feel like I’m going to get that for a while. I’m excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.
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Some journalists are pestier than others, so I find out where the pests are. I am careful with my actors and actresses. I come back and tell them, ‘Watch out for this one or that one.’ People are surprised I do that. But I watch out for them even after the movie is over.
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When people who are not black are interested in what I do, frankly, I’m always surprised. I don’t know if it’s my low expectations for white people or what.
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I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they’ve often surprised me with how they’re received.
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I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they’re kind of deadly. You’d be surprised. Unless they’re falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don’t have quite the same energy for some reason.
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So far I’m not surprised by anything about being a mom. It’s all pretty great – but that’s what I expected.
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Longest book was ‘2666’ by Roberto Bolano, and it was an irregular reading experience. I read the first four parts during a cross-country plane trip, reading at slightly slower-than-usual speed but surprised at how accessible the book was compared with ‘The Savage Detectives.’
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I’m always surprised to rediscover that there’s something kind of scary about life; and that the feeling we have that we’re in charge is probably ill founded.
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I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately.
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I submit that President Obama and all the democrat politicians that voted for Obamacare never even read the proposed law. Nancy Pelosi admitted it. So, now, when chaos reigns, they act surprised that things aren’t working.
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I don’t know why my shoes are so popular – I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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Just the idea of seeing a type of narrative we’ve not seen before is a chance to be surprised.
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I’d say it’s far more challenging to be female and be a showrunner. People are not surprised to see a black person running this show, but the female aspect is the thing that I get asked about.
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I was definitely surprised when Talk Radio took off as a play. As a film it has become somewhere between a popular thing and a cult thing.
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The key is to constantly keep the audience surprised. If they feel like something is going to happen, or they think from an educational standpoint that something is about to happen because of all the moving parts, it is your job to break that expectation and show the audience something different.
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Just get a bag and drop a dream in it, and you’ll be surprised what happens.
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Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I’m quite shy.
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I wasn’t in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
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I think people are always really surprised when they realise I’m not a very serious person and that I’m not tremendously serious about acting. I don’t like to rehearse; I hate improv. Directors that don’t like to talk, they’re my favourite ones.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don’t consider myself that funny of a person. I’m not witty. I’m kind of slow in conversations. I’m not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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We’re surprised, ecstatic, vibrant and exultant about the success of ‘7 Years.’
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The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
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British people are surprised that I’m British!
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When I began to write my books about Coalwood, I was surprised to discover, upon reflection, that it wasn’t an ordinary place at all.
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The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I’m always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries. We’ve lost something fundamentally human, and we don’t even realise it.
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Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan.
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Concrete you can mold, you can press it into – after all, you haven’t any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You’d be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line – how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were.
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I’m a big fan of ‘Glee.’ I think it’s really smart. And I think it’s well-timed. But you can’t not be surprised at the reception this show’s received. It’s really something else.
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I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.
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It’s very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you’re farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
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I am grateful for any following and am always surprised by it!
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You’d be surprised how self-conscious a lot of women are. That’s something I’ve witnessed firsthand.
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When my films don’t do well, I’m hurt and surprised. It’s discouraging.
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The first time I found out that ‘Boo’d Up’ went platinum, I was handed the plaque. They really surprised me. I thought we were gold, and then Mustard and my managers brought the plaque to my rehearsals and told me. I was like, ‘You are lying!’ Like, I couldn’t believe it. I’m just honored, honestly. It’s a great feeling.
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On my end, I am still surprised that many media organizations are unable to adapt to new media formats and, more importantly, new network behaviors.
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I’m constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that’s why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.
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Considering my specialization in architecture, I’m not surprised that the first graphic novel to thoroughly engage, not to say captivate, me is Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor‘s ‘Batman: Death by Design.’
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I was surprised about vi going in, though, I didn’t know it was in System V.
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I have not betrayed Barca, and I’m surprised anyone would doubt my commitment to Barcelona, because I’ve been a fan since birth.
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The critics of Donald Trump are looking for people to blame for his rise. There are many people who are either surprised by his strength or don’t like him and want to blame someone to explain why he has been this popular.
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I’m surprised that VR has come about so quickly. It’s lucky I just happened to write a book imagining virtual reality right on the cusp of it actually happening.
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My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.
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Some people might be surprised that ‘Rambo’s creator has a doctorate in American literature. One of my influences is Henry James, whose major theme is awareness. Whether I’m writing about military personnel, law enforcement, or De Quincey, the persistent theme is paying attention in a hostile world.
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I get a sense that we’ve all been educated into one school of thought. I’m not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that’s all they’re exposed to.
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When you’re 65, you’re surprised by what turns you on.
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I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take things off the shelf. If I don’t like the book after a bit, I don’t finish it. But I like to be surprised.
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We’ve always had this experience that things take long, but I’m 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience… I’m surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.
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Regardless of any experiences in the past, for me it really is important to be engrossed in as much of the creative process as I possibly can. I was surprised with how much the eight years I spent on ‘Castle‘ actually serviced that. I ended up, in a way, having a free education on that show.
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No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself.
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I never thought, ‘I’m going to learn how to be funny now!,’ and I’m still surprised when other people think I’m funny. I just learned to make jokes as a way of moving through the world. It helps me deal with all sorts of discomfort and boredom.
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What I’ve been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are certain types of Airbnb people, and they are in every city in the world – it’s just that in some cultures, there is more of a generational divide.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I’m even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people – the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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Looking back, I’m surprised I had the nerve to do it, but I’m glad I did. Performing the songs and performing in film was just a part of my personality, just like football and boxing at one point in my life. I was able to lose myself in both of them, and that was a good feeling.
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I’m surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, ‘We just need something to come by the camera that’s really weird.’ They call Doug Jones.
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I was very surprised to get a reading for ‘Arrested Development‘ because it really seemed to be the opposite of that which I was known for doing.
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By that point, I had started taking singing lessons. And after the first session, I mean, I was surprised that the windows didn’t shatter. And after the third session, I really didn’t know where this voice had come from.
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I really told my story as I saw it in ‘Cross to Bear,’ and I was pleased – and a bit surprised – by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the ‘New York Times‘ bestseller list? I’ll take that any day, my man!
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More often than what you’re suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me.
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Our parents are the most invaluable teachers we have, and no matter how alien it might seem to ask them to enter your ‘work’ world, you might just be surprised what comes out of it.
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Pick the one thing that you’ve really been putting off, that seems too big or too scary or too whatever, and do it this week. You might be very pleasantly surprised.
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I believe in good films and bad films. Box-office business and all is my husband’s section. Sometimes I really get surprised when good films don’t do well… Sometimes you are really shocked when an average film does very well.
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There are people who are surprised at my politics and being a conservative and the rest of it. But the truth of the matter is, to my knowledge, I have never been overlooked or turned down for anything that I wanted to do that was being offered to me.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn’t be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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British people might wonder ‘What the hell is Kenneth Branagh doing directing ‘Thor?’ but the person asking that the most was Kenneth Branagh. I think he was more surprised than anyone else to find himself doing this kind of film.
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I’m not surprised ‘The Avengers‘ has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing and showed a woman fighting and kicking and throwing men around. That was a radical departure in its time.
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After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result.
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My favorite characters that I’ve gotten to do are the ones that surprised me the most.
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For the most part, it was never assumed that I was gay, and I’ve had people be sort of surprised that I was gay or act apologetic like they didn’t know, which would just make me really uncomfortable. And I never had shame for it, but I never felt like introducing myself as, ‘I’m Antoni. I’m gay. How are you?’
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What I am interested in now is the landscape. Pictures without people. I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually there are no people in my pictures. It is so emotional.
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Working with my husband, I thought we would be at each other. As close as we are, our styles are so different. But it didn’t happen – we were surprised.
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Anybody they ever offer me in fighting, I’ll probably never be surprised, unless it’s the guy’s first fight in the UFC.
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No matter where I go, in this country or outside of this country, there are young people, and I’m always surprised that young people know about me and Colt 45.
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It’s a fine line to find that balance: to show people enough to give them the promise of something unique, and something they want to see, but at the same time make sure that when they show up for the movie, they’re surprised by what they eventually get.
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When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn’t be surprised when somebody responds in kind.
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We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven’t read things.
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I’m surprised that we’re around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.
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People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it’s a question that I cannot answer. I was never told that I was different. I was always just Sinead; I was just like my dad.
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I’ve been surprised at the number of people who were really angry that I tried to convey gender neutrality by using a gendered pronoun.
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I think people are often surprised, but I never defined myself as, ‘I’m the business guy who has to supersede what my father has done.’
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I’d grown up in the U.K., where the surveillance apparatus went into place in the 1970s in response to the Troubles with the IRA. When I was a kid, we moved to Chicago, and I was surprised to see you could live in a large city in which you didn’t have cameras on every street corner.
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Swimming is by far the best tonic I’ve found for my back. I’m not a good swimmer – I do the breaststroke or elementary backstroke in the slow lane – but when I took a two-week break from swimming I was surprised how much I missed it.
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I’m surprised that I actually pulled off the recording, getting all those people at the same time.
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Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You’d be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.
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I don’t know why people are so surprised by my live performances.
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I think what’s surprised me about the music industry is that you never know what’s going to happen. I’ve had to teach myself that, because I love to know everything. I’m quite a control freak when it comes to stuff like that.
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I know I come off differently than I think of myself. I’m always surprised by what people say about me.
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I’m not surprised about the lack of women on boardrooms. They were only emancipated 200 years ago, and historically, men have dominated. I welcome women as long as they qualify for the job.
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I’ve always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.
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I’ve been acting for years. I always act surprised when Marco Rubio says something stupid.
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I’ve realized the person that I’ve always been and this gift that I’ve always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful.
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On reflection, I am always pleasantly surprised when ordinary members of the public stop me in the street to say, ‘Thank you,’ I guess for making travel and other goods and services affordable to them.
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Hollywood is a very interesting place to deal with. And having been a theatre person, I was quite surprised by the slipperiness of some people in Holly-weird. There was a part of me that just said, ‘If this is the way the game is played, I’m not sure I want to play it.’
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Often times, I’m surprised by what I’m writing or what I’m playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process.
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I’m one of those crazy people, if I’m watching the trailer for a movie and I’m really excited by it, I’ll turn it off because I don’t want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
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I’m actually a very shy person. You’d be surprised how many leaders are shy. They’re not all extroverts by nature.
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When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we’d been saying they were.
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I want to put the joy of creativity, of drawing every day, of having a go and being surprised at what one can achieve with just a pencil and an idea at the heart of my term as laureate. I want to make sure people have fun whilst addressing fundamental issues I care about passionately.
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It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there’s a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was.
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Most of the films I’ve done haven’t done particularly well. I’m surprised I’m continuing to work.
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Yes, England lost to Iceland at Euro 2016 but you need to look at what Iceland had, as well as what England didn’t. Maybe Iceland were not technically strong but they looked very strong together and England were not the only ones surprised by them.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It’s become part of our culture, those characters.
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We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as these occur – in fact, Charlottesville confirms the violence that black people endure every day.
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I’m constantly being surprised and finding unplanned things – because the writing is a process of experiencing things on the ground with the characters.
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There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them.
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I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I’m the most surprised person of all.
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I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.
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When I was going to get ready to take ‘Dietland’ up, I have to say I was surprised to find that I felt like maybe we wouldn’t find a home for it because it’s unlike anything else that I’ve done.
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I understand that many young men and women are coming forward to join Youth Congress. I am not surprised. It is only natural. The vast majority of our youth is sober and idealistic. It looks forward to an era of disciplined, planned, constructive activity.
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Thank you for making a web site for me. I was so surprised when I found it.
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Friends frequently ask how I, given my politics, dealt with seeing my brother and his companion, Richard, together for the first time. They are surprised when I tell them it wasn’t as unsettling as I had anticipated. Richard was smart, funny, kind, and clearly devoted to Curtis. They just clicked.
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What surprised me most about the Donner tragedy was that, given the terrible circumstances, how anyone survived at all.
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I am not surprised Cameron says he supports what Gillard is doing in Australia because we have, in the U.K., a totally misconceived climate change plan as well.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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I am not the least bit surprised that injustice persists. I’m also not surprised that resistance to injustice persists.
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I thought everybody unanimously hated this man. I don’t know anyone who was like, ‘Go Trump.’ I was surprised.
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One thing people would be surprised to know about me: I have a mean roundhouse kick. And my guilty pleasure? Deep fried pig ears!
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Whenever I’ve surprised my audience, I’ve gained something out of it.
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We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary.
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Racism exists everywhere. So when people act surprised about racism, I’m the one that’s surprised.
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I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you’d be surprised when you hear some of the things said.
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I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I’m always pleasantly surprised.
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People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there’s a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
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You’d be surprised. Girls like sensitive, namby-pamby guys.
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I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn’t into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I’m still surprising people.
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I think it’s a problem when something’s a dream because it’ll never live up to your expectations. It’s better to go somewhere thinking it’ll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.
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I’m not saying that all politicians are awful. I don’t know any of them well enough to say whether they’re awful or not. But almost every day, you find out something about them that’s appalling. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised any longer.
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If pro athletes and entertainers want to freelance as political pundits, then they should not be surprised when they’re called out for insulting politicians.
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When it’s only you that you can rely on, you’re surprised at the resilience you have.
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By wrecking something, it’s always reinventing. All modern movements in art and music wrecked what came before, in a way – and surprised the cooler generation that was one step ahead. That’s how you get ahead.
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I think my fans would probably be surprised to know I’m not insane – I’m not a crazy person in real life. I’m a pretty low-key dude. I like chilling at home and playing with my dog.
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People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff.
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I’m always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I’m always surprised that it keeps happening to me.
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Who doesn’t love to be surprised?
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Trying to run Congress without human relationships is like trying to run a car without motor oil. Should we be surprised when the whole thing freezes up?
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I was really excited to land my first 1080. But I was surprised that it came a lot easier than I thought it would.
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Post-‘Daily Show‘ has been so busy, which I’ve been surprised about. We’re basically independent contractors in a way. So you have one gig, and you’re worried about never getting another gig again, or at least I do.
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I guess people might be surprised to know I read comic books. I’m a Marvel girl, as opposed to DC.
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Men go into marriage with virtually no expectations whatsoever. Ten years later, the men are delightfully surprised to find out that it’s actually kind of nice, and the women have sort of had to take a nose dive from what they thought it was going to be.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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English people are always surprised I’m English.
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Napoleon‘s plan was for his army to arrive in Egypt not as conquerors but liberators. Landing in Aboukir Bay on July 1, 1798, the French captured Alexandria the next day, overcoming the surprised Mamelukes – the despotic local rulers – with a combination of modern artillery and infantry tactics.
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Once I found out that I was playing ‘Deathlok,’ I unearthed my old comic book collection. I was going home for Christmas, and I have a collection of thousands of comics. I was surprised to see that 90% of them were Marvel. So, I wanted to go through my collection and start there.
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Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it’s so little known about it which surprised me.
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I am a good and interested mother – which has surprised me.
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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
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You’d be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
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Yes, I’m always – I’m always surprised when you make a film and you live with it a while and you put it out, you never dream that anybody is ever going to want to really see it.
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I’ve always been surprised at the number of people who think we’ve got it all figured out. It’s incorrect, and it’s a real problem.
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I was actually quite surprised how many more mythologies there are about mermaids than the ones our society knows. I was so pleasantly surprised for ‘Siren‘ to add quite an original idea to that: One that is a predator. One that is very intelligent but still has to survive in the ocean with all of its challenges.
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I’m always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they’re often not very stupid in hindsight.
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It’s hard to be surprised by a film. It’s hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you’ve seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I’m watching someone’s movie, or when I don’t know how someone made a certain turn that I didn’t expect . . . You know, I’m in.
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Everyone on ‘Ray Donovan’ was super nice. I was kind of surprised by how welcoming everyone was because of how established the show was.
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I do say things possibly other people don’t say. So I shouldn’t be too surprised when they are picked up.
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Don’t be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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We never thought ‘Say Something’ would be a holiday song. I’m still surprised that it’s resonating at this time of year. Maybe that’s why it’s working so well – it balances out all the joy.
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In all my childhood, I never heard my grandparents say that anything shocked or surprised them. They knew what their country was capable of.
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That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in many countries of the world. So I suppose that we shouldn’t be too surprised that it should infect the church as well.
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I’m a bit surprised that the Raiders turned to Art Shell to be their new head coach, not because Shell isn’t a good head coach – he had success before as the Raiders’ head coach – but because he’s been away from the game so long and the game has changed a lot in those years.
