“ The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. ”
- David Mamet- Copy
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“ It still comes as something of a shock to say that word 'we' in the absence brought by Peter's passing. ”
- Dan Rather- Copy
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“ What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party. ”
- John Keats- Copy
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“ Enlightenment must come little by little, otherwise it would overwhelm. ”
- Idries Shah- Copy
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“ I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging. ”
- Aishwarya Rai- Copy
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“ This is a pleasant surprise, Archie. I would not have believed it. That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. ”
- Nero Wolfe- Copy
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“ It's going to be a long, tough process,... Our role in the United States Senate will be, yes, to investigate and provide appropriate oversight, but also to lower barriers for the recovery and the rebuilding and the economic growth of the Gulf states. ”
- Bill Frist- Copy
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“ What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be. ”
- Ellen Burstyn- Copy
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“ It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem — and in my esteem age is not estimable. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right. ”
- Robert Farrar Capon- Copy
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“ It's like shock on their face. Because they're like, 'I cannot believe I enjoyed your concert'. ”
- Kelly Clarkson- Copy
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“ It was not a speech of surprises. Assuming other foreign ministries have been listening, I don't what they would have learned today that they already didn't know. ”
- Stephen Hess- Copy
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“ That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises. ”
- Peter Bart- Copy
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“ I don't think of it as retaliation. I don't think of it as punishment. ”
- Donald Rumsfeld- Copy
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“ Some analysts seemed to think the company would have an upside surprise,... But they reported right in line with what the consensus was. ”
- Frank Morgan- Copy
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“ Frankly, I'm in shock. I just can't believe it...even though I had every reason to expect it. ”
- Jackie Mason- Copy
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“ I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another. ”
- Dick Cavett- Copy
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