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• Harriet Beecher Stowe thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was written through her by Another Hand, so little did she know what was going to happen from moment to moment in the book. She herself was amazed at what she was writing.

  Sophy Burnham

  Uncles, Book, Writing

  Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.18, Penguin

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• It's like a relay race of being ignored. It is really challenging, but whenever I get asked that stuff, I feel really self-conscious about it. I feel really lucky because we have a lot of help. When I first began to be a dad with Gwen [Stefani], I was amazed at what she went through.

  Gavin Rossdale

  Dad, Race, Self

  Source: collider.com

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• If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I was going to be a shoo-in for the Cy Young, I would have been absolutely ecstatic and amazed.

  Justin Verlander

  Years, Young, Ecstatic

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• The first time I was privileged to meet president Mandela was during his visit to Malawi... shortly after he was released from prison. I was amazed by his humility and his great sense of leadership... Mandela's character has shaped my life.

  Joyce Banda

  Character, Humility, President

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• Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

  Galileo Galilei

  Giving, Age, Firsts

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• When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

  Mark Twain

  Father, Stupid, Men

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• I'm amazed that I can still play really. But I can.

  Ginger Baker

  Play, Stills, I Can

  "Drumming Legend Ginger Baker Is 'Amazed' He Can Still Play". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.esquire.com. June 24, 2014.

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• I'm much more conscious of historical events since the '60s. In the '60s, I was insulated by my own addictions, my own lifestyle, from what was going on in the world. After I recovered I was amazed at certain people who had died. I hadn't noticed that they had gone. Not friends ... I'm talking about public figures who had passed away.

  Tennessee Williams

  Talking, Addiction, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm always amazed by writers who say, "Oh you know I had a half hour so I sat down and wrote a little bit." I just need a real big chunk of time to sit down and focus. That's my process.

  Terence Winter

  Real, Focus, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.

  Malcolm Cowley

  Want, Matter, Fame

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• The best time to practice mental rehearsal is at night in bed, just before you fall asleep. The last thing you do before you doze off is to imagine yourself performing at your best the following day. You will be amazed at how often the upcoming event or experience happens exactly as you imagined it.

  Brian Tracy

  Fall, Night, Practice

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Nov 30, 2013

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• I'm constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don't train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

  Zig Ziglar

  Names, People, Feel Good

  "Zig On... Don't Miss This Opportunity" by Zig Ziglar on his web site, May 25, 2010.

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• When capitalists are thwarted, deflected, or dispossessed, the generals and politicians,... and socialist intellectuals, are always amazed at how quickly the great physical means of production - the contested tokens of wealth and resources of nature - dissolve into so much scrap, ruined concrete, snarled wire, and wilderness.

  George Gilder

  Mean, Wire, Wealth

  George Gilder (1985). “The Spirit of Enterprise”, Simon & Schuster

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• I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.

  Charley Pride

  Theatre, Littles, Seasons

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• I'm always amazed when I hear people saying, "That George Bush, he's a great leader". And I wonder, where can one find a drug that would make one so delusional?

  Lewis Black

  People, Leader, Drug

  "Black on Broadway". Documentary, Comedy, www.imdb.com. May 15, 2004.

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• To see life. To see the world. To watch the faces of the poor, and the gestures of the proud. To see strange things. Machines, armies, multitudes, and shadows in the jungle. To see, and to take pleasure in seeing. To see and be instructed. To see and be amazed. (Describing the powers of photography; written for the launch of LIFE Magazine, 1936.)

  Henry R. Luce

  Photography, Army, Shadow

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• Pope John Paul II himself was kind of a rather independent, creative man. I remember being told by somebody who worked very close with him in preparation for his first visit to the United States in 1979, he studied our normative documents, Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, the Constitution. And he was amazed. He called his priests first
  thing in the morning and he said, he said, I thought America was a pagan country.

  Chris Matthews

  Country, Morning, Independent

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I'm endlessly amazed by what people are capable of, and incapable of.

  Dov Davidoff

  People, Incapable, Capable

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• Roger (Kellaway) amazed us all. Blessed with great technique, he could play any style, from ragtime to space music. Whatever style he chose to play at the moment would be filled with wonderful surprises that kept the rest of us continually delighted.

  Bill Crow

  Blessed, Play, Space

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• You aren't going to save the world on your own. But you might inspire a generation of kids to save it for all of us. You would be amazed at what inspired children can do.

  Jane Goodall

  Children, Kids, Inspire

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• I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

  Dolly Parton

  Night, People, Week

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• Yes, actually I was pretty amazed by the amount of stuff my parents put up with while I was living in their house. They had experienced all that before with older brothers and sisters, so it was fairly strict. The fear-of-God thing was pretty set and I blindly followed it until I reached a certain age. Then I just began questioning my belief system.

  Rozz Williams

  Brother, House, Parent

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• I'm amazed at how Muslims keep their humanity after reading the Koran.

  Mosab Hassan Yousef

  Reading, Humanity

  "Son of Hamas". GQ interview, www.gq.com. March 11, 2010.

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• I am amazed and thrilled and unbelievably proud about my team's performance.

  Dick Latvala

  Team, Proud, Performances

  Source: alanpaul.net

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• It's like our go-to notion of innocent and secure mythology of American life. I was always amazed when people would come up to me and say that 'Far from Heaven' was exactly what it was like back then. [laughs] I was so disinterested in what it was 'really like' in the 1950s when I was putting the film together, I was only interested in what it was like in movies.

  Todd Haynes

  People, Laughing, Heaven

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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