Shocked Quotes - Page 14

• The Golden Notebook for some reason surprised people but it was no more than you would hear women say in their kitchens every day in any country... I was really astounded that some people were shocked.

  Doris Lessing

  Notebook, Country, People

  "Doris Lessing: being a woman writer". Undated profile at the BBC World Service, www.bbc.co.uk.

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• I'm shocked at the sexism and double standard coming out of the far right.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Double Standard, Standards, Coming Out

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• It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself. I've played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.

  Roger Federer

  Unreal, Destroyed

  "Majestic Federer thrashes Roddick" by Caroline Cheese, news.bbc.co.uk. January 25, 2007.

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• When I found out I could write I was shocked! I didn't know I could write.

  Carl Reiner

  Writing, Found, Knows

  "Carl Reiner on writing a children's book, tweeting, and joking around with Mel Brooks". Interview with Katherine Brodsky, tv.avclub.com. June 23, 2015.

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• I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.

  Maya Angelou

  Girl, Dream, Kings

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 28, 2013

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• I was shocked when they told me congratulations, you won, that's the good news. Then the bad news is that you have six battles next week. That was a bit of a shocker. I was exhausted. And I had Chopped shooting that same week. I didn't have a sous chef lined up; I thought that was bad karma to try to think ahead. So I scrambled. I scrambled the jets, took off and we bombed our target. I think it's gone well.

  Geoffrey Zakarian

  Karma, Congratulations, Thinking

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• You just don't expect posh girls to grab your tits, call your trousers "too clitty" and use words like "pussy pelmet" but they do. You are so shocked by what they are saying that by the time you have recovered and thought of something to say they have whipped you out of your jeans and eased you into a Lycra cat suit.

  Susannah Constantine

  Girl, Cat, Jeans

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• The people were shocked to find out that their vote is worthless because of the major fraud that takes place in Iraq.

  Saleh al-Mutlaq

  Iraq, People, Vote

  "Iraq Constitution Passes in Referendum". Al-Arabiya TV, www.foxnews.com. October 25, 2005.

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• Talking Taboo is a groundbreaking book. This chorus of bold female voices is presenting the church with an opportunity to engage real but all too frequently avoided or unseen issues impacting countless Christian women today. Their candid essays cover a wide spectrum of perspectives. Readers will resonate with some and be shocked by others. Talking Taboo took courage to write. Reading taboo takes courage too. So buckle up and brace yourself for an eye-opening but vitally important read!

  Carolyn Custis James

  Christian, Real, Book

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• President Obama said the small drone that flew over the White House fence yesterday could be bought at any RadioShack. After hearing this, the RadioShack CEO said, 'I'm shocked to find out we still sell something people want.'

  Conan O'Brien

  White, Yesterday, People

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• Kaka beat Fletcher to the ball, and headed it past Heinze as the Argentine sought to close him down. Heinze could still have dealt with the problem, but, inexplicably, Patrice Evra came flying in like a runaway TGV. Heinze was flattened, Fletcher was so shocked that he stopped to rubber-neck, and Kaka strolled on and rolled the ball past Van der Sar. Evra's nightmare of a half continued when he crazily got himself cautioned for dissent, so removing Ferguson's one remaining first-choice defender from the away leg. Madness.

  Henry Winter

  Soccer, Football, Past

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• There has been lots of things said about me over the years. I am happy to comment on people's opinion in football I respect, but Tony Cascarino is a man I certainly do not respect, for a lot of reasons, and if I told you, you would be shocked. So the day I worry about Tony Cascarino will be a very sad day of my life.

  Roy Keane

  Soccer, Football, Men

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I tell you what, I was so shocked because I didn't think the ball had enough to get out. It's an absolutely incredible feeling. I can honestly say I did it.

  Mark McGwire

  Sports, Thinking, Feelings

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A shocked sense of justice has to be removed and justice restored.

  Ndabaningi Sithole

  Wisdom, Justice, Politics

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• I don't know their names. Their names have been erased from my memory banks. If I tried to bring 'em back, I'd get shocked.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Memories, Names

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• Even Arnold's adviser says he was shocked by his decision to run. I mean, his people were backstage that night and they had no idea. He totally fooled them. Who knew Arnold was that good of an actor? If he had done that in a movie, he'd have an Academy Award by now.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Mean, Night

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• Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he is going to run for governor on our program last night. My staff didn't know, Arnold's staff didn't know, I was shocked as everyone else. If he doesn't get elected governor, maybe he should work for the CIA. I mean, he can keep a secret better than they can.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Mean, Night

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• I look back at my adolescence, and Im shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior.

  Katherine Waterston

  Ideas, Adults, Looks

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• We are shocked and saddened by Bob Casale's passing. He not only was integral in DEVO's sound, he worked over twenty years at Mutato, collaborating with me on sixty or seventy films and television shows, not to mention countless commercials and many video games. Bob was instrumental in creating the sound of projects as varied as Rugrats and Wes Anderson's films. He was a great friend. I will miss him greatly.

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Years, Games, Creating

  "Devo guitarist Bob Casale dead of heart failure at age 61". www.foxnews.com. February 18, 2014.

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• We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Essence, Ideas, Mind

  Charles Caleb Colton (1821). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.190

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• You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

  Agatha Christie

  Thinking, Towns, Littles

  Agatha Christie (1967). “Murder in our midst”

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• I do dislike people with Moral Aims. Everyone asks me why I learn Arabic, and when I say I just like it, they looked shocked and incredulous.

  Freya Stark

  People, Moral, Aim

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• Monstrous behavior is the order of the day. I'll tell you when to be shocked. When something human and decent happens!

  Lucille Kallen

  Order, Behavior, Decent

  Lucille Kallen (1981). “Introducing C.B. Greenfield”

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• The aristocrat, when he wants to, has very good manners. The Scottish upper classes, in particular, have that shell-shocked look that probably comes from banging their heads on low beams leaping to their feet whenever a woman comes into the room. Aristocrats are also deeply male chauvinist, and ... on the whole they tend to be reactionary.

  Jilly Cooper

  Upper Class, Feet, Good Man

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• I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend - just as if it were a novel - very rapidly, and I've never gotten over the shock of it. The miracles, the inconsistencies, the improbabilities, the impossibilities, the wretched history, the sordid sex, the sadism in it - the whole thing shocked me profoundly.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Bible, Sex, Weekend

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