Shocked Quotes - Page 7

• I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and when I watched 'Shrek' I really laughed out loud.

  Cheryl Hines

  Adults, Littles, Loud

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• I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

  Olivia de Havilland

  Niece, Expression, Appreciate

  "Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dead at 96" by Alan Duke, www.cnn.com. December 16, 2013.

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• As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name, America gave him the White House based on the same credentials.

  Newt Gingrich

  Names, White, America

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• I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years . . . and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.

  Billy Crystal

  Grateful, Thinking, Years

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• I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here.

  George Dzundza

  Kindness, Cat, Cities

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• A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Men, Giving, Police

  "The Threepenny Opera". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1928.

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• Anyone not shocked by quantum mechanics has not yet understood it.

  Niels Bohr

  Physics, Mechanic, Quantum

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• I was shocked the first time the paps got me in America - when a video camera is put in your face and you're asked questions and 15 people are walking backwards taking your picture. I was coming out of a pizza shop and had my daughter with me.

  Stephen Moyer

  Daughter, Mother, America

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• People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy

  James Lafferty

  Nice, Character, People

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• I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations' early in the morning and I remember the first time I walked in it was just a sea of red.

  Matthew Rhys

  Morning, Sea, People

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• The thing that you have to understand about those of us in the Black Muslim movement was that all of us believed 100 percent in the divinity of Elijah Muhammad. We believed in him. We actually believed that God, in Detroit by the way, that God had taught him and all of that. I always believed that he believed in himself. And I was shocked when I found out that he himself didn't believe it.

  Malcolm X

  Believe, Black, Movement

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• I was shocked by the reaction I got for Bleak House. It was very intensive but one of the best jobs of my life. It was a chance to play a character that grows and develops and I was very enmeshed in it. But I didn't realise how stylish it was and how much people would love it.

  Anna Maxwell Martin

  Jobs, Character, Play

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• I'd much rather go out having America shocked than having America go, 'Eh, it was his time.'

  Colton Dixon

  America

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• I'm shocked every time that I've reached so many finals or won against so many players or whatever record it is. It strikes me and makes me obviously very happy and very proud that I've been able to do it for so many years at the highest of levels.

  Roger Federer

  Player, Years, Finals

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• I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.

  Jane Fonda

  Sex, Stars, Roles

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• So I am deeply saddened and shocked over the current legislation that is now in place against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community here in Russia. In my opinion, it is inhumane and it is isolating.

  Elton John

  Gay, Bisexual, Russia

  "VIDEO: Elton John Denounces Russia’s Anti-Gay Law at Moscow Concert" by Asawin Suebsaeng, www.motherjones.com. December 7, 2013.

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• General Colin Powell shocked a lot of people in Washington by speaking out against President Bush's policies, saying that the world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. That's what I think he said - it was hard to hear him because he was being hustled out of the room to his cell in Guantanamo Bay.

  Jay Leno

  Fighting, Thinking, Cells

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• It's sad that we have become so accustomed to bad service that we're shocked when we get good service.

  Neil Cavuto

  Literature, Good Service, Bad Service

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• I am shocked, truly shocked. I was in Siberia a few weeks ago, and I am now just back in from the field in Alaska. The permafrost is melting fast all over the Arctic, lakes are forming everywhere and methane is bubbling up out of them.

  Katey Walter

  Lakes, Alaska, Melting

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• Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Believe, Giving, Catholic

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• I always loved how people like Jon Voight and Laurence Olivier shocked you every time they came on-screen. They were so different each time. That's what I hope to do with acting - be the chameleon and not get stuck in a type.

  Julia Stiles

  People, Acting, Different

  Vanity Fair, August 1998.

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• I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually is...The biggest one in the whole Bible is God...I mean, He lost His top-ranking, most anointed angel; the first man He ever created; the first woman He ever created; the whole earth and all the fullness therein; a third of the angels, at least - that's a big loss, man....Now, the reason you don't think of God as a failure is He never said He's a failure. And you're not a failure till you say you're one.

  Kenneth Copeland

  Mean, Angel, Loss

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• I send my condolences, and the condolences of the Palestinian people to American President Bush and his government and to the American people for this terrible act....We completely condemn this serious operation.... We were completely shocked.... It's unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable.

  Yasser Arafat

  Condolences, Government, People

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• September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the US government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Issues, September 11

  Noam Chomsky (2008). “Interventions”, p.21, Penguin UK

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• I was shocked to find out that 1 in 4 women are affected by domestic violence at some point in their lifetime. So many women never tell anyone that they are being abused by their partner. I have joined the 'Real Man' Women's Aid campaign to show that real men don't abuse women and that a real man will always stand up against domestic violence.

  Ugo Monye

  Real, Men, Domestic Violence

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