Surprise Quotes - Page 33

• I'd rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know I can do.

  Helen Frankenthaler

  Risk, Ugly, Rely

  Helen Frankenthaler, Barbara Rose (1970*). “Frankenthaler”

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• I always knew I would be successful. So there was no element of surprise.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Successful, Would Be, Elements

  "Aishwarya Rai's post-baby body forces India to confront its attitude to women" by Sarfraz Manzoor, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2012.

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• It's that element of surprise. When you lose control, you discover new things.

  Daniel Lanois

  Elements, New Things, Loses

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• As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which is probably not a surprise) and I love the theater and art museums. I especially love all the instruments of art: inks, pens, paintbrushes, watercolors and oils, fine papers and canvases, and although I love to mess around with these tools and objects, I have minimal artistic skills.

  Sharon Creech

  Art, Book, Museums

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• It will probably surprise many who know nothing of Proudhon save his declaration that 'property is robbery' to learn that he was perhaps the most vigorous hater of Communism that ever lived on this planet. But the apparent inconsistency vanishes when you read his book and find that by property he means simply legally privileged wealth or the power of usury, and not at all the possession by the labourer of his products.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Book, Mean, Usury

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1893). “Instead of a Book”, Ayer Company Pub

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• The sound of a small bell during a dark night, is louder than the din of traffic outside your window during rush hour. Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.

  Seth Godin

  Dark, Night, Impact

  FaceBook post by Seth Godin from Dec 10, 2013

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• It should not be a surprise to find that s/m fantasy is significant in women's sex lives. Women may be born free but they are born into a system of subordination. We are not born into equality and do not have equality to eroticise. We are not born into power and do not have power to eroticise. We are born into subordination and it is in subordination that we learn our sexual and emotional responses. It would be surprising indeed if any woman reared under male supremacy was able to escape the forces constructing her into a member of an inferior slave class.

  Sheila Jeffreys

  Sex, Emotional, Class

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• The equality of play was a surprise-it was the most competitive race in the seven-year history of MLS.

  Lamar Hunt

  Race, Years, Play

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• In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Next, Between The Lines

  Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer (2013). “Between the Lines”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.

  Eric Hobsbawm

  Certain

  "Staking Out The Globe" by David M. Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. February 21, 1988.

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• We came out right in the middle of the hard-rock period... it was hard-rock everywhere! But we were ready to make our music, you know?And it was such a turn around, I guess it caught people by surprise.

  Karen Carpenter

  Rocks, People, Middle

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

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• One cannot help but be impressed by this music. The musicianship is top-notch, the performances unpredictable and full of surprises, and Eric Starr's writing is consistently inventive.

  Scott Yanow

  Writing, Eric, Helping

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• Free music is in a constant state of surprise and, consequently, presents no surprise at all. So, I'm not really a fan of Free music. Having said that, Jazz is based on individual expression and I'm compelled to respect the Free player's option to express himself as he chooses.

  Pete La Roca

  Music, Player, Expression

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• Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.

  Rita Gelman

  Inspirational, Keys, Joy

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• My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.

  Natalia Vodianova

  Childhood, Resilience, Littles

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• When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high.

  Hideki Tojo

  Blessing, Should Have, Reflecting Upon

  "Hideki Tojo's Prison Diary". "The Journal of Historical Review", Vol. 12, No. 1, (pp. 31-85), www.ihr.org. 1992.

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• Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

  George Herbert

  Angel, Sunday, Blessing

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.47

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• The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally.

  James Berardinelli

  Air, Purpose, Sole

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• School prepares for the alienating institutionalization of life by teaching the need to be taught.  Once this lesson is learned, people lose their incentive to grow in independence; they no longer find relatedness attractive, and close themselves off to the surprises which life offers when it is not predetermined by institutional definition.

  Ivan Illich

  Teaching, School, People

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• I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.

  Alejandro Amenabar

  Change, Needs, Actors

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• When I go to the cinema, I'm often frustrated because I can guess exactly what is going to happen about ten minutes into the screening. So, when I'm working on a subject, I'm always looking for the element of surprise.

  Sergio Leone

  Frustrated, Cinema, Elements

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• Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days and fill our eyes with light.

  Samuel Longfellow

  Eye, Simple, Light

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• I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise.

  Marc Riboud

  Encounters, Should, Wanted

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• A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?

  Gotye

  Thinking, Discovery, Brain

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• The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

  Jeff Probst

  Surprise Me, Who You Are

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