322 Quotes About Surprise
- Author Dennis Lehane
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Twelve dead?” I said. “Jesus.
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- Author Karl Kristian Flores
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She threw her head back and released her breath. Her series of chuckles was like a fragmented moan dribbling freely into the climate of a now happier milieu. It had been a while since Mickey’s Pub had heard a noise that could penetrate through buzzing without force, that dominated loud men with earned grace. The first drop of her pearl laughter seeped into Maxwell’s ears and dyed his eardrums pink. For a long time, the maintenance of this color would be his heartfelt mission.
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- Author Kamand Kojouri
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Beauty is dad kissing mom's hand when it cramps.Beauty is seeing a Persian woman dance.Ugly is not the absence of beauty.Uglyis the inability to identify it.The inability to be surprised by it.It is the persistent reluctance to be made a child by it.Beauty is simplythe manifestation oflove.
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- Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Creative people are constantly surprised. They don’t assume that they understand what is happening around them, and they don’t assume that anybody else does either. They question the obvious—not out of contrariness but because they see the shortcomings of accepted explanations before the rest of us do. They sense problems before they are generally perceived and are able to define what they are.
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- Author Curtis Tyrone Jones
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Each timewe bow to thefeet of anythingwe find riveting,the mind rises tobe surprised withnew crowningdiamonds ofcreativity.
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- Author John Fowles
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Then she did something as strange, as shocking, as if she had thrown off her clothes.She smiled.
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- Author Michael Bassey Johnson
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It is not a surprise that there are people we love and hate at the same time. Not as though we hate them, but we hate how they don't love us.
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- Author Owen Wister
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Nothing's queer," stated the Virginian, "except marriage and lightning. Them two occurrences can still give me a sensation of surprise.
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- Author Sameh Elsayed
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What is so unique about coaching female business executives is the fact they approach taking executive business decisions the same way they approach matching two pieces of cloths they will wear going to a cocktail party or to a classic concert . To my surprise this turned to be something that teaches me deeper business dimensions male executives are not privileged with.
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