- Nov 07, 2020
Surprise Quotes
Most Famous Surprise Quotes of All Time!
The best art often lives in that space between what audiences expect and a well-placed surprise, a balance many creators say defines great work. Some describe preferring an honest, revealing atmosphere over tricking people with a concealed motive, themes explored further in our Always quotes.
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- Stand
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been acting for 27 years, and anonymity has always been a part of what I do. Of course you get recognised every now and again, but 'Homeland' pushed me into a completely different strata, and that took me by surprise.
- Finely
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's no surprise that hackers working for North Korea, Iran's mullahs, Vladimir V. Putin in Russia, and the People's Liberation Army of China have all learned that the great advantage of cyberweapons is that they are the opposite of a nuke: hard to detect, easy to deny, and increasingly finely targeted.
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to satisfy our fans, but we want to surprise them, too. That's our challenge.
- Copy
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first redesigned the 'Surfer' magazine, a magazine about magazines took a copy to the famous American designer Milton Glaser, and - surprise surprise - he hated it.
- Calories
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been known since 1916 that cutting back calories is beneficial in every organism it's been tested on - from yeast to worms to mice to monkeys. I think it would be a surprise if we are an exception to that rule.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Russians are turning east to the Chinese - to the Europeans' surprise. It always seemed to me that the relationship between Russia and China would shift from being based in Marx and Lenin to being based in oil and gas.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
How powerful it is to surprise a total stranger with a really nice act: buy them a cup of coffee, pay their toll. It makes their day; it makes your day.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time something happens, whether I've won the most or lost the most, there's always 'oldest' tied to it. It's not a surprise anymore.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too little on the 'voice of the people.'
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.
Even a friendship built over decades can still hold room for genuine surprise when someone's success feels inevitable in hindsight. Spring itself gets described as quietly rehearsing its yearly surprise, a gentle reminder found throughout our Being, Life, and Me quotes.