- 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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- Organization
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- Nov 07, 2020
But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jazz and poetry both involve a structure that may be familiar and to some extent predictable. And then, you try to create as much surprise and spontaneity and feeling and variation while respecting that structure.
- Quantum
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum mechanics, and so did other things.
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the biggest surprise is that Google still functions despite the explosion in the number of sites.
- Bottom
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
- Limit
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- Nov 07, 2020
The abolition of the presidential term limit and President Xi Jinping's concentration of power have come as an unwelcome surprise to many.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a result of being on 'SVU' and 'Homicide' all these years, there's a lot of people who don't know I used to do stand-up. When they see me onstage, it's a surprise, and it's revelatory. I'm happy because I can do my old material, so everybody wins.
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can tell you one of the most surprising ingredients I've ever found. Perhaps five years ago on a beach I saw this herb that looked exactly like chives. I put it in my mouth and started chewing and, surprise, it tasted exactly like coriander.
- Gamer
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- Nov 07, 2020
No gamer, whether you've played 'Duke 3D' or you haven't, can play 'Duke Forever' without having experiences that surprise them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
To my surprise, I have an Emmy nomination, and I have never even been to the Emmys! So it's like I am Cinderella. But actually having thought about it, I am Cinder-elder!
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.
- Cafe
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a surprise for my family when I told them that I was offered 'Madras Cafe.' My family was initially worried because I have got no film background.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
First, it doesn't surprise me that traditional music has experienced a kind of exhaustion in the 20th century - not forgetting that many musicians started to look outside the traditional structures of tonality.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the play of 'Fleabag,' we had conversations with different channels and with film companies about whether 'Fleabag' should be a half-hour sitcom, an hourlong, serialized drama, or a film. And I knew that it couldn't be a drama because I wanted to hide the drama - that had to be the surprise. I knew it had to be comedy.
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.