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Great thinkers often learn, to their surprise, that new ideas are less than welcome.
Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
We want to satisfy our fans, but we want to surprise them, too. That's our challenge.
I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.
I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...
There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems.
It is no surprise that animation is Hollywood's most successful and innovative genre.
Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
You can treat experience as a set of surprises on which to exercise your quirky self.
There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.
To my surprise, I discovered that I could act, and I liked it even better than boxing.
A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.
The essence of humour is surprise; that is why you laugh when you see a joke in Punch.
Paulinho will surprise many people. If he does not fit at Barca, he would at Atletico.
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
I think it might surprise the average person how angry people can get over the comics.
You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.
Perhaps the safest prediction we can make about the future is that it will surprise us.
Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.
Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.
If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.
When I think people like one record more than the other, then someone will surprise me.
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.
I discovered, to my surprise, that writing for live television made me a faster writer.
What I always got excited about with 'Arrested Development' was the element of surprise.
The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.
Nor count compartments of the floors, But mount to paradise By the stairway of surprise.
Readers regularly ask what can go wrong but almost never what could positively surprise.
Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.
You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best.
Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.
It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.
Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens.
Ah, life's little surprises! They can make any day unforgettable... or make it your last.
It was a bit of a surprise when I became a Tory MP. My friends said it was a stupid idea.
I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.
When you're willing to be vulnerable, you can surprise yourself at how strong you can be.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.
The biggest surprise to people is that I sang background on Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' album.
Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.
Expect nothing at all and accept as a joyful surprise whatever good you find in matrimony.
If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.
The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope.