Shock Quotes - Page 29

• I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

  Ai Weiwei

  Mean, People, Trying

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• I was in such a state of mental shock and quickly spiraled into a depression at the multitude of loss. My husband, I thought, was going to leave me. I was cut off from this mentor and someone I cared for very much, David Petraeus, who also did nothing to stand up for me and in fact, empowered his surrogates to throw me under the bus, and that was devastating.

  Paula Broadwell

  Husband, Cutting, Loss

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• When I fell, some people were in such shock that they didn't reach out. They were so mad at me, rather than having compassion for what happened. I lost a lot of friends.

  Paula Broadwell

  Compassion, Mad, People

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• We are awakening from the dream of isolation, from the dream of loneliness, and it's a terrible shock.

  Leonard Cohen

  Dream, Loneliness, Awakening

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I had some people who disagreed with me here or there - but nothing as strong as I've received, you know, coming to America. That is the irony of life, so I guess - I always tell people - I go I feel like in a strange way, I'm home. You know, this doesn't shock me. This is just - I've come a long way to be in a place that is extremely familiar to me.

  Trevor Noah

  Strong, Home, America

  "Trevor Noah Says He Grew Up 'In The Shadow Of A Giant' (His Mom)". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 22, 2016.

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• Light shows are sort of a meditative kind of experience, you know. It is not like a shock.

  Jerry Garcia

  Light, Kind, Shows

  Source: medium.com

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• I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.

  Elton John

  Heart, Artist, Soul

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• When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us.

  Byron Katie

  Answers, Stills

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.

  John Wesley Harding

  Years, Said, Stills

  Source: articles.chicagotribune.com

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• When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock because England wasn't what I expected it to be... where people lived like Jane Austen.

  Buchi Emecheta

  Strong, People, Black

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• A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life.

  Varg Vikernes

  Children, Men, Wife

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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• When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture as well, of course) - but my couture is about going near the clothes and having a look at the details. I like people to have a shock in a chic way.

  Riccardo Tisci

  School, Clothes, People

  Source: www.dazeddigital.com

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• I’d only met him once, at the mall. He was tall, with a big floppy shock of blond hair he was always getting out of his face by jerking his head suddenly to the side, whiplash-style. Rina found this incredibly sexy. It made me nervous. - Caitlin about Jeff

  Sarah Dessen

  Sexy, Hair, Style

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “Dreamland”, p.128, Penguin

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• Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. See it and leave. If you stay too long, you wear out the wordless shock. Love it and trust it and leave.

  Don DeLillo

  Moving, Long, Sometimes

  Don DeLillo (2007). “Underworld: A Novel”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• What a thrill, what a shock, to be alive on a morning in June, prosperous, almost scandalously privileged, with a simple errand to run.

  Michael Cunningham

  Running, Morning, Simple

  Michael Cunningham (2013). “The Hours”, p.10, HarperCollins UK

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• Through Nic's drug addiction, I have learned that parents can bear almost anything....I shock myself with my ability to rationalize and tolerate things once unthinkable. The rationalizations escalate....It's only marijuana. He gets high only on weekends. At least he's not using hard drugs.

  David Sheff

  Weekend, Marijuana, Addiction

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• I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.

  Charles Darwin

  Religious, Science, Views

  Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all.

  Donna Tartt

  Recognition

  Donna Tartt (2011). “The Secret History”, p.206, Vintage

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• I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation of that emotion, and for this reason it was a temptation to exaggerate, to throw a rope of superlatives across the abyss that divided experience from its representation by anecdote.

  Ian Mcewan

  Intelligent, Temptation, Shadow

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• To Trin Tragula's horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.

  Douglas Adams

  Brain, Satisfaction, Size

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

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• HE was standing across the street, staring at her with a look of shock and dismay. One look in Oliver's eyes and she knew he knew. But how? How could he have known? The'd been so careful to keep their love a secret. The grief etched all over his face was too much to bear. Schuyler felt the words catch in her throat as she crossed the stree to stand in front of him. "Ollie...it's not..." Oliver shot her a look of pure hatred, turned on his heel and began to run away. "OLIVER, please,let me explain.

  Melissa de la Cruz

  Running, Grief, Eye

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• He had some measure of the infuriating trait that causes a young man to be a nonconformist for its own sake and found that the surest way to shock most people, in those days, was to believe that some kinds of behavior were bad and others good, and that it was reasonable to live one's life accordingly.

  Neal Stephenson

  Believe, Men, People

  Neal Stephenson (2003). “The Diamond Age”, p.20, Spectra

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• And yet every so often, the heart of America, shuddering with indignation, sends a nervous spasm through the gentle back of the Andes, and tumultuous shock waves assault the surface of the land. Three times the cuppola of proud Santo Domingo has collapsed from on high to the rhythm of broken bones and its worn walls have opened and fallen too. But the foundations they rest on are unmoved, the great blocks of the Temple of the Sun exhibit their gray stone indifferently; however colossal the disaster befalling its oppressor, not one of its huge rocks shifts from its place.

  Che Guevara

  Wall, Block, Heart

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• Do you question my authority? I am the headmistress of Evernight!" It was Balthazar who answered her by casually slinging his crossbow back upon his shoulder so that it just happened to be aimed straight at Mrs. Bethany. He wasn't threatening her, exactly, but it was very clear that he wasn't going to back down. As she jerked upright in shock, Balthazar drawled, "School's out.

  Claudia Gray

  School, Threatening, Authority

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• Winter looked at Leven. Leven looked right back at her. Winter's cheeks burned red and her green eyes outshone Leven's. The two of them stared at one another and then, as if they were destined to, thay began to lean into one another, Leven closed his eyes. "What are you doing?" Geth asked concerned. Winter closed his eyes too and leaned close. Both of them looked panicked and out of control, but it didn't stop them from moving closer and kissing each other. Clover's jaw dropped and he pulled something out of his void just so he could let go of it in shock.

  Obert Skye

  Letting Go, Moving, Eye

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