Shocked Quotes - Page 17

• I can't think logically about who I am or where I am going. I have been very ecstatic, horribly depressed, shocked, elated, enlightened, and enervated.

  Sylvia Plath

  Thinking, Who I Am, Enlightened

  Sylvia Plath, Aurelia Schober Plath (1975). “Letters home: correspondence, 1950-1963”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

  Placido Domingo

  Years, Two, Space

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• One of the things that is devastating is I realise I haven't been living a different life than when I was, like, 12. I'm shocked at how reclusive I've been since then. I was unaware of it until recently.

  Gus Van Sant

  Different, Realising, Havens

  "All the world's an art school" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2004.

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• I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.

  Jon Ronson

  Way, Kind, Sept 11

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• A businessman admits that he 'let go' an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself, he explains. I am shocked, like a good Westerner should be.

  Robert Fisk

  Letting Go, Looks, Should

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• I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

  David Coverdale

  Europe, Purple, Long

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• When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.

  Patricia Ireland

  School, Fighting, Men

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• The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.

  Callie Khouri

  Crowds, Faces, Saws

  "The Movie Callie Khouri Has 'Seen A Million Times'". "All Things Considered" with Celeste Headlee, news.stlpublicradio.org. October 14, 2012.

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• Every single day, I'm shocked at what I've been given the opportunity to do.

  Karlie Kloss

  "Candice Brown: ‘I still can’t watch my Bake Off final without getting emotional'". Interview with Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2017.

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• The one place I've seen something really come together is in editing. Sometimes you can save pieces in a way that you're really shocked.

  Nick Kroll

  Editing, Together, Pieces

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• The colors and creativity of our painters attracted me, but I remember that I was shocked by the lack of proportion.

  Ralph Allen

  Creativity, Color, Remember

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• People find it very, very difficult to believe what I've done. Scientists have seen my work and they can't explain it. Even nano-scientists have seen it and been totally shocked. But if any man on Earth wants to challenge me, I'm ready. Bring it on.

  Willard Wigan

  Believe, Men, People

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• England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War… I love it.

  Ian Hislop

  War, Shells, World

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• The first country that I went to outside of America was Japan and I was completely shocked - especially since I was 16 and over there by myself. I was like: "I don't get it; there's nothing in English!"

  Cameron Diaz

  Country, Japan, America

  "The Holiday - Cameron Diaz interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Will began to straighten up, to turn away from the bed. And as he did, he felt something wrap tightly around his wrist. He glanced down and saw Jem’s hand braceleting his own. For a moment he was too shocked to do anything but stare. “I am not dead yet, Will,” Jem said in a soft voice, thin but as strong as wire. “What did Magnus mean by asking you if I knew you were in love with Tessa?

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Mean, Hands

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• I find it really interesting that people are shocked by the raw, natural representation of a woman and a man's body. I guess it's subverting our expectations in terms of how we've come to expect women to present themselves when they're being naked. Also the woman's and the man's role is subverted in that image. You'd expect the man to be carrying the woman.

  Bat for Lashes

  Men, Interesting, Expectations

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• A—ris—ta?” Degan asked, sounding horse. “What is it?” “A rat bit me,” she said, once again shocked by her own rasping voice. “Jasper does that if—” Gaunt coughed and hacked. After a moment, he spoke again. “If he thinks you’re dead or too weak to fight.” “Jasper?” “I call him that, but I’ve also named the stones in my cell.” “I only counted mine,” Arista said. “Two hundred and thirty-four,” Degan replied instantly. “I have two hundred and twenty-eight.” “Did you count the cracked ones as two?” “No.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Horse, Fighting, Thinking

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• The quantum death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. 24 hours before he was "officially" declared dead it was announced on the internet that he had already died. Many people were shocked to hear of his "official" death, especially those who had believed he was already dead. Philip Seymour Hoffman was both dead and alive in the minds of millions simultaneously. A rare death for a rare actor.

  Dean Cavanagh

  People, Mind, Actors

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• I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

  Samantha Bond

  Looks, Television, Youth

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• I was shocked to find out that only 50 percent of women do not engage with makeup and the reasons are: They don't know how to use it, they don't know what suits them, they don't have the time.

  Charlotte Tilbury

  Makeup, Use, Suits

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• One day, we will look back and wonder how on earth we used to believe that depression was a lifestyle choice, only to be debated and taken seriously when an A List film star took his life, and the world filled with people saying how shocked and saddened they were.

  Alastair Campbell

  Stars, Believe, Taken

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• Sure many people will be shocked when I win, but not me.

  Chris Algieri

  Winning, People

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• A guy friend I was speaking to said he was talking to a group of male producersand he was just shocked that they said, "But if we give women directors a job they're going to
  take jobs away from the men." I almost fell out of my chair. But when I encounter this kind
  of thing, what I try to do is give a chiropractic adjustment to the mind, quickly.

  Rose McGowan

  Jobs, Men, Talking

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• I think a lot of people have had their eyes open, shocked that the team they thought they were on didn't exist, and that the games were not being played to win. I guess it's shocking to a lot of people.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Team, Eye, Thinking

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...

  Ani DiFranco

  Mistake, Generations, Radio

  "Song: Out of Range". July 26, 1994.

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