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• There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

  Henry James

  Two, Taste, Recognition

  Henry James (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry James (Illustrated)”, p.12847, Delphi Classics

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• Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.

  Joseph Addison

  Life, Ideas, Giving

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steel (1840). “Selections from the Spectator: Embracing the Most Interesting Papers by Addison, Steel, and Others”, p.273

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• The last thing people want is a surprise, these days.

  Gregory Heisler

  People, Want, Lasts

  Source: aphotoeditor.com

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• I'm not making any plans. I'm just going to let the universe surprise me.

  John Cusack

  Surprise Me, Plans, Universe

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• The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

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• Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Success, Work, Self Esteem

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• If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.

  Alan Loy McGinnis

  Positive, Positivity, People

  Alan Loy McGinnis (2003). “The Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for”, p.98, Augsburg Books

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• Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Fun, Party, Hunting

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• God is mighty. God is caring. God is worthy of praise. God is loving. God is able. God is in control. Nothing takes God by surprise. Some sweet reminders to soak in before falling asleep tonight.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Sweet, Fall, Caring

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jan 04, 2015

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• A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Experience, Unexpected

  Francis Bacon (1765). “The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes”, p.542

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• Love withers with predictability; its very essence is surprise and amazement. To make love a prisoner of the mundane is to take its passion and lose it forever.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Passion, Essence

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• When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

  Will Rogers

  Giving, Lessons, Critters

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• My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

  Lee Trevino

  Home, Divorce, Golf

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• I am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise.

  Richard Watson Gilder

  Morning, Sea, Awakening

  Richard Watson Gilder (1900). “Five Books of Song”

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• Every time I write something, I think, this is the most offensive thing I will ever write. But no. I always surprise myself.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Writing, Thinking, Offensive

  "I dare you" by Dan Glaister, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2004.

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• A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Taken, Unexpected, Boy Scout

  Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press

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• No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

  Robert Frost

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Collected Poems (1939) "Figure a Poem Makes"

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• What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

  Ellen Burstyn

  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Mislead Us, Enemy, Charisma

  "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (Volume II)". Book edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, November 1884 - November 1887.

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• My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Priorities, Acting, Way

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• Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.

  Patrick Ewing

  Basketball, Confidence, Done

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• Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Wisdom, Taken

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3128, Delphi Classics

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• No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Reading, Book, Writing

  "The Figure a Poem Makes". Book by Ernest Hemingway, 1939.

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• Nature is full for us of seeming inconsistencies and glad surprises.

  Margaret E. Barber

  Nature, Inconsistency, Glad

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• I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me.

  Loretta Lynn

  Long, Life And Time, Stills

  Twitter post from Nov 23, 2010

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