Surprise Quotes - Page 38

• I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.

  Joe Dante

  Mean, Kids, Actors

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• That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us.

  Nick Flynn

  Soldier, Wartime, Should

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• A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.

  Tony Gilroy

  Way, Audience, Reversal

  "Twister" by D. T. Max, www.newyorker.com. March 16, 2009.

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• I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.

  Matt Gonzalez

  Thinking, Names, People

  "Forever the rebel with a cause, Gonzalez exits left at City Hall / Idealist energized young liberals in strong run for mayor" by Suzanne Herel, www.sfgate.com. January 3, 2005.

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• You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

  Michael Arndt

  Goal, Want, March

  "Michael Arndt Digs Into ‘Toy Story 3’ and the Genius of the Pixar System". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 07, 2010.

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• I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life of a person that's playing a character, then surprises happen and are allowed to happen, and so it makes it more interesting.

  Lisa Edelstein

  Character, Thinking, Interesting

  "More Insight From Lisa Edelstein". EveryJoe Interview, www.everyjoe.com. May 12, 2008.

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• Love on the rocks, ain't no surprise. Pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies.

  Neil Diamond

  Lying, Rocks, Drink

  Song: Love On The Rocks

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• Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet. In one sense, it's about protecting yourself; in another sense, it's about always being open to surprise, even from the set, because there may be some detail that you hadn't noticed. I think this is crucial. There are many pictures that seem good in so many ways except one: They lack a sense of surprise, they've never left the page.

  Martin Scorsese

  Block, Inspiration, Thinking

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• Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind. Their amazing variety is a constant delight. I do not believe that I am alone in this - a fascination with words is shared by people in all countries and all walks of life.

  George Armitage Miller

  Country, Believe, Science

  "The Science of Words". Book by George Armitage Miller (Preface, p. 7), 1991.

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• In writing you work toward a result you won't see for years, and can't be sure you'll ever see. It takes stamina and self-mastery and faith. It demands those things of you, then gives them back with a little extra, a surprise to keep you coming. It toughens you and clears your head. I could feel it happening. I was saving my life with every word I wrote, and I knew it.

  Tobias Wolff

  Writing, Self, Years

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• They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

  Randy Newman

  Politics, Bigs

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• Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices who will do the same. As Gore put it, he will appoint judges who view the Constitution as a 'document that grows'.

  Ann Coulter

  Views, Justice, Judging

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• The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

  Kenny G

  Nice, Smooth Jazz, Adults

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I do not personally agree with some of the positions that Mr. Gonzales has advocated, but that should come as no surprise, because I do not agree with many of the proposals made by the man who nominated him, President Bush.

  Daniel Inouye

  Men, President, Proposal

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• Every so often you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can’t let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer’s room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

  Eric Kripke

  Want, Rooms, Plot

  "Creator Eric Kripke Discusses The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester". Interview with Amanda Dyar, www.dreadcentral.com. December 18, 2012.

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• Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be surprising that object control is the basis of one of the five most fundamental metaphors for our inner life. To control objects, we must learn to control our bodies. We learn both forms of control together. Self-control and object control are inseparable experiences from earliest childhood. It is no surprise that we should have as a metaphor-a primary metaphor-Self Control is Object Control.

  George Lakoff

  Philosophy, Self, Should Have

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• "You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?" "The other ten percent."

  Cassandra Clare

  Pain, Humor, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Country, Home, Thinking

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• In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

  Krzysztof Kieslowski

  Real, Names, Suits

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• I once threw myself a surprise party on Twitter because I was lonely. It was awesome. Thousands of people showed up and then Wil Wheaton and I made a bunch of monkey-ponies. It was the most successful surprise party I've ever thrown in my life. It was also the only surprise party I've ever thrown in my whole life.

  Jenny Lawson

  Lonely, Party, Successful

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• Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics.

  Roger Mudd

  Country, Past, Media

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• My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.

  Stella McCartney

  Jobs, Challenges, Everyday

  Interview with Tim Blanks, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

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• I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

  Amaury Nolasco

  Guy, Kind

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Surprise is key in all art.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Art, Keys

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• Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Light, Years, Headache

  "I pick up my pen. A building appears". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2007.

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