Unexpected Quotes - Page 14

• I want to serve desserts and pastries that people recognize and love to eat, but sometimes, with an unexpected twist of surprise.

  Sean Sasser

  People, And Love, Twists

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• It was kind of unexpected, to wake up one day and realize that the things that you've worked so hard to accomplish, you've accomplished in so little an amount of time.

  Colton Haynes

  One Day, Wake Up, Littles

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• What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.

  Martine Franck

  Photography, Moments, Acclaim

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• I have never sought the unexpected, the novelty, the extraordinary, but rather what is most typical of our daily life... I go out to find people who resemble me, and the mirror which these images offer them is the same as that in which I see myself.

  Willy Ronis

  Mirrors, People, Novelty

  Peter Hamilton, Willy Ronis, Museum of Modern Art (Oxford, England) (1995). “Willy Ronis: photographs, 1926-1995”

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• Pray for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect the unexpected.

  Gary Busey

  Preparation, Praying, Worst

  FaceBook post by Gary Busey from Apr 13, 2013

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• It should be possible to say that there really is such as thing as "genius" and that what it is, is precisely a surprising and unexpected movement away from collective patterns of behavior and received wisdom.

  William Irwin Thompson

  Genius, Movement, Patterns

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• There is the morass, wherein you plunge up to your knees, or the walking over the stubborn, dwarfish shrubbery, whereby one treads down the forests of Labrador; and the unexpected bunting or sylvia which perchance, and indeed as if by chance alone, you now and then see flying before you, or hear singing from the ground creeping plant.

  John James Audubon

  Flying, Singing, Bunting

  John James Audubon (1869). “The Life of John James Audubon: The Naturalist”, p.328

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• One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

  Freida Pinto

  Challenges, Doe, Roles

  "Freida Pinto On 'Day Of The Falcon,' Terrence Malick, And How She Was Inspired By 'Skyfall'". Interview with Amanda Meyncke, www.mtv.com. February 15, 2013.

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• In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.

  Fernando Perez

  Energy, Cuba, Havana

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• When a drug comes out [that's broadly prescribed] there are going to start to be a lot of people on it [in a million person cohort] and you might get therefore an early signal of something unexpected that hadn't come through in the clinical trials. And I'm sure [drug companies] would love it if, in fact, FDA, recognizing that, would say, OK, maybe you don't have to do your trial with 30,000 people because we're going to find out shortly after registration because we'll have a lot of people taking the drug and we'll be able to see what happened using PMI.

  Francis Collins

  Fda, People, Drug

  Source: www.politico.com

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• When a man's knowledge is deep, he speaks well of an enemy. Instead of seeking revenge, he extends unexpected generosity. He turns insult into humor, ... and astonishes his adversary who finds no reason not to trust him.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Revenge, Men, Generosity

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• I made a promise to myself that I would try to introduce something unexpected in every single episode of the series. It was largely to amuse myself as much as anything. I didn't ever want the audience to feel that they knew everything.

  Patrick Stewart

  Promise, Trying, Want

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• It is only the unexpected that ever makes a customs officer think.

  Freya Stark

  Thinking, Officers, Customs

  Freya Stark (1964). “The Journey's Echo: Selections”

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• The way I represent my individuality is by mixing classic pieces - like sports jackets - with little, unexpected additions.

  Cam Newton

  Sports, Individuality, Mixing

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.

  Bel Kaufman

  Teacher, Discovery, Mind

  Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.256, Open Road Media

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• You will permit me to say, that a greater drama is now acting on this theatre than has heretofore been brought on the American tage, or any other in the world. We exhibit at present the novel and astonishing spectacle of a whole people deliberating calmly on what form of government will be most conducive to their happiness; and deciding with an unexpected degree of unanimity in favour of a system which they conceive calculated to answer the purpose.

  George Washington

  Drama, Government, People

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• Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.

  Paul Auster

  Notebook, Hands, Events

  Interview with Nathalie Cochoy and Sophie Vallas, transatlantica.revues.org. March 2014.

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• The only thing I can count on daily is the unexpected. I usually try to start my day with a run before I even turn on my computer and clog my head with things to be done.

  Jo Dee Messina

  Running, Trying, Done

  "Jo Dee Messina: On Turning Life into Song". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I want to keep growing as a writer. I find myself doing unexpected projects and sort of challenging my idea of where I am in my career, or what I'm supposed to be doing. In fact, I'm not supposed to be doing anything. Just finding projects that are challenging to me. I want to be a writer who keeps growing and figuring out new things and hopefully people will follow me along as I publish these things.

  Colson Whitehead

  Careers, Ideas, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• If I look at my own recordings, I think generally there is a focal point within the song and often it's the instrumental bridge or a guitar solo where we try to do something unexpected, something beautiful or weird, or beautiful because it is weird. And of course I fail half the time, but yes that is the goal, to create even a few seconds of bliss, or sadness. The electric guitar is a great instrument for doing this because it is capable of surprising you. There are so many different sounds available.

  Dean Wareham

  Beautiful, Song, Sadness

  Source: therumpus.net

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• As a producer, I like to bring in unexpected voices, unexpected musicians, like Watt and Joey Spampinato of NRBQ.

  M. Ward

  Voice, Musician, Producers

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• I would never have ever dreamed that I would get married again and then all of a sudden you meet somebody. That's the thing about life. It can be so unexpected.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Married

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• The road itself is informative, because it forces you to respond spontaneously and to encounter the unexpected. It forces you to reassess what you felt about people or issues or places, and it forces you to live in the present.

  Gloria Steinem

  Issues, People, Encounters

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Chaos is a natural state of being - as natural as structure is - so there is no reason to fear it. On the contrary, one should embrace it. It means something extraordinary and unexpected is about to happen.

  Tohoru Masamune

  Mean, Chaos, Reason

  "Tohoru Masamune: Pursuing Dreams and Embracing Chaos". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The documentary we are working on is about my mother, Bev Umehara, for whom our film company, Bev's Girl Films, is named after. It is a passion project that I have wanted to make since her unexpected passing in 1999. The film is about my mother's calling which came late in life, at 47, when she made the sudden transformation from a humble hardworking secretary and mother of four, into a labor activist, a respected union leader, and a role model for rank-and-file workers, women of color, and for all Asian Pacific Americans.

  Garth Kravits

  Girl, Mother, Humble

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