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• When the Congress first met, Mr. Cushing made a motion that it should be opened with prayer . . . Mr. Samuel Adams arose and said he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country. He . . . had heard that Mr. Duche . . . deserved that character and therefore he moved that Mr. Duche . . . might be desired to read prayers to the Congress . . . . After (he read several prayers), Mr. Duche, unexpected to everybody, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present.

  John Adams

  Country, Prayer, Character

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• Objects of the most stupendous magnitude, and measure in which the lives and liberties of millions yet unborn are intimately interested, are now before us. We are in the very midst of a revolution the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

  John Adams

  Liberty, Revolution, Midst

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “Works: with a life of the author”, p.391

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• What scientists are attached to is journeys into the unknown and discovering things that are completely unexpected and baffling and surprising.

  Brian Cox

  Journey, Scientist, Discovering Things

  BBC Radio4 "Big Bang Week" Interview, September 2008.

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• It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.

  William Ellery Channing

  Interesting, Study, Hours

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• We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan.

  Elizabeth George

  God's Plan, Praying, Plans

  Elizabeth George (1998). “Loving God with All Your Mind”, Harvest House Pub

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• We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations.

  John Adams

  Revolution, Midst, Remarkable

  John Adams (1856). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.223

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• The whole experience of 'Eastbound' has been completely unexpected and super-surprising every step of the way.

  Danny McBride

  Way, Steps, Surprising

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

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• Some writers would be kinder than others, I'm sure. Hopefully they might describe my techniques as a mixture of tried and tested formulas - if it aint broke don't fix it - and unexpected twists.

  Paul Kane

  Technique, Twists, Would Be

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• One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice.

  Robert Morgan

  Powerful, Choices, Sometimes

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• Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's Sun to thee may never rise; Or should to-morrow chance to cheer thy sight With her enlivening and unlook'd for light, How grateful will appear her dawning rays! As favours unexpected doubly please.

  William Congreve

  Wise, Cheer, Grateful

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• The native and untaught suggestions of inquisitive children do often offer things, that may set a considering man's thoughts on work. And I think there is frequently more to be learn'd from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions they have borrowed, and the prejudices of their education.

  John Locke

  Children, Men, Thinking

  John Locke, George Berkeley (2010). “Locke, Berkely & Hume”, p.113, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It is a simple matter to see the obvious, to do the expected. The tendency of the individual life is to be static rather than dynamic, and this tendency is made into a propulsion by civilization, where the obvious only is seen, and the unexpected rarely happens. When the unexpected does happen, however, and when it is of sufficiently grave import, the unfit perish. They do not see what is not obvious, are unable to do the unexpected, are incapable of adjusting their well-grooved lives to other and strange grooves. In short, when they come to the end of their own groove, they die.

  Jack London

  Simple, Civilization, Adjusting

  Jack London, black Horse Classics (2017). “Jack London: The Complete Novels [Classics Authors Vol: 6] (Black Horse Classics)”, p.1689, Jack

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• I guess I haven't really done anything romantic for anyone. I think my boyfriend is more romantic than I am. I think little things like sending unexpected text messages, or when I'm out of town I send postcards. I think that's sweet... but probably not very romantic.

  Emma Roberts

  Sweet, Thinking, My Boyfriend

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm always interested in the unexpected and know that things, especially in show business, but in life generally, are inevitably fleeting to one extent.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Fleeting, Shows, Show Business

  "HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Jeff Goldblum Talks Law & Order: Criminal Intent’s New Detective and More!". Interview, eclipsemagazine.com. April 29, 2009.

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• The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things.

  Christophe Honore

  Actors, Let Me, Have Confidence

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to do something different, like maybe do a space movie or a musical.

  Lee Daniels

  Thinking, Space, People

  "Lee Daniels Makes It Personal". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 5, 2012.

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• Filmmaking is, a sort of uncontrolled process. I think it's very important to be open to the unexpected and at the same time, of course, maintain your vision, be open to the all the things you didn't think of yourself that can make the film better.

  Dagur Kari

  Thinking, Vision, Important

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• When I make films, I'm very conscious about leaving space for an uncertainty, and for some unexpected things.

  Jørgen Leth

  Space, Leaving, Film

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• I'm thinking of how unexpected and yet oddly preordained life can be. Events are upon you in an instant, unforseen and without warning, and often times marked with disappointment and tragedy, but equally often leading to a better understanding of the bittersweet truth of life.

  Rob Lowe

  Disappointment, Thinking, Understanding

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• What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

  Max Lucado

  Sports, Car, Soul

  Max Lucado, Wayne Shepherd (2007). “3:16: The Numbers of Hope”, p.117, Harper Collins

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• It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone — it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time.

  Miranda July

  Giving Up, Writing, Loving Someone

  Miranda July (2011). “It Chooses You”, p.6, McSweeney's

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• In 1964 something totally unexpected happened. I got a job I enjoyed.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Jobs, Happened, Enjoyed

  Ozzy Osbourne (2009). “I Am Ozzy”, p.33, Hachette UK

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• It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Soul, Guilty, Genuine

  Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.143, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• He tasted passion. He tasted emotion. He tasted a world he’d never imagined, one he could never enter. It was right there in front of him, suddenly open to him. Unexpected. Exciting. Scary.

  Christine Feehan

  Passion, Scary, World

  Christine Feehan (2010). “Water Bound”, p.116, Penguin

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• The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace I find unexpected themes and intensities.

  Don DeLillo

  World, Abandoned, Intensity

  Don DeLillo (2011). “White Noise”, p.205, Pan Macmillan

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