#astonishment

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. ↗

— Celia Green

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I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them. ↗

— Maria Monk

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I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

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I requested the gentlemen to put on their hats, and the ladies their shawls, to avoid catching cold, and then had the windows widely opened. This proceeding caused some astonishment and alarm at first; for the Americans generally have a dread of cold air. ↗

— George Combe

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Astonishment is the root of philosophy. ↗

— Paul Tillich

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The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. ↗

— Max Lerner

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