#rise

Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#beasts #big #big surprise #books #end

The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession. ↗

— Rick Dees

#every #me #necessary #north #north carolina

What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#concerns #enforce #general #level #me

I come from a very working-class background, so my family would have been downstairs in the past, as opposed to upstairs. People are often quite surprised to hear that, that I'm not actually posh. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#background #been #class background #come #downstairs

Do not know yourself. I want to continue to surprise me. ↗

— Arielle Dombasle

#i #know #know yourself #me #surprise

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#again #attempt #basic #capable #grasp

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. ↗

— David Eddings

#american literature #back #bad #bad back #by the time

Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them. ↗

— Charles Edison

#believers #bosses #citizens #constantly #democracy

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#behalf #chicago #city #daley #decision

I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#am #career #certainly #chance #follow