#rise

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it? ↗

— John Davidson

#audience #every #i #i do #inspiration

The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. ↗

— Angela Davis

#arise #between #certain #contributions #current

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#going #i #idea #like #movie

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#book #came #down #hey #home

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines. ↗

— Edward Dmytryk

#communist #communists #i #lines #meeting

Hollywood is portrayed in this super glamorous way, but when I see pictures of actresses going off the rails, it doesn't surprise me at all. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#going #hollywood #i #i see #me

Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#emotional #expect #femininity #find #like

Every now and then, a presidential candidate surprises us with a truly human and honest moment. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#every #honest #human #moment #now

Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#cloud #enterprise #got #live #nothin

Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#beat #certain #doing #exchange #exist