#surprise

I read of the Kalamazoo girl who killed herself after reading the book. I am not at all surprised. She lived in Kalamazoo, for one thing, and then she read the book. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#am #book #girl #herself #i

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #never #nobel #select #surprised

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle. ↗

— David Mamet

#battle #half #losing #many #surprise

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#affection #certain #day #enormous #every

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess. ↗

— Christina Milian

#i #know #me #people #person

I am also a hard worker and people are sometimes surprised to see that as well. ↗

— Christina Milian

#am #hard #hard worker #i #i am

You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober. When you get the hang of it. ↗

— James Pinckney Miller

#get #hang #how #much #sober

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#actor #always #being #celebrity #get

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#am #beginning #best #heavy #i

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#drama #him #informing #meant #person