#surprise

The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me. ↗

— Chili Davis

#bat #effortless #first #first time #game

A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#because #been #doing #i #known

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

What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#going #greatest #greatest weapon #head #i

It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set. ↗

— Lasse Hallstrom

#away #each #enough #far #got

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything ↗

— Charles Dickens

#surprise #experience

How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#surprise #life

Well, I don't know what Ron has in mind, but I do know about the arc of the show. Looking at how intuitive and instinctive Eddie and I play, that is the sort of thing that leads into sexual chemistry. I wouldn't be surprised if it emerged. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#arc #chemistry #eddie #emerged #how

Living in Europe, I was surprised to find out just how little everyone knows about Japan. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#europe #everyone #find #how #i

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#admiration #believe #black #brazil #capacity