#surprised

I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of missionary, by a slow process or suddenly. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#become #cannot #desire #i #i am

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

This is the culture you're raising your kids in. Don't be surprised if it blows up in your face. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#culture #face #kids #raising #surprised

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#characters #culture #day #i #our

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats. ↗

— John Mayer

#i #playing #seats #surprised

I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#because #been #educated #exposed #find

I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#i #i can #makes #me #quite

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised. ↗

— Trevor McDonald

#discovery #fake #genuine #must #pretend

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#audience #door #emotions #go #i