#surprised

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical. ↗

— Delta Burke

#find #i #missed #musical #surprised

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#city #cool #expect #hip #i

I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#could #few #get #i #only

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#defenseless #editors #flattery #giving #guise

Most of the films I've done haven't done particularly well. I'm surprised I'm continuing to work. ↗

— George Clooney

#done #films #haven #i #most

For instance, I was a little surprised that the Shiites didn't rise up against Saddam and the Baath party across most of the country when the Americans moved in March and April of 2003. ↗

— Juan Cole

#against #april #country #i #instance

I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#cannot #defend #how #i #imagine

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#books #buy #i #large #large numbers

I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#blues #call #channeled #direction #found