#surprised

I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#because #big #big band #everyone #i

When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. ↗

— David Walliams

#absolute #adult #book #books #charlie

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#am #britain #having #i #like

Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#boy #days #drafted #i #me

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#always #change #changes #everything #except

Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time. ↗

— Owen Hart

#best #bret #great #hart #i

I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#come #earth #felt #going #i

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#approached #british #frankly #i #intelligence

I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#always #because #choices #doing #end

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#also #attack #been #criminal #danish