#surprising

That a strong stimulus to such an afferent nerve, exciting most or all of its fibres, should in regard to a given muscle develop inhibition and excitation concurrently is not surprising. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. ↗

— Mark Strand

#comforts #culture #entertainment #forms #given

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. ↗

— Martha Beck

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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising. ↗

— Adam Brody

#i think #intelligent #intelligent people #look #people

Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers. ↗

— Cat Cora

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Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#day #discovers #displays #each #ever

I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#grew #i #i always #loved #loves

I like a show to unfold and keep presenting itself, surprising you. ↗

— Tommy Tune

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Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place. ↗

— Larry Wall

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