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It's great to surprise people. If you do the same thing all over again, which people expect you to do, they're going to get bored.
Martin Garrix
Great
You
People
Same Thing
Bored
Over
Surprise
Expect
Get
Same
Going
Which
Again
Thing
I heard that the same thing occurred in a scene in Alien, where the creature pops out of the chest of a crewman. The other actors didn't know what was to happen; the director wanted to get true surprise.
Marvin Minsky
Director
Alien
Same Thing
Other
Out
Scene
True
Know
Occurred
Surprise
Chest
Heard
Get
Same
Where
Wanted
Happen
Pops
Creature
Actor
Thing
Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.
Mary Ritter Beard
Travel
Else
Meet
Astonish
Bizarre
Atlantic
Similarity
Nobody
Nobody Else
Go
Surprise
Wherever
Pacific
Us
Much
Across
Things
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep: dark, life-destroying secrets.
Matt Besser
Birthday
Me
Dark
Party
Enough
Birthday Party
Secret
Secrets
Invite
Got
Real
Surprise
Room
Keep
The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, 'Wow, these are things I didn't realize I was capable of.'
Matt Czuchry
You
Challenges
Yourself
Reward
Other
Side
Say
Wow
More
Thrown
Because
Surprise
Capable
Realize
Things
The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope.
Max Lerner
Politics
Hope
Astonishment
Kingdom
Through
Leads
Surprise
Gates
It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.
Meles Zenawi
Me
Terrorism
You
People
Argument
Claim
Respond
Somehow
Could
Force
Tame
Does
Said
Terrorists
Surprise
Surprising
Very
Intelligent
Intelligent People
Interesting
Them
Century
Spawn
Appease
It's a big surprise for me because if somebody asked me when I was playing if Frank Lampard would be a manager, I would say no because he's very quiet.
Michael Essien
Me
Somebody
Big
Say
Frank
Would
Would-Be
He
Because
Surprise
Very
Quiet
Manager
Big Surprise
Asked
Playing
The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.
Michael Kors
Time
Fashion
You
Sense
Lesson
Consistent
Thread
Learned
Tightrope
Surprise
Same
Same Time
Where
Biggest
Biggest Lesson
Inconsistent
Need
The fact that Russia has shown a willingness to disrupt elections and undermine institutions should come as no surprise. Just ask our allies across Europe, particularly in places like Georgia and Ukraine.
Mike Quigley
Our
Ukraine
Willingness
Russia
Fact
Allies
Come
Like
Institutions
Particularly
Undermine
Surprise
Georgia
Just
Places
Ask
Elections
Should
Across
Europe
Shown
Disrupt
You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.
Mike Trout
You
Natural
Yourself
Think
Bat
Ability
Some
Catch
Takes
Over
Surprise
Balls
Off
Just
Natural Ability
Then
Your
Chance
My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.
Mildred Dresselhaus
Great
Energy
Field
President
President Bush
States
Hydrogen
Entry
Came
Surprise
Department
Committee
Interested
Bush
Asked
Chair
United
United States
Applications
Hollywood is portrayed in this super glamorous way, but when I see pictures of actresses going off the rails, it doesn't surprise me at all.
Minnie Driver
Me
Way
See
Super
Glamorous
Pictures
Surprise
Off
Going
Hollywood
Actress
Rails
Portrayed
I always respond to characters who have depth. I'm always interested in those people. They're the ones who surprise you.
Miriam Shor
You
People
Those
Respond
Characters
Always
Surprise
Interested
Depth
Who
The pin-up thing took us completely by surprise. I found it hard because I got singled out, and I didn't like it. There was a lot of disillusionment.
Morten Harket
Took
Out
Like
Because
Got
Singled
Surprise
Pin-Up
Lot
Disillusionment
Us
Hard
Found
Thing
People aren't expecting me to look how I do. But that's one of the main reasons it works so well: the surprise factor.
Murda Beatz
Me
People
Factor
Main
Look
Well
How
Surprise
Expecting
Reasons
Works
Where did Keynes stand on overt fascism? From the scattered information now available, it should come as no surprise that Keynes was an enthusiastic advocate of the 'enterprising spirit' of Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder and leader of British fascism, in calling for a comprehensive 'national economic plan' in late 1930.
Murray Rothbard
Leader
National
Oswald
Late
Enterprising
Enthusiastic
Spirit
Comprehensive
Scattered
Economic
Come
Calling
Advocate
Surprise
Sir
Did
Where
Information
Available
Plan
Should
Stand
Fascism
Now
Founder
British
Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take.
Nancy Gibbs
You
Space
Pour
Changes
Out
Give
Shape
Take
Container
Go
Surprise
Lot
Liquid
May
Where
Children
Fills
My childhood gave me resilience - and there's little that can surprise me in life.
Natalia Vodianova
Life
Me
Gave
Surprise
Childhood
Little
Resilience
When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
Natalie Dormer
Game
Woman
Will
Think
Assumption
Hunger
Hunger Games
Out
See
About
Head
Over
Talk
Make
Always
Coming
Surprise
American
Want
Fan
Middle-Aged
Turns
Game Of Thrones
Games
Help
American Woman
Elementary
The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
Nathan Myhrvold
Great
You
Girl
Meets
Tell
Great Literature
Delight
Delights
Facts
Idea
Makes
Boy
How
Surprise
Loses
Surprises
Gets
Behind
Just
Difference
Dish
Literature
Us
Here
'Tim Timtya' was different from what I usually do. I had to develop a texture to go with the song. In fact, many told me I sounded like Shreya Goshal, which came as a pleasant surprise. Transitioning from tracks like 'Sunny Sunny' to this one was quite different.
Neha Kakkar
Me
Song
Pleasant
Sunny
Fact
Develop
Had
Like
Tracks
Tim
Came
Go
Surprise
Texture
Quite
Different
In Fact
Which
Transitioning
Many
In the Premier League, you never know who is going to win or who will be champions. It is always a surprise.
Neymar
You
Win
Will
Never
League
Know
Always
Surprise
Going
Premier
Premier League
Who
Champions
That soldiers do terrible things during wartime should not surprise us.
Nick Flynn
Soldiers
Terrible
Surprise
Us
Should
Wartime
Things
My mum is incredibly leftwing, and my dad was quite rightwing - no surprise they didn't stay together - and so I had two very conflicting political opinions as a child, neither of which I was interested in taking any notice of, being a sort of little reprobate.
Nick Love
Together
Political
Incredibly
Neither
Stay
Had
Taking
Sort
Opinions
Surprise
Very
Child
Any
Quite
Being
Conflicting
Which
Interested
Little
Notice
Dad
Mum
Two
Much to my surprise, not a moment have I been made to feel, 'Alright, a woman - probably the prime minister wanted to make a token gesture.' The ease with which people have taken this thought of a woman minister has been a great strength for me and has made my job far easier.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Strength
Great
Me
Woman
People
Job
Thought
Made
Gesture
Ease
Easier
Has-Been
Minister
Taken
Feel
Prime
Prime Minister
Alright
Make
Surprise
Been
Wanted
Which
Far
Much
Token
Moment
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