Quotes with surprises

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  • Wilson Mizner A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
    Wilson Mizner
    American Author (1876 - 1933)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises.
    Original: Der Brief ist ein unangemeldeter Besuch, der Briefträger der Vermittler unhöflicher Überfälle.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Arthur Hertzberg But, I know enough people in that court, through the years, to know one thing: There's always somebody who surprises you, who rises above what they thought they appointed him for, and stays with the separation of powers, and with the right of the law to decide.
    Arthur Hertzberg
    Jewish-American scholar and activist (1921 - 2006)
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  • Gloria Steinem I want to say to you that there is life and dreams and surprises after 30-and 40, and 50, and 60, and 77! Believe me, life is one long surprise.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Charles S. Peirce It is by surprises that experience teaches all she deigns to teach us.
    Charles S. Peirce
    American philosopher (1839 - 1914)
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  • Jean Cocteau One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • Henry Ford One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Jane Austen Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Jean Rostand The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Daniel J. Boorstin The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare mankind for all its later surprises.
    Daniel J. Boorstin
    American historian (1914 - 2004)
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  • Eric Hoffer The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Caroline Wozniacki There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Lord George Byron Whenever I meet with anything agreeable in this world it surprises me so much - and pleases me so much (when my passions are not interested in one way or the other) that I go on wondering for a week to come.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Jean Baudrillard The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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