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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
,
Talent
,
People
,
Limits
,
You
,
Person
Public policy is a study in imperfection. It involves imperfect people, with imperfect information, facing deeply imperfect choices - so it's not surprising that they're getting imperfect results.
Jake Sullivan
People
,
Imperfection
,
Choices
,
Results
The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Video Games
,
People
,
New
,
Games
,
Obvious
Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land.
Tariq Ramadan
History
,
Diversity
,
Rich
,
Country
,
Land
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Thoughts
,
Long
,
Reunion
,
Inspiration
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
Jean Cocteau
Habit
,
True
,
Seeing
,
Things
,
Realism
,
Us
The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.
Tom Hiddleston
Yourself
,
Mind
,
Dream
,
Never
,
Audience
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
David Hume
Nothing
,
More
,
Than
,
Many
,
Few
,
Which
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root for the Red Sox or the Yankees. Loyalty to the team is what matters.
Paul Bloom
Loyalty
,
Team
,
Red
,
Law
,
Debate
,
Know
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.
Mary Shelley
Women
,
Look
,
Way
,
Minds
,
Begin
,
Been
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Doug Larson
Survive
,
Young
,
Fools
,
Become
,
Old
,
Many
At Vienna, one of the audience affirmed publicly that my performance was not surprising, for he had distinctly seen, while I was playing my variations, the devil at my elbow, directing my arm and guiding my bow. My resemblance to the devil was a proof of my origin.
Niccolo Paganini
Performance
,
Devil
,
Audience
,
Proof
,
Bow
I prefer ugly things. I prefer things which are surprising.
Dries van Noten
Ugly
,
Things
,
Which
,
Prefer
I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie.
Zach Galifianakis
Myself
,
Know
,
Kind
,
Person
,
Quiet
,
Out
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like that, big eyes, tiny nose, we go 'aaah'. That's what evolution does. We are programmed to do that. So to find babies the most amazing, isn't surprising, I don't think.
David Attenborough
Eyes
,
I Am
,
Amazing
,
Think
,
Evolution
When we first broke into that forbidden box in the other dimension, we knew we had discovered something as surprising and powerful as the New World when Columbus came stumbling onto it.
Ken Kesey
World
,
Powerful
,
New
,
Box
,
First
,
Broke
To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!
Frances Burney
Thoughts
,
Opinion
,
Friends
,
Interesting
There's a magical energy and power from the ocean. I was born in a room overlooking the sea, in the middle of a storm. Perhaps, then, it's not surprising that shores touch my soul. Science might disagree, but I think there's a difference in the air on a coast - the positive ions, perhaps.
Jo Beverley
Positive
,
Science
,
Power
,
Sea
,
Storm
It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent decision-making classes are from educational curricula. How little we think about how it is we think.
Noreena Hertz
Quality
,
Think
,
Improve
,
Decision-Making
If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.
John Polkinghorne
Science
,
Experience
,
World
,
Strange
Being a woman in control of a company - even a small private company, as ours was then - was so singular and surprising in those days that I necessarily stood out. In 1963, and for the first several years of my working life, my situation was certainly unique.
Katharine Graham
Life
,
Woman
,
Small
,
Control
,
Unique
I have had a struggle with anxiety, always, and as a proud Jew, that's not a surprising thing.
Ben Platt
Struggle
,
Proud
,
Anxiety
,
Always
,
Thing
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.
Barack Obama
Wife
,
Me
,
Fame
,
Little
,
Fact
,
Than
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Barack Obama
Religion
,
People
,
Way
,
Explain
,
Bitter
It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation.
Maria Montessori
Age
,
Man
,
Feeling
,
Independent
,
Greatest
People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It's surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser.
Ada Yonath
People
,
Hair
,
Me
,
Haircut
,
Free
,
Tell
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