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    I never planned on becoming a brand name. The success of the Trump name worldwide has been a surprise.

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    I never understood the concept of showing everything in the trailer. Why go to a movie if there's no surprise? I can't do it like that.

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    In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

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    In life the only thing that you can expect is the unexpected; the only surprise is a day that has none.

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    Innovation has a lot to do with your ability to recognise surprising and unusual phenomena.

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    Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.

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    I often surprise myself. You can't plan some shots that go in, not unless you're on marijuana, and the only grass I'm partial to is Wimbledon's.

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    I play hard. So the critical stuff doesn't surprise me or bother me.

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    I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far.

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    It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people.

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    It always surprises me how much my followers appreciate how candid my photos are - they may not have a particularly unique subject, but it's more about the light you shed on the subject than the subject itself.

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    In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.

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    I stood on Susan Boone's front porch, feeling lame. But then, since I've pretty much felt lame my entire life, this was no big surprise. On the other hand, usually I felt lame for no particular reason. This time I really had a reason to feel lame.

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    It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since otherwise the combination will probably be unsound.

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    I suppose it's nice to have some surprise in life and to surprise yourself in life and see what else you can do.

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    I tell the actors that the biggest gift they can give me is to fail. And that the second gift they can give me is to surprise me.

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    I think most films are too predictable. They follow familiar patterns. I suppose audiences like to know where they stand but I like films that take me by surprise, take unexpected turns and twists.

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    I think surprises make TV entertaining.

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    I think it does surprise me a bit when people have a very fixed idea of what I'm like, based upon the work that I do, which is something that is very separate.

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    I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing to be as in the dark about what happens next as your reader would be at that time. And then you can really surprise yourself. There's that cliche, "No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader!

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    I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.

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    I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather than things that surprise you.

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    It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

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    It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.

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    It seems to me divorce is so common now. It ought to be more institutionalized. It's like a head-on collision every time. It's supposed to be a surprise but it's commonplace.

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    I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.

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    It's fun to deal with the terror and the huge highs and lows of things. We're still getting massive surprises, anytime there's any Twilight-related event or anything.

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    I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I love surprises.

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    It should come as no surprise that Russia continues its effort to manipulate Western democracies in a way to sow discord and disagreements between our countries in NATO and within the United States or any other Western European country. And it's something the United States obviously must be on guard against.

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    It should not surprise us that there must be other civilizations in our galaxy and throughout the entire universe.

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    It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

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    It's much easier to have nothing to live up to. You surprise people when you form a full sentence.

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    It's hard to be shocking now. It's hard to challenge people because the Internet has allowed everyone to become much more worldly, much more visual. It's very hard to surprise people.

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    It surprises me every day that this (Eddie Haskell) character is still so popular. I don't completely understand it but it's nice.

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    It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me.

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    It surprises me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.

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    It will probably surprise many who know nothing of Proudhon save his declaration that 'property is robbery' to learn that he was perhaps the most vigorous hater of Communism that ever lived on this planet. But the apparent inconsistency vanishes when you read his book and find that by property he means simply legally privileged wealth or the power of usury, and not at all the possession by the labourer of his products.

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    It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

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    I vaguely remember doing [all my] photo sessions, but definitely there were some surprises there for me.

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    It's no surprise to say I oppose the ban [of Donald Trump].If we only allow free speech for those we already agree with, is that free speech at all?

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    ... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to them at all times and in all places has often occasioned me as much surprise as pleasure.

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    I used to get great press. I get the worst press. I get such dishonest reporting with the media. I've never had anything like it before. It happened during the primaries, and I said, you know, when I won, I said, "Well the one thing good is now I'll get good press." And it got worse. So that was one thing that a little bit of a surprise to me. I thought the press would become better, and it actually, in my opinion, got more nasty.

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    I've become accustomed to supporting politicians who are more conservative than I am. This is not entirely a surprise.

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    I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.

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    I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.

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    I went to the movie this weekend with a gun. And surprise, surprise, I didn't kill anybody!

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    I've always liked New York, as I like towns with an edge and New York has a European feel, so when I came to play music here in the '80s it was a surprise to me.

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    I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.

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    Jesus Christ: A common exclamation indicating surprise, disgust, anger or bewilderment.

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    I was well warned about English food, so it did not surprise me, but I do wonder sometimes, how they ever manage to prise it up long enough to get a plate under it.