Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.
I can't say I'm surprised: the grassroots antiwar movement keeps turning out to be MoveOnA. N. S. W. E. R. astroturf.
Taking a deep breath that smelled of rain, she was poised to move when a hand clasped her elbow. Memories of another hand grabbing her sent panic shooting through her veins. She swung around. "Whoa. You okay?" Lucas lightened his clasp around her arm. Kylie caught her breath and stared up at the werewolf's blue eyes. "Yeah. You just. . . surprised me. You need to whistle when you come up on me.
The other night I searched (the Web) for 'self-transforming elf machines. ' There were 36 hits! It surprised me. I sort of use the search engine like an oracle. I've used the phrase for DMT, 'Arabian hyperspace. ' So I thought of this, and then I searched it, 'Arabian hyperspace,' in quotes. And it took me right to a transcript of the talk in which I'd said the thing! You can find your own mind on the Internet. I'm very grateful to the people who type up my talks and then post them at their websites.
I mean 'One Tree Hill' had some rabid fans - you'd be surprised - they're almost in a class of their own.
Speaking about myself, I've been pleasantly surprised that my older plays are still being performed. Most important is that they still have something to say to today's audience, in particular the young people who enjoy my plays. That's the best I could hope for, that the plays aren't single-use products of one era.
I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and I was completely surprised that the desert stole my heart to the extent it did.
People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am.
I like to be surprised by life.
I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.
If there's a big problem and you've got the right people with you, usually the answer emerges and you do what's the obvious thing to do. I don't think of myself as some great manager or great leader. I've been very lucky to be in the positions that I've been in. I meet a lot of people and I've grown a lot of companies, and I meet a lot of CEOs at big enterprises. I'm always so surprised at how much they seem to know. It doesn't always seem to be correlated to how well they actually do.
Try to be surprised by something every day.
I'm never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington.
George Lopez does so much mugging, I'm surprised he's not up on charges.
Adrian ordered a martini, earning disapproving looks from his father and me. "It's barely noon," said Nathan. "I know," said Adrian. "I'm surprised I held out that long too.
Only utopian liberals could be surprised that the Nazis were art connoisseurs.
I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.
You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
You'd be surprised how fast things happen when the right man comes along.
Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green.