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Pleasant Surprises Quotes

When you run into someone in NY it is usually a pleasant surprise. When you run into someone in LA you usually had a car accident. Susan Sarandon
Did he say:"Hullo, Pippin! This is a pleasant surprise!"? No, indeed! He said:"Get up, you tom-fool of a Took! Where, in the name of wonder, in all this ruin is Treebeard? I want him. Quick" -Pippin Took J. R. R. Tolkien
The mind, it occurs to me, is an engine. There is an ambient mode in which the mind sits idling, before there is information. Some minds idle in a kind of dreading crouch, waiting to be offended. Others stand up straight, eyes slightly wide, expecting to be pleasantly surprised. Some minds, imaging the great What Is Out There, imagine it intends doom for them; others imagine there is something out there that may be suffering and in need of their help. Which is right? Neither. Both. Maybe... George Saunders
Rex Stout quote: "a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist..."
...a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. Rex Stout
If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur. Paulo Coelho
She had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper, but the package was attractive enough to take your attention off of the contents....she was not in any way hard to look at, and those details which had been first disclosed when she appeared in her swimming rig were completely satisfactory. Rex Stout
While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration. Barney Frank
The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance. Genie Francis
Rocco DiSpirito quote: "I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was..."
I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. Rocco DiSpirito
It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good. Anthony Hopkins
Tom Petty quote: "I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with..."
I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does. Tom Petty
The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. Eric Hoffer
George Will quote: "The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are..."
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. George Will
Kim Kardashian quote: "I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly..."
I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised. Kim Kardashian
I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down. Parminder Nagra

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