Shocked Quotes - Page 2

• I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often recognise me... but I haven't got a free ride yet.

  Dan Stevens

  Thinking, Would Be, Taxi

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• To be shocked at how deeply rejection hurts is to ignore what acceptance involves. We must never allow our suffering to be compounded by suggestions that there is something odd in suffering so deeply. There would be something amiss if we didn't.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Hurt, Acceptance, Rejection

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.62, Publishdrive

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• She stood, squared her shoulders. “We’ll do it. Together.” And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and pressed a swift kiss on his lips. “Thank you for returning to help me.” When she tried to move away, he latched onto her forearms and held her in place. His eyes were gleaming. "Next time you decide to do that…" What?" she said, stiffening. "Give you a little warning?" No." He grinned. "Linger.

  Gena Showalter

  Moving, Eye, Kissing

  Gena Showalter (2017). “Gena Showalter Intertwined Complete Collection: Intertwined\Unraveled\Twisted”, p.206, Harlequin

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• Without memories to cloud it, the mind perceives with absolute clarity. Each observation stands out in stark relief. In the beginning, when there's not yet a smudge, the slate still blank, there is only the present moment: each vital detail, shocked color, the fall of light. Like film stills. The mind relentlessly open to the world, deeply impressed, even hurt by it: not yet gauzed by memory.

  Nicole Krauss

  Hurt, Memories, Fall

  Nicole Krauss (2003). “Man Walks Into a Room”, p.138, Anchor

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• La pura verdad es que no sólo es bueno que la gente se escandalice de vez en cuando, sino que es absolutamente necesario para el progreso de la sociedad que se escandalice con bastante frecuencia.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Progress Of Society, People, Truth Is

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). "Obras completas de George Bernard Shaw: Obras de teatro, novelas, artículos, cartas y ensayos: Pigmalión, La profesión de la señora Warren, Cándida, Las armas y el hombre, El hombre y Supermán, César y Cleopatra, Androcles y el león, Los artículos de guerra del New York Times, Recuerdos de Oscar Wilde y mucho más", p.4277, e-artnow

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• We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.

  Mark Twain

  People, Religion, Sacred Things

  Mark Twain (2015). “Following the Equator: "A Journey Around the World"”, p.544, eKitap Projesi

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• You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone's so shocked or impressed that you're baring your soul, while to you it's nothing, because you know you've twenty more layers to go.

  Craig Thompson

  Soul, Twenties, Layers

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• If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock.

  Franz Kafka

  Responsibility, Eight, Calm

  Franz Kafka (1972). "La metamorfosis"

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• Then my mother shocked me. She said, " All those things that you want from your relationship, Liz? I have always wanted those things too." [She] showed me the handful of bullets she'd had to bite over the decades in order to stay happily married (and she was happily married...) to my father. "You have to understand how little I was raised to expect that I desired in life, honey. Remember- I come from a different time and place... and you have to understand how much I love your father.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Mother, Father, Order

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• Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us.

  J. G. Ballard

  Reality, Numbers, Forget

  "The Benign Catastrophist". Interview with Susie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. September 06, 2003.

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• Hay algo insoportable en estar cabreado con la única persona de este planeta que hace que tu adrenalina fluya para recordarte que estás vivo. Es casi como si estuviéramos enfadados porque nos han sacado de nuestro habitual estado comatoso al sentir algo por alguien, por nosotros mismos, por un momento.

  Ana Castillo

  Loco, Sentimientos, Habituales

  Ana Castillo (2008). "Loverboys", p.22, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, Names, People

  "Muhammad Yunus, banquero de los ciudadanos más pobres del mundo, expone sus argumentos". Entrevista con Linda O'Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. 9 de marzo de 2005.

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• I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

  John Grisham

  Thinking, Speak, Said

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2016

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• I'm shocked at being recognized.

  Dan Stevens

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Pedí a todos nuestros reclutadores que me entregaran todos los currículos de los posibles empleados con su nombre, sexo, lugar de origen y edad tachados. Este simple cambio me sorprendió, porque me encontré entrevistando a candidatos de aspecto diferente, aunque estaba convencido al 100% de que no estaba siendo parcial en mi proceso de selección de currículos.

  Eric Ries

  Simple, Nombres, Dar

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• Es muy tentador tener una niñera y vivir en una urbanización cerrada y tener un chef; me encantaría que me cocinaran algunas cenas. Pero no quiero eso para mis hijos. Cuando sean mayores, si la gente les pregunta: "¿Has tenido un chef? Quiero que les sorprenda la pregunta.

  Kate Winslet

  Niños, Personas, Comunidad

  "Kate Best at 30". Cosmopolitain Interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. June 08, 2009.

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• Quien no se escandaliza cuando se encuentra por primera vez con la teoría cuántica, es imposible que la haya entendido.

  Niels Bohr

  Ciencia, Primeros, Física

  "The Philosophical Writings of Niels Bohr, Volume IV: Causality and Complementarity" editado por Jan Faye y Henry J. Folse (1998); citado posteriormente en Karen Michelle Barad "Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning" (p. 254), 2007.

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• You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

  Al Pacino

  Retirement, Thinking, Insecurity

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• I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  People, Decision, Made

  "Kick-Ass Actor's Fiancée Defends Their 24-Year Age Gap" by Tim Nudd, people.com. April 27, 2010.

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• No te enorgullezcas de que tu abuela se escandalizara por algo que tú estás acostumbrado a ver u oír sin escandalizarte. ... Puede ser que tu abuela fuera un animal extremadamente vivo y vital y que tú seas un paralítico.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Grandmother, Animal, May

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• I rarely listen to commercial radio, and when I do, I'm shocked by how many ads there are, and how annoying they are, and how bad the radio station usually is.

  Susan Orlean

  Radio, Annoying, Ads

  "Airwaves" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. March 10, 2011.

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• Eso suena muy bien, pensó Cary, sólo tú, tu esposa en coma, tu hijo en estado de shock y tu hija que te odia a muerte. Sin mencionar que tus dos hijos podrían estar enamorados el uno del otro. Sí, parece una reunión familiar perfecta.

  Cassandra Clare

  Divertido, Hija, Odio

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• No matter how inured you get to atrocities, you're still always stunned and shocked by how cruel and wasteful Homo sapiens can be.

  Steven Pinker

  Atrocities, Matter, Stills

  "Is Human Violence On The Wane?". Science Friday with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. October 7, 2011.

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• You're shocked, Mr. Burton, at hearing what our gossiping little town thinks. I can tell you this - they always think the worst!

  Agatha Christie

  Thinking, Towns, Littles

  Agatha Christie (1967). “Murder in our midst”

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• We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter into phials. Delicate minds may be disgusted by compliments that would please a grosser intellect; as some fine ladies who would be shocked at the idea of a dram will not refuse a liqueur.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Essence, Ideas, Mind

  Charles Caleb Colton (1821). “Lacon: or, Many things in few words”, p.190

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