#astonishment

If at first you do succeed - try to hide your astonishment. ↗

— Harry Banks

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The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope. ↗

— Max Lerner

#gates #hope #into #kingdom #leads

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#every #only #perpetual #spring

The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#company #esteem #find #grandest #happened

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#been #conducting #gotten #i #initial

Astonishment is the root of philosophy. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#philosophy #root