#rise

I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

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It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#breathless #cannot #element #excited #grasp

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#his #never #politician #quite #says

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt. ↗

— Susan George

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What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like. ↗

— Susan George

#development #enterprises #initiatives #intensive #jobs

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned. ↗

— Wally Lamb

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I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear I'm gay. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#gay #hear #i #should #surprise

I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#gay #hear #i #should #surprise

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be. ↗

— Miranda Lambert

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