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We accentuate the positive and don't try to shock. I...

We accentuate the positive and don't try to shock. I think there's a growing appetite for that. We're surrounded by shock.

Quote by Charles Osgood

We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock...

We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.

Quote by Shana Alexander about opinion, miracle

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological...

One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott

When Allen's work came into the world it really shocked...

When Allen's work came into the world it really shocked everyone because his poetry comes from a very seductive place.

Quote by Kathy Acker about poetry, work, world

I don't think it is any different from what it was, ...

I don't think it is any different from what it was, except that the method is now familiar so you can't set up some internal shock situation.

Quote by Derek Bailey

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when...

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.

Quote by Andre Agassi about sport, thinking, nothing

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always...

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about novelty, originality, writers

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the...

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

Quote by Michael Caine about career, time

I realized I'd been living in a vacuum in America. So...

I realized I'd been living in a vacuum in America. So that's the kind of culture shock I got.

Quote by Julie Christie about culture

Here in America you are very strong about publicly...

Here in America you are very strong about publicly pushing women to openly say they are gay, but I don't agree. I think it is very shocking.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve

I love to hold people's hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven't experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.

Quote by Princess Diana about haven, things, love, people

I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people's hands, people used to be shocked because they'd never seen this before. To me it was quite normal.

Quote by Princess Diana about nation, people

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers...

It is strange, but nobody is shocked when pop singers make a fortune in the space of two years.

Quote by Placido Domingo about univers, wealth

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the...

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about habits

I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.

Quote by Jackie Collins about sex, talking, woman, man, people

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

Quote by Jackie Collins about literary critic, rightness

Windows 2000 already contains features such as the human discipline component, where the PC can send an electric shock through the keyboard if the human does something that does not please Windows.

Quote by Bill Gates about human imperfections

When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, ...

When you go to areas that have poverty of that level, you're ready to feel shocked and some degree of shame, coming in as a rich westerner.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about shame, poverty, wealth

It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.

Quote by Frank Herbert about teaching, experience, people

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

I am to provide the public with beneficial shocks.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about film, public

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