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Gratitude is a magnet, attracting abundance in unexpected ways; such is the grace of a thankful heart. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 3 months ago
Before you ask the person to vote, do something nice and unexpected that will make that person feel the need to reciprocate the favor. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 10 months ago
Life is full of surprises, but that's what makes it so exciting. Embrace the unexpected and let it motivate you to be the best version of yourself. – Justin Guerra	added by PublicistV.A01 11 months ago
We’ve nicknamed it the Green Monster in honor of Fenway Park in Boston. If you look closely, you’ll notice that it’s pockmarked with what look like mini-bubbles, the shape and complexity are unexpected and challenging to understand. – Danny Milisavljevic	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The thalamus being a clear winner here was very interesting for us, and unexpected. – Priya Rajasethupathy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If you love guacamole, think of this dip as its bright and unexpected Mediterranean cousin. – Suzy Karadsheh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m very grateful for this unexpected opportunity to continue to serve the people of Nebraska. – Pete Ricketts	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Unexpected definitely happens quite often, the good thing is that we prepare for that on Earth. We have a team of folks that train us to … execute whatever procedure that the ground has us needing to execute. … A crew really needs to work together. You need to know when it’s time to lead and when it’s time to follow when we work together to execute some of these off-nominal procedures. – Nicole Mann	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Flying aircraft close to each other at 500 miles per hour with unfriendly intentions is generally unsafe, at that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second. – Blake Herzinger	Found on CNN 1 year ago
At that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second. – Blake Herzinger	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Low-income families are easily derailed by these unexpected expenses. – Elizabeth Ananat	Found on CNN 1 year ago
That was unexpected because we've generally seen kids from wealthier households be more protected from a lot of health issues, especially obesity, this really highlighted for me that obesity affects everybody across socioeconomic status. – Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Low unemployment plus inflation generally mean consumers may need loans for additional capital to manage through unexpected spikes and expenses while earning money to pay back these loans. – David Fisher	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Affected by unexpected factors such as the complex and severe international environment and domestic Covid outbreaks, the downward pressure on the economy has increased in the second quarter. – Fu Linghui	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I was happy that we were able to achieve what I think both Dean and A.G. really wanted to achieve, which was a really sort of intentional transition process that allowed me, but also a team of people who will now move into fresh positions in newsroom leadership, to really have time to work closely together, so many transitions in the past, in fact the majority of them, have taken place in a somewhat herky-jerky or unexpected way, where something happens, somebody departs suddenly, someone is dismissed from the job. – Jeremy Barr	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Every time you get to the warm season, the Janne Buesching mastodon was going to the same place -- bam, bam, bam -- repeatedly. The clarity of that signal was unexpected and really exciting. – Joshua Miller	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Bottom-line results were unexpected and reflect the unusual environment, walmart CEO Doug McMillon inflation levels, particularly in food and fuel, created more pressure. – Doug McMillon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I spent 25 years in the Navy and at NASA doing some really complicated things. And we have the things we plan for and we expect. And then we also have plans for the unexpected, well, in this case they don't even have a sufficient plan for what we should expect. – Mark Kelly	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With the changing climate, temperatures are getting warmer and warmer in the Mediterranean region, so it's not unexpected to get these even higher temperatures, there is preconditioning due to climate change. – Freja Vamborg	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Permafrost degradation is a slow process. We're usually talking about centimeters per year. This here is more than merely degradation, it's also a qualitative change. So, I would say that yes, it is unexpected to see, hypotheses had been voiced in the literature concerning the possibility of such processes, but this is the first time they have been directly observed. – Evgeny Chuvilin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He asked, why did he target a synagogue, and why he insisted on the release of someone who’s been imprisoned for over 10 years, we discovered an unexpected potential answer to the president's question. – Jack Donohue	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What happened on Jan. 9 was very devastating and tragic, and very unexpected, and could have been avoided. I lost my sister in the fire. She was trying to come down to save my family. – Fatima Janneh	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is just fascinating to see that after decades of research on wild chimpanzees they still surprise us with unexpected new behaviours, our study shows that there is still a lot to explore and discover about our closest living relatives, and we therefore need to still put much more effort into protecting them in their natural habitat. – Tobias Deschner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Once we heard that we actually could play again, it made it extra special for us. Embrace the Olympics, embrace what we had and be grateful for it because it’s something that can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice. We’re so stoked and we can’t wait for our next game as well. now we have two years of experience with the epidemic, so it’s back to unexpected. – Martin Rios	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Gratitude is a magnet, attracting abundance in unexpected ways; such is the grace of a thankful heart.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
3 months ago

Before you ask the person to vote, do something nice and unexpected that will make that person feel the need to reciprocate the favor.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

Life is full of surprises, but that's what makes it so exciting. Embrace the unexpected and let it motivate you to be the best version of yourself.

– Justin Guerra

added by PublicistV.A01
11 months ago

We’ve nicknamed it the Green Monster in honor of Fenway Park in Boston. If you look closely, you’ll notice that it’s pockmarked with what look like mini-bubbles, the shape and complexity are unexpected and challenging to understand.

– Danny Milisavljevic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The thalamus being a clear winner here was very interesting for us, and unexpected.

– Priya Rajasethupathy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you love guacamole, think of this dip as its bright and unexpected Mediterranean cousin.

– Suzy Karadsheh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m very grateful for this unexpected opportunity to continue to serve the people of Nebraska.

– Pete Ricketts

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Unexpected definitely happens quite often, the good thing is that we prepare for that on Earth. We have a team of folks that train us to … execute whatever procedure that the ground has us needing to execute. … A crew really needs to work together. You need to know when it’s time to lead and when it’s time to follow when we work together to execute some of these off-nominal procedures.

– Nicole Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Flying aircraft close to each other at 500 miles per hour with unfriendly intentions is generally unsafe, at that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second.

– Blake Herzinger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second.

– Blake Herzinger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Low-income families are easily derailed by these unexpected expenses.

– Elizabeth Ananat

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That was unexpected because we've generally seen kids from wealthier households be more protected from a lot of health issues, especially obesity, this really highlighted for me that obesity affects everybody across socioeconomic status.

– Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Low unemployment plus inflation generally mean consumers may need loans for additional capital to manage through unexpected spikes and expenses while earning money to pay back these loans.

– David Fisher

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Affected by unexpected factors such as the complex and severe international environment and domestic Covid outbreaks, the downward pressure on the economy has increased in the second quarter.

– Fu Linghui

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was happy that we were able to achieve what I think both Dean and A.G. really wanted to achieve, which was a really sort of intentional transition process that allowed me, but also a team of people who will now move into fresh positions in newsroom leadership, to really have time to work closely together, so many transitions in the past, in fact the majority of them, have taken place in a somewhat herky-jerky or unexpected way, where something happens, somebody departs suddenly, someone is dismissed from the job.

– Jeremy Barr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Every time you get to the warm season, the Janne Buesching mastodon was going to the same place -- bam, bam, bam -- repeatedly. The clarity of that signal was unexpected and really exciting.

– Joshua Miller

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Bottom-line results were unexpected and reflect the unusual environment, walmart CEO Doug McMillon inflation levels, particularly in food and fuel, created more pressure.

– Doug McMillon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I spent 25 years in the Navy and at NASA doing some really complicated things. And we have the things we plan for and we expect. And then we also have plans for the unexpected, well, in this case they don't even have a sufficient plan for what we should expect.

– Mark Kelly

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With the changing climate, temperatures are getting warmer and warmer in the Mediterranean region, so it's not unexpected to get these even higher temperatures, there is preconditioning due to climate change.

– Freja Vamborg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Permafrost degradation is a slow process. We're usually talking about centimeters per year. This here is more than merely degradation, it's also a qualitative change. So, I would say that yes, it is unexpected to see, hypotheses had been voiced in the literature concerning the possibility of such processes, but this is the first time they have been directly observed.

– Evgeny Chuvilin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He asked, why did he target a synagogue, and why he insisted on the release of someone who’s been imprisoned for over 10 years, we discovered an unexpected potential answer to the president's question.

– Jack Donohue

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What happened on Jan. 9 was very devastating and tragic, and very unexpected, and could have been avoided. I lost my sister in the fire. She was trying to come down to save my family.

– Fatima Janneh

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is just fascinating to see that after decades of research on wild chimpanzees they still surprise us with unexpected new behaviours, our study shows that there is still a lot to explore and discover about our closest living relatives, and we therefore need to still put much more effort into protecting them in their natural habitat.

– Tobias Deschner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Once we heard that we actually could play again, it made it extra special for us. Embrace the Olympics, embrace what we had and be grateful for it because it’s something that can be taken away from you at a moment’s notice. We’re so stoked and we can’t wait for our next game as well. now we have two years of experience with the epidemic, so it’s back to unexpected.

– Martin Rios

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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