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Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends. – Joseph Campbell	added by JokerGem 6 months ago
Our flu rates were unexpectedly high in the late fall and it does seem to be leveling off, but I would absolutely be concerned about another rise in cases this winter, it is absolutely not too late to get the flu shot. – Tara Vijayan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You think you failed in vain, but I say 'in vain' is a phrase for the defeatists. You might never know how unexpectedly your failure brought a rain of gratification in the sunburnt deserts of your adversaries, how miraculously it acted as a source of hope for all those who doubted their aptitudes all these days only 'cause they couldn't beat you and how enigmatically it opened infinite pages to be a bit more resilient, a bit more powerful, a bit stronger and not to take things for granted perhaps no book or teacher could have ever illustrated. – Shayan Das	added by anonymous 1 year ago
We have seen an increase in the numbers of cases. It started with younger people in their 20s and spread gradually to older ages as well, that increase in case numbers has translated into an increase in hospitalizations. As the hospitalizations have increased.... very sadly but not unexpectedly, deaths are also increasing. – Patrick Vallance	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The video is clear that the officer was suddenly and unexpectedly fired upon, public confidence requires citizens to be able to judge for themselves the actions of our officers. I commend Chief Craig for moving so quickly to release the video publicly. – Mike Duggan	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Along came Covid-19 unexpectedly, and it really turned lifestyles upside down for many, many families. – Myles Faith	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Adding more guns into the mix during a deadly pandemic won't make anyone safer, but it will make the gun lobby richer, this spike in gun sales is deeply concerning, particularly for the millions of children unexpectedly at home with unsecured guns, women sheltering in place with abusers, and anyone struggling economically and psychologically. – Shannon Watts	Found on CNN 4 years ago
When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly large amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the explanations of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed this crater is still embedded in the Moons mantle. – Peter James	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Very unexpectedly and out of nowhere, I feel Joe Biden put Joe Biden hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head. – Lucy Flores	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The officers stopped the vehicle and were following their training as they had the suspected armed adults step out of the truck, when, unexpectedly, a 2-year-old girl climbed out of the truck and imitated her parents by walking towards the officers with her hands raised. – Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
National Geographic has a knack for developing smart, immersive narratives that expand our understanding of the world around us in creative and entertaining ways. Curiosity is a fundamental human trait ; ‘ The Curiosity of Jeff Goldblum ’ puts me in the driver’s seat, guiding viewers on a mind-blowing adventure where we break down the unexpectedly complex science behind seemingly basic things. last year, I did guest host those three episodes of ‘ Explore, ’ and of course we all know National Geographic is widely known for their unique ability to expand our knowledge … with immersive and entertaining narratives. But what I did n’t know until my experience last year was what a great partnership and working bunch it is. – Jeff Goldblum	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
In our paper, we replicated experimentally in monkeys a situation that [was] similar to the 2009 influenza pandemic, where a new strain of influenza unexpectedly emerged and current vaccines offered little or no protection, we vaccinated the monkeys with the same antigens included in the inactivated vaccine that year, but then also added, via our DNA vaccine, the genetic code for conserved influenza antigens. When we challenged the monkeys with the 2009 pandemic strain of influenza, we saw significant protection in the group that got the vaccine. They experienced only a transient low infection that was quickly cleared, when compared to the group that didn’t get the vaccine. – Professor Deborah Fuller	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Confusion is like a delusion, it's like dust covering the mirror of your real potentials and identity followed by your true belief system by turning it out into negative one which makes your self-image blur so you feel low and dull to perform anything bigger, somehow it kills the fruits of all your efforts unexpectedly, it has an ability to blow your flame of passion..... there are a lot of sources you will find around, stay away from anyone who makes you confuse, anything, person, ideology or belief any source that makes you feel like that, stay away from it, leave it and live your real life.” – Mohsin Ali Shaukat	added by anonymous 6 years ago
This is the flip side to last month when the market was unexpectedly disappointed with the 38,000 jobs. – Irwin Michael	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Petrochemicals, paper, glass, wood, wood products; there is demand for all of that, this year, unexpectedly, we've had requests from Iran for potatoes and onions. – Alexander Zhilkin	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Unexpectedly what happened three weeks later, the government of Kuwait, not the negotiators who had disappeared, sent to The United Nations a new proposal that had nothing to do with our discussions, we could not accept that. – Pere Miro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Today's conference shows how the talks over the political transition and change of government in Myanmar are progressing unexpectedly quickly and smoothly as the parties learn to trust one another. – Yohei Sasakawa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
John exudes energy, he's dynamic, jeb Bush is brilliant and was a great governor, but he just doesn't seem dynamic to me. I think that would explain why, unexpectedly why, John Kasich is doing so very well here, especially when relative to Jeb Bush. – Gordon Humphrey	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Confusion is like a delusion, it's like a dust covering the mirror of your real potentials and identity followed by your true believe system by turning it out into negative one which make your self image blur so you feel low and dull to perform anything bigger, somehow it kills the fruits of all your efforts unexpectedly, it has ability to blow your flame of passion..... there are a lot of sources you ll find around, stay away from anyone who make you confuse, anything, person, ideology or believe any source that make you feel like that, stay away from it, leave it and live your real life.” – Mohsin Ali Shaukat	added by anonymous 8 years ago
The dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity, i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story. – Rachel Dolezal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Not only have product prices lagged those of crude during the selloff - as is common in a downturn - but they have raced ahead of them in the rebound, keeping refining margins remarkably firm, and supporting unexpectedly strong throughputs in once-depressed refining centres such as Europe and OECD Asia, product demand has shown signs of life, with even European demand emerging from a secular decline to show strong growth of 3.2 percent in December and 0.9 percent in January. – The IEA	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated. – Cicero	added by anonymous 10 years ago
When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place. – Clive Staples Lewis	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself Why this is Christmas Day – David Grayson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.

– Joseph Campbell

added by JokerGem
6 months ago

Our flu rates were unexpectedly high in the late fall and it does seem to be leveling off, but I would absolutely be concerned about another rise in cases this winter, it is absolutely not too late to get the flu shot.

– Tara Vijayan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You think you failed in vain, but I say 'in vain' is a phrase for the defeatists. You might never know how unexpectedly your failure brought a rain of gratification in the sunburnt deserts of your adversaries, how miraculously it acted as a source of hope for all those who doubted their aptitudes all these days only 'cause they couldn't beat you and how enigmatically it opened infinite pages to be a bit more resilient, a bit more powerful, a bit stronger and not to take things for granted perhaps no book or teacher could have ever illustrated.

– Shayan Das

added by anonymous
1 year ago

We have seen an increase in the numbers of cases. It started with younger people in their 20s and spread gradually to older ages as well, that increase in case numbers has translated into an increase in hospitalizations. As the hospitalizations have increased.... very sadly but not unexpectedly, deaths are also increasing.

– Patrick Vallance

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The video is clear that the officer was suddenly and unexpectedly fired upon, public confidence requires citizens to be able to judge for themselves the actions of our officers. I commend Chief Craig for moving so quickly to release the video publicly.

– Mike Duggan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Along came Covid-19 unexpectedly, and it really turned lifestyles upside down for many, many families.

– Myles Faith

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Adding more guns into the mix during a deadly pandemic won't make anyone safer, but it will make the gun lobby richer, this spike in gun sales is deeply concerning, particularly for the millions of children unexpectedly at home with unsecured guns, women sheltering in place with abusers, and anyone struggling economically and psychologically.

– Shannon Watts

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When we combined that with lunar topography data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we discovered the unexpectedly large amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin, one of the explanations of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed this crater is still embedded in the Moons mantle.

– Peter James

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Very unexpectedly and out of nowhere, I feel Joe Biden put Joe Biden hands on my shoulders, get up very close to me from behind, lean in, smell my hair and then plant a slow kiss on the top of my head.

– Lucy Flores

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The officers stopped the vehicle and were following their training as they had the suspected armed adults step out of the truck, when, unexpectedly, a 2-year-old girl climbed out of the truck and imitated her parents by walking towards the officers with her hands raised.

– Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

National Geographic has a knack for developing smart, immersive narratives that expand our understanding of the world around us in creative and entertaining ways. Curiosity is a fundamental human trait ; ‘ The Curiosity of Jeff Goldblum ’ puts me in the driver’s seat, guiding viewers on a mind-blowing adventure where we break down the unexpectedly complex science behind seemingly basic things. last year, I did guest host those three episodes of ‘ Explore, ’ and of course we all know National Geographic is widely known for their unique ability to expand our knowledge … with immersive and entertaining narratives. But what I did n’t know until my experience last year was what a great partnership and working bunch it is.

– Jeff Goldblum

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In our paper, we replicated experimentally in monkeys a situation that [was] similar to the 2009 influenza pandemic, where a new strain of influenza unexpectedly emerged and current vaccines offered little or no protection, we vaccinated the monkeys with the same antigens included in the inactivated vaccine that year, but then also added, via our DNA vaccine, the genetic code for conserved influenza antigens. When we challenged the monkeys with the 2009 pandemic strain of influenza, we saw significant protection in the group that got the vaccine. They experienced only a transient low infection that was quickly cleared, when compared to the group that didn’t get the vaccine.

– Professor Deborah Fuller

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Confusion is like a delusion, it's like dust covering the mirror of your real potentials and identity followed by your true belief system by turning it out into negative one which makes your self-image blur so you feel low and dull to perform anything bigger, somehow it kills the fruits of all your efforts unexpectedly, it has an ability to blow your flame of passion..... there are a lot of sources you will find around, stay away from anyone who makes you confuse, anything, person, ideology or belief any source that makes you feel like that, stay away from it, leave it and live your real life.”

– Mohsin Ali Shaukat

added by anonymous
6 years ago

This is the flip side to last month when the market was unexpectedly disappointed with the 38,000 jobs.

– Irwin Michael

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Petrochemicals, paper, glass, wood, wood products; there is demand for all of that, this year, unexpectedly, we've had requests from Iran for potatoes and onions.

– Alexander Zhilkin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Unexpectedly what happened three weeks later, the government of Kuwait, not the negotiators who had disappeared, sent to The United Nations a new proposal that had nothing to do with our discussions, we could not accept that.

– Pere Miro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today's conference shows how the talks over the political transition and change of government in Myanmar are progressing unexpectedly quickly and smoothly as the parties learn to trust one another.

– Yohei Sasakawa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

John exudes energy, he's dynamic, jeb Bush is brilliant and was a great governor, but he just doesn't seem dynamic to me. I think that would explain why, unexpectedly why, John Kasich is doing so very well here, especially when relative to Jeb Bush.

– Gordon Humphrey

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Confusion is like a delusion, it's like a dust covering the mirror of your real potentials and identity followed by your true believe system by turning it out into negative one which make your self image blur so you feel low and dull to perform anything bigger, somehow it kills the fruits of all your efforts unexpectedly, it has ability to blow your flame of passion..... there are a lot of sources you ll find around, stay away from anyone who make you confuse, anything, person, ideology or believe any source that make you feel like that, stay away from it, leave it and live your real life.”

– Mohsin Ali Shaukat

added by anonymous
8 years ago

The dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity, i have waited in deference while others expressed their feelings, beliefs, confusions and even conclusions - absent the full story.

– Rachel Dolezal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Not only have product prices lagged those of crude during the selloff - as is common in a downturn - but they have raced ahead of them in the rebound, keeping refining margins remarkably firm, and supporting unexpectedly strong throughputs in once-depressed refining centres such as Europe and OECD Asia, product demand has shown signs of life, with even European demand emerging from a secular decline to show strong growth of 3.2 percent in December and 0.9 percent in January.

– The IEA

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

– Cicero

added by anonymous
10 years ago

When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place.

– Clive Staples Lewis

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself Why this is Christmas Day

– David Grayson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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