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I don't really like surprises. Not big ones anyway. Just having a pack of Revels holds enough of a s...

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Karl PilkingtonAn Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens.

Feet away, Professor Dema stood, carrying a large gunlike weapon with both her hands and a snarl on ...

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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventio...

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All this was new to me. Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move towards the unknown - even w...

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Paulo CoelhoBy the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.

God put us here, on this carnival ride. We close our eyes never knowing where it'll take us next.

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral backgr...

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