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"We are to make a plan for the day, pray over that plan, and then proceed with that plan. When we are willing to regard the unexpected as God's intervention, we can flex with the new plan, recognizing it as God's plan."
"Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor."
"I like to tell myself that truth is in the irregularity and the unexpected, and I try to look for both."
"The actors have confidence in me to let me lead them to unexpected things."
"We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of feel the same. I think if you can do something a little bit unexpected, then you as a filmmaker end up being one step ahead again. I think that's the key."
"If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence."
"He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man apologizes to his guests, and leaves them, muttering something about a prior engagement."
"If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it."
"Love is a very powerful emotion and when a break-up is unexpected, it's very hard to get over."
"Expect the unexpected, and always be ready - everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself."
"We are in the the very midst of a revolution, the most complete, unexpected and remarkable of any in the history of nations."
"Old dark sleepy pool... Quick unexpected frog Goes plop! Watersplash!"
"In my defense, the corpse was entirely unexpected."
"Obviously, when you're in theater, you have to be in character. You have to prepare for the unexpected. You have to be able to react to things that don't necessarily happen every night, or aren't supposed to happen every night. And you have to react to it in character. In six months, 192 shows, those things did happen. And the experience of that, the ability to stay in character, I feel like I've learned a great deal."
"I am simply impressed by the unexpected insights which shower down on me when my job is to imagine, as contrasted with the woodenly familiar ideas which clutter my desk when my job is to tell the truth."
