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My high school in Seattle, Lakeside, seemed conservative on the surface, but it was educationally progressive.

As a fan of skiing and surfing, I take great interest in Olympics.

There was no surge in 501c4 applications in 2010.

When I went through my confirmation hearing to serve as surgeon general they asked me what my priorities would be and I didn't list loneliness in that priority list because it was not one at the time.

If you want to change your hair colour or your nail colour or things like that its fine, but you have to realize the dangers and repercussions of surgery.

There has been speculation through the years that Elvis has his eyes done or some other mystery procedure, but that mini facelift was the extent of his plastic surgery.

I am not anti plastic surgery, but I'm anti procedures such as Botox and fillers which can actually distort the face and start making you look a bit odd.

I have a Bachelor in medicine, a Bachelor in surgery, and I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

I don't know how well-known it is, but I had back surgery in '07, and it took about two years to recover.

I may one day be the oldest person in the world to have cosmetic surgery.

The whole rise of new adult contemporary music and smooth jazz was a nice surprise.

For me, the short story is the depth of a novel, the breadth of a poem, and, as you come to the last few paragraphs, the experience of surprise.

The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.

The tagline at Westin hotels is that they strive to surprise and delight their guests. This is exactly what a college essay should do.

That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.

It was a bit of a surprise when the national captaincy came my way.

That so many binary or quasi-binary KBOs exist came as a real surprise to the research community.

My imagination is rather limited, so it would be challenging to get roles that surprise me.

I discovered, to my surprise, that writing for live television made me a faster writer.

Surprise, surprise! I have a band! I'm really excited that we have a song on the soundtrack of 'American Reunion' for that very reason.

This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school.

I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.

I get quite a lot of people chatting to me online. Some of the messages do take me by surprise. They can be flattering.

When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.