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Quotes About Shocked

For decades, or at least for years, Republican politicians have been dog whistling about race. And then, when - they're shocked when Donald Trump starts barking.
~ Sherrod Brown
I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.
~ Hillary Clinton
I think most people aren't really privy to how stories are developed and what stories are - make it to the front page or to the mainstream media, whether it's in print or in broadcast. And I think they'd be shocked and disappointed to see some of the bias that exists in some of the stories that don't get told - or the manner in which they are told.
~ Sean Spicer
When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile.
~ Reba McEntire
I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
~ Jack Kemp
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~ Robert Dugoni
Anyone can lie. It suffices to say something with the intention to deceive. Faking, however, is an achievement. To fake things you have to take people in, yourself included. The liar can pretend to be shocked when his lies are exposed: but his pretence is part of the lie. The fake really is shocked when he is exposed, since he had created around himself a community of trust, of which he himself was a member.
~ Roger Scruton
Young Socrates, who is not shocked by what the stranger says about killing and banishing, is rather shocked by the suggestion that rule without laws (absolute rule) can be legitimate. To understand fully the response of young Socrates, one must pay attention to the fact that the stranger does not make a distinction between human laws and natural laws.
~ Leo Strauss
Lenina was shocked by his blasphemy. 'Bernard!' she protested in a voice of amazed distress. 'How can you?' In a different key, 'How can I?' he repeated meditatively. 'No, the real problem is: How is it that I can't, or rather - because, after all, I know quite well why I can't - what it be like if I could, if I were free - not enslaved by my conditioning.
~ Aldous Huxley
Avram was shocked. "Well, how is the sand feeling?" he asked after a moment. "Crowded.
~ Jill Hammer
I'm with my friend TJ. He came and got me and brought me to his flat. I was a bit shocked though, but I'm fine.' There was a pause, and Rosie knew what was coming next.
~ Anna Smith
Daemon had written: "What do you do when she asks a question no man would give a child an answer to?" Saetan had replied: "Hope you're obliging enough to answer it for me. However, if you're backed into a corner, refer her to me. I've become accustomed to being shocked.
~ Anne Bishop
Larry, I spent probably most of my professional life helping to build Enron Corporation. I don't think there was anyone that was as shocked by the - by the collapse of the company as I was.
~ Jeffrey Skilling
'Bake Off' is one of my favourite programmes, so I was genuinely a little bit shocked and very excited when I was asked to take part.
~ Zoe Sugg
I tell people in Washington that I'm not the most progressive person in my district and they are shocked.
~ Michael Capuano
I take a firm stand against sequels. My industry brethren are a little shocked at how firmly I'm committed to not doing sequels.
~ Travis Knight
Hollywood is a boys' club, and that's something I thought was a stereotype - and it's not. That really shocked me. Still shocks me. Everyone's helping their buddies out and pressing their buddies and playing tennis with their buddies and making movies with their buddies, and that grosses me out.
~ Emily Ratajkowski
I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
~ Walter Annenberg
Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me.
~ Lionel Blue
I didn't condemn you," he defended himself. "I was just surprised. I've a right to be shocked. It's not what one expects of a Trader's daughter. But that doesn't mean I…" 'Fuck you, Wintrow,' she retaliated savagely.
~ Robin Hobb
Ever been watched?" he whispered, his expression heavy with dark desire. Breathing heavily, Kelly stared back at him. She wasn't shocked, she realized. She had heard too much about the Nauti Boys. Too many tales of their sexual excesses, their uninhibited immersion into their sensual games.
~ Lora Leigh
Maurice was scandalized, horrified. He was shocked to the bottom of his suburban soul....
~ E.M. Forster
Were they normal? What a question to ask! And it is always those who know nothing about human nature, who are bored by psychology and shocked by physiology, who ask it.
~ E.M. Forster
Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.
~ Ken Livingstone