I'm a numbers guy, a statistics guy -- and what I've learned has shocked me.
What shocked me, though, was how many women seemed to be lying about their height.
We missed you guys. (Laughter.) All right, sorry, that shocked me, too.
One of the things that kind of shocked me--"shocked" me is the right word--is the extent to which it's become international.
"It really shocked me, because it clearly revealed a pattern, " he said.
My own behavior shocked me because I know plenty of women lawyers who are every bit as credentialed, interesting, and knowledgeable as men.
"In the end it wasn't possible in such short order to get it televised, but the call shocked me, " says Hall, the race director.
The gender roles I encountered nonetheless shocked me at times.
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And unlike Hillary Clinton, who blustered at the senators and said, what difference does it make, why does it matter, which frankly shocked me because the senators were cowed by her outburst of temper.
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His low-friend count shocked me.
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Ms. BLACKBURN: I think, for me, one of the things that shocked me and led me to want to write a book about Billie Holiday was because every time you pick up a CD or a record or a biography, before they've even begun anything else about her, there was a mention of this drug element in her life.
Returning to her seat, a shocked Svetlana tells me that Nikolai's journey is about to be cut short.
Danyelle Williams, a forthright woman who teaches the classes, told me she was shocked when she saw a prisoner giving birth shackled.
One Westernised Cairo woman who was shocked by this show of strength said to me "I think I will have to leave Egypt".
It is astonishing to me that so many Americans seem shocked by the existence of such concentrated poverty and social neglect in their own country.
"Things have moved very quickly for me, and I am a little shocked, " he said.
And I have been shocked and upset when New Yorkers have said to me they barely paid attention to that wake-up call.
The fact that Milner is pushing for a starting spot has come as a pleasant surprise to me, but I'm not shocked he is looking a certainty for England's World Cup squad.
Reading those too-convenient quote bites, It occurred to me that those of us who were so shocked and disappointed by the ME3 ending really just have one complaint.
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Several months ago I was so shocked by the good nature of a flight attendant who chatted me up that I wrote to his supervisor to commend him.
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In fact, Raichlen spoke so highly of this place that my friend who attended BBQ University with me went and visited it last month, and was shocked by how good it was.
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Peter Vander Auwera of Innotribe and me listened to Carolyn and were deeply moved, in fact shocked.
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What struck me as a little odd, though, is the semi-shocked and incredulous tone that pervades the article, the sort of tone that would accompany, say, a story about a clutch playoff performance by Tony Romo, a world series victory by the Baltimore Orioles, or Marc Zuckerberg and his innate likability and social grace.
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Campbell had looked so pleased over her thoughtfulness for me that I simply did not have the heart to tell her that nothing would have shocked my father more than the idea that I was wearing mourning for him at all.
"I was shocked in the beginning, but because I don't have any injures at all ... for me it's OK. It's a little bit surreal, " said Laisina.
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