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Quote Left A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. Quote Right
Quote Left In light of the rising frequency of human/grizzly bear encounters, the Montana Department of Fish and Game is advising hikers, backpackers, hunters, and fishermen to take extra precautions and keep alert for bears. We advise outdoorsmen to wear noisy little bells on their clothing so that the bears are not startled unexpectedly by a human's presence. We also advise outdoorsmen to carry pepper spray with them in case of an encounter with a bear. It is also a good idea to watch for fresh signs of bear activity. Outdoorsmen should recognize the difference between black bear poop and grizzly bear poop. Black bear poop is smaller and contains lots of berries and squirrel fur. Grizzly bear poop smells like pepper and has little bells in it. Quote Right
Quote Left Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help. Quote Right
Quote Left For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced. Quote Right
Quote Left Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. Quote Right
Quote Left A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. Quote Right
Quote Left A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Quote Right
Quote Left Luke 1:12: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. (NIV)

And when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear took possession of him. (AMP)

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. (KJV)

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Quote Left The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. Quote Right
Quote Left A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. Quote Right

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Quote Left I found among the elms something like the sound of your voice, something like the aftermath of love itself after the lightning strikes, when the startled wind shrieks... a gored-out wound in wood, love’s pale memento mori— that livid white scar... ('Memento Mori' by Michael R. Burch) Quote Right
Quote Left The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) Quote Right

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