“I want to make hip-hop that can use guitars and soul and jazz and just fuse it all together. And I want to make this whole new sound that's going to shock the world. Unfortunately, the masses didn't receive it.” WorldWantSoulWholeUseTogetherSoundMassJazzGuitarHip HopHipsShockHopsFuse Author:Will Ferrell
“A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to Europe via the Silk Road.” WholeBigsPaperEuropeInnovationBunchShockTechnologicalAsianSilkGunpowderSilk RoadStirrups Author:Charles C. Mann
“In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.” WayEndsWholeSocietyPreparedShockInwardDecreaseAnnihilationDegeneration Book:Force and Freedom: Reflections on History Source: Force and Freedom: Reflections on History
“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.” KnowsWantFirstsWholeUsedActorsAudienceComedyImagineWeekFirst TimeExcitingCamerasShockRehearsalChaoticOld DaysSitcomStunningMinstrels Author:William Shatner
“It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their being uncommon -- that is, saying things that are different from what everyone else is saying. There is only so much genuine originality in anyone. After that, being uncommon means indulging in pointless eccentricities or clever attempts to mock or shock.” MayMeanDifferentWholeLife IsCommonToo MuchWhole LifeCleverGenuineCommon SenseShockOriginalityExpectingPointlessMockUncommonEccentricityExpecting Too Much Book:Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays Source: Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays