I'm not an economist, and I'm not a proponent of shock therapy.
Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department.
I did go to Vietnam in 2000 as a kind of pilgrimage and to feel my generation was very much a part of this. I felt responsible but also connected and empathetic. It was a very complicated relationship we had, whichever side you were on. The shock of being there was very few people my own age - I was primarily in the North in the streets of Hanoi. A whole generation was essentially decimated.
Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.
I foresee death by culture shock.
Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss.
I don't just want to upset people and shock people by saying something really outrageous.
I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.
You don't need shock value things to make a movie successful.
In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America.
I've been on shows that go for shock value
Fang," I said, my voice breaking. "Just live, okay? Live and be okay. " With no warning, I leaned down and kissed his mouth, just like that. "Ow," he said, touching his split lip, then he and I stared at each other in shock.
I am fairly embraced by the Hollywood community, and I love making movies and I love acting, but I'm not real crazy about the Hollywood system. So the fact that they embrace me is a shock to me because I tell them to kiss my ass all the time. I don't understand why they haven't thrown me out on my ear. The other thing is I don't participate much. I have very few friends within the movie community. I hang out with some guys I've known forever. They're all broke and eat me out of house and home. But I stay home mostly and I don't go to the parties. Maybe that preserves me.
If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool.
Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the future, the positive thinker ends up being less prepared, and more acutely distressed, when things eventually happen that he can't persuade himself to believe are good.
I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!
Anyone who goes on 'The X Factor' to make big money will be in for a big shock.
I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me! I used to think I was going crazy, until I discovered that some people I admired were like that to.
If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.
Looking past the immediate crisis, a more resilient system must be built on stronger and better designed shock absorbers, both in the major institutions and in the infrastructure of the financial system.