Hannah Fry

Because for me, equations and symbols aren't just a thing. They're a voice that speaks out about the incredible richness of nature and the startling simplicity in the patterns that twist and turn and warp and evolve all around us, from how the world works to how we behave.

English Mathematician

Zola Budd

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town.

South African Athlete

George Will

Obama, startled that components of government behave as interest groups, seems utterly unfamiliar with public choice theory. It demystifies and de-romanticizes politics by applying economic analysis - how incentives influence behavior - to government.

Journalist

Hugh Leonard

We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were.

Irish Dramatist

Jim Peebles

We can be very sure that as we discover new aspects of the expanding and evolving universe, we will be startled and amazed once again.

Canadian Scientist

Jenny Slate

The experience of the human, male or female, cannot be completely defined by one startling, surprising, or gigantic life experience.

American Actress

Walt Mossberg

Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.

American Journalist

P. J. O'Rourke

We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.

American Comedian

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

American Philosopher

Mira Nair

Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.

Indian Director

Used when the surprise or fear effect is strong and abrupt, not mild or expected.

Intensity Matters

Often used for situations where something happens suddenly and without warning.

Unexpected Events

Can imply a range of emotions from mild surprise to intense shock.

Emotional Impact

Describes a visible, physical jump or shudder as a reaction to surprise or fear.

Physical Reaction

Used when an individual is brought into sudden, sharp focus because of a stimulus.

Sudden Awareness

Implies a momentary condition that usually subsides quickly once the cause is recognized.

Brief State

 an its implied that you're going to follow that with how our data shows that it's this nuance that makes all the difference for your audience it makes the vision credible believable and actionable so let's look at how well-known visionary does this let's take a look at Elon Musk his visions are startling hyper looping from LA to San

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 which tells us that life really wants to happen. So, pretty amazing stuff. Every time we go to the bottom of the sea, we explore with our submarines, with our robots, we see something that's usually surprising, sometimes it's startling and sometimes revolutionary. You see that puddle of water sitting there.

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 Herbert's humans conquered the stars without any computers. Following an ancient war with robots, humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine “in the likeness of a human mind.” But rather than stifling their expansion, this edict forced humans to evolve in startling ways—

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 They're a voice that speaks out about the incredible richness of nature and the startling simplicity in the patterns that twist and turn and warp and evolve all around us, from how the world works to how we behave. So I hope that perhaps, for just a couple of you,

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 Some squid species have also developed unique adaptive behaviors. The deep-sea vampire squid, when startled, uses its webbed arms to make a cape it hides behind. The tiny bobtail, on the other hand, tosses sand over its body as it burrows away from prying eyes.

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 The startling conclusion was that it wasn't coming from anywhere within the Earth's atmosphere but from outer space. Our universe is composed of many astronomical objects. BIllions of stars of all sizes, black holes, active galactic nuclei,

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 that serves as a sensory filament it has a unique ability to react when it is startled it can curl its web and arms around the rest of its body turning sort of inside out this change in appearance may help it avoid being attacked by

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 And let me just say, this profits mania that we're on is so deeply entrenched that we don't even realize how we're harming society. Here's a small but startling example of exactly how we're doing this chart shows corporate giving

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 startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world flying with a supernatural vigilance

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 startles me in daylight they resemble apparitions the closest thing to ghosts in the bird world

Startle

To suddenly scare or surprise someone unexpectedly.

Often appears as...

To move suddenly because you are surprised or scared.

Often appears as...

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