Sentences with phrase «surprised at this question»

I was a bit surprised at this question, so I asked them why they felt so.
Don't be afraid to respond to «what if» questions, or any question that makes you feel slightly uncomfortable, by expressing your surprise at the question, or asking for a moment to think through your response.

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Elon Musk held a surprise question and answer session at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday.
Musk held a surprise question and answer session at the annual technology and culture festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday.
Google started out as a search engine, so it is absolutely no surprise that the Google Home is better at answering questions and searching for random info on demand.
Alas, Yellen has too much self - control to ever really snap at any of the bozo politicians who ask her inane questions, but maybe she'll surprise us,» Cramer said.
So remember, before you make the decision to fire anyone, remember to ask that question — you might be surprised at the answer you get.
Even some of Jamie Dimon's closest advisers at JPMorgan Chase were surprised when their chief executive started publicly questioning Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke earlier this week.
The Facebook founder appeared in a live forum at a university in Beijing this week and surprised the students by answering all their questions in Mandarin.
Revenue was up 40 % year - on - year, but at a total of $ 197 million it's not surprising that some are questioning whether the return on investment is worth it.
Even some of Jamie Dimon's closest advisers at JP Morgan Chase were surprised when their chief executive started publicly questioning Fed chair Ben Bernanke earlier this week.
Charges due at lease signing — such as a broker's fee, security deposit and advance payment of the first and last month's rent — vary, and they can easily become a four - figure surprise if you don't ask the right questions during your hunt.
If you're interviewing for a position at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston - based firm that staffs churches and other faith - based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.
McMaster's Alex Sevigny said there was no surprise to see opposition leaders and MPs at the lower end of the scale, which was determined after «coders» were trained to watch sessions of Question Period and identify the level of rudeness based on factors such as aggression and anger.
I am not surprised at all that you were mobbed with questions afterwards.
 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).
You'll be surprised at how frank questioning can result in more meaningful political discourse.
I was a little surprised at the «Evidence of Mind and Matter» article and the seeming acceptance of Professor Ayala's idea that «the evidence of evolutionary theory is overwhelming» [Cutting Edge column: «Avoiding the Key Question, January - February 2011].
If you are telling me you can look at that image, and it not surprise you that there was no designer of the patterns in it, I have to question your sincerity.
So it is not surprising that considerable confusion prevailed at first, which was partly due to terminological difficulties and partly to a dissensus on the question of aim and method.
I did a lot of surveys in college and I was always surprised at the many ways people can misinterpret what seems to be a simple question, and when they explained, I could see how they could.
And since religion is a delusional belief system that relies upon indoctrination to gull followers into believing without question, why would anyone be surprised that scandals happen at all?
To your second question, you would be surprised at how much «diversity» of belief is tolerated in the Catholic Church.
Surprising as it was at the beginning of my veggie journey, I have gotten used to this question now.
A treble in his first season at Barcelona and another Champions League in just his first three seasons in management was a remarkable achievement, no question, and if anything his struggles at Bayern show that one can not simply inherit a good set of players and let them do the rest, but while he revolutionised the game in 2009, he is now being found out and it is something of a surprise that he has no other European Cup to his name since 2011 given the quality of teams he's had at his disposal since then.
But despite his friendliness and ability to befriend both socialists and veterans, it did not come as much of a surprise when Jordan was railed at by the media during his recent questioning of Hillary Clinton at the latest Benghazi hearings.
If Arsenal beat Barcelona this evening it'll be no surprise to me, the question however is if can we keep our discipline and focus at the notoriously boisterous atmosphere in the return leg at the Nou Camp.
It has been suggested that he was granted this wish, which came as quite a surprise to many Arsenal fans and it raised the question as to whether he may be feeling homesick at all.
Why are any of us surprised what was said at the AGM no one really grills anyone and it's the same questions asked about a lousy 3 million that went to one of Stans company for management fees or something who cares about pocket change, and every year the management are always saying that they have confidence in the team to do well and yes they do up to a level
It's no real surprise that it's these two sides in question, as Liverpool have been vulnerable at the back this season having conceded 40 goals in 32 games.
However, when «Kiki's» work was starting to be questioned at Tula, the Samovars pulled a surprising home win against FC Anzhi in the last match of the year before the long winter break.
Quite often, questions about puberty can come out of the blue and surprise parents at what seems to be the worst time (preparing dinner or getting everyone ready in the morning).
Instead, I'm surprised at how many people aren't willing to question their own belief systems — why do we expect monogamy in relationships?
This might seem like a basic question, but you might be surprised at how little couples discuss their finances and how little they know about each other's income.
I was curious to look at the question of what to feed my baby from a cultural perspective and was surprised to find that around the world, most parents are giving pretty similar first foods.
They are the formula culture!And so I said ok, there it goes and I was surprised at how many questions I was getting from the girls, so it turned out to be a really good experience but I was really shy, I was just faking it [laughs].
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«Mark Zuckerberg brought the data and answered the questions professionally, very directly, and I think a lot of people were surprised at the answers because you don't know what you don't know until you know it,» Collins said.
The city's public advocate, Letitia James, said she had not been aware that Mr. de Blasio had stopped taking questions during routine announcements and expressed surprise at the approach.
He appeared to express surprise at Russia's actions on Tuesday, however, telling MPs Downing Street's foreign policy adviser had held «productive talks» in Moscow immediately prior to the questioning.
Miliband counters: «After that answer it's no surprise he took no questions from women journalists at his press conference.»
Nobody was surprised to see David Cameron ribbing Jeremy Corbyn about the Labour leader's reshuffle as the pair went head - to - head at prime minister's questions today.
«My general impressions, I was surprised that how this was being treated as an actual trial, a court trial, as far as the questioning and examining was going and that it seemed as if the Commissioner was acting as a judge, getting advice from her own legal counsel at times,» said Scott, «and just the level of detail and scrutiny was much more than I had expected.»
The biggest surprise from questions answered may have been the honest evaluation that the SAFE Act can not be fully repealed but rather modified — at least as long as the Assembly is controlled by Democrats and Gov. Cuomo holds office.
It is not a surprise that weather events or salinity changes might cause fluctuations in near - surface currents but «why we also find intensified current fluctuations at very large depths is an open question that still needs to be investigated,» Kanzow notes.
«The fact that we found the same brain processing between believers and nonbelievers, despite the two groups» completely different answers to the questions [about religion], is pretty surprising,» says Jonas Kaplan, a research psychologist at U.C.L.A. and co-author of the study.
Researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Virginia Tech recently explored those questions and found surprising results.
Deborah Cotton, a committee member and an AIDS researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, is not surprised that AIDS activists are questioning the accelerated approval process.
«The technology has become available now, and it's such an interesting scientific question, so it's not surprising that two groups were working on solving this riddle at once.»
Thus, it is perhaps surprising that very few fMRI studies have addressed the question of how the brain is functionally organized in childhood ASD, at developmental stages more proximal to the onset of the disorder (Akshoomoff et al., 2002; Amaral, 2010).
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