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Expectation Quotes (page 85)

Many are the stories I have heard about myself. I have mistresses I have never met. When I hear that I am a sodomist and a zoophalist then I shall know that I have reached the high point of fame, but I suppose I can hardly expect such exaltation for many years. John Steinbeck
How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Louis de Bernieres quote: "Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when..."
Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected? Louis de Bernieres
By the Hospital Lane goes the 'Faeries Path.' Every evening they travel from the hill to the sea, from the sea to the hill. At the sea end of their path stands a cottage. One night Mrs. Arbunathy, who lived there, left her door open, as she was expecting her son. Her husband was asleep by the fire; a tall man came in and sat beside him. After he had been sitting there for a while, the woman said, 'In the name of God, who are you?' He got up and went out, saying, 'Never leave the door open at... William Butler Yeats
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Didn't Frankenstein get married?"Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't..."
Didn't Frankenstein get married?"Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't know. I never met him. Harrow man, I expect. P. G. Wodehouse
You can't leave out half the world's experience and expect to address all the problems. Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently. Dee Dee Myers
For generations, Americans who aren't rich have been generous and admiring of their wealthy compatriots - want a country where people who work hard can succeed, where the same rules apply to everyone. They expect to have their own shot at getting rich. But increasingly, they are seeing that the game is rigged. Dee Dee Myers
Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are. Dee Dee Myers
Miyamoto Musashi quote: "You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a..."
You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. Miyamoto Musashi
You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical. Haruki Murakami
Jamie Moyer quote: "I don't expect anyone to give me anything."
I don't expect anyone to give me anything. Jamie Moyer
John Motson quote: "Not the first half you might have expected, even though the..."
Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was. John Motson
If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in vain. Great poets might expect the whole body of their work, but most of us - well, I would settle for a handful. Andrew Motion
Kate Moss quote: "People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to."
People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to. Kate Moss
So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result. Emily Mortimer

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