It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.
if you are helping someone and expecting something in return, then you are doing business, not kindness
I expect the worst, and I am sure I won't be disappointed.
At the end when you cut to the bone,we're all essentially the same; we are women of great expectations
But life doesn't turn out the way you expect. Ever. - Iris from What Comes After
In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.
When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'
Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
I don't like when people expect too much, because then I'll only be disappointed if things don't work out.
We should not conclude from this that everything depends on waves of irrational psychology. On the contrary, the state of long-term expectation is often steady, and, even when it is not, the other factors exert their compensating effects. We are mere...
When Thoreau considered "where I live and what I live for," he tied together location and values. Where we live doesn't just change how we live; it informs who we become. Most recently, technology promises us lives on the screen. What values, Thoreau...
For I was hungry, while you had all you needed. I was thirsty, but you drank bottled water. I was a stranger, and you wanted me deported. I needed clothes, but you needed clothes. I was sick, and you pointed out the behaviors that led to my sickness....
I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you wan...
And he knew he would not be travelling home. If he had to wear a donkey jacket and wait for fifty years, then he would wait. At last there was a place in the world where he had reason to be, a place that had meaning. For days, without realising it, h...
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Well, clearly someone you trust isn’t really someone you should be trusting,” she said without thinking, and regretted it when Terrible glanced at her. He did it fast, just a quick cut of his eyes in her direction and then away again, but she saw...
Clary wasn't sure what she'd expected -exclamations of delight, perhaps a smattering of applause. Instead there was silence, broken only when Jace said, "Somehow, I thought it would be bigger." Clary looked at the Cup in her hand. It was the size, pe...
