Quotes of: Low-expectations Keyword

The rock biz is the low end of the creative world. Faces come and go so fast.

Eric Burdon

One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.

Dan Buettner

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.

Elizabeth Warren

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse.

Hector Elizondo

Professor Henry Higgins: She's so deliciously low. So horribly dirty.

My Fair Lady

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

James Fenton

I had fun doing a lot of low-budget movies and web series. And I got back into stand-up where I started.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

When we do get a little time off, I tend to watch movies, go to dinners, and keep it low-key.

Nina Dobrev

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.

Ambrose Bierce

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Iain Duncan Smith

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Robert H. Schuller

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people.

Andrew Weil

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Having low self-esteem and a shield of lard are not guarantees of safety. Having a warrior spirit, high self worth (most people are assaulted by someone they know, so if you think you're only worthy of hanging out with controlling low-life's, that's ...

Counting Calories: A True Story From An Average Jane Who Lost Over 120 Pounds In Less Than 6 Months

It must be murder to be an aging beauty, a former Tadzio, to see your future as an ignored spectator rushing up to meet you like the hard pavement. What a small sip of gall to be able to time with each passing year the ever-shorter interval in which ...

Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

Contrary to what you may have heard from Henry Rollins or/and Ian MacKaye and/or anyone else who joined a band after working in an ice cream shop, you can't really learn much about a person based on what kind of music they happen to like. As a person...

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto

My sister said Mary Elizabeth is suffering from low self-esteem, but I told her that she said the same thing about Sam back in November when she started dating Craig, and Sam is completely different. Everything can't be low self-esteem, can it? My si...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This isn't the first time I've used this, and the test subject showed no signs of impaired cognitive ability." "Who was the test subject?" asked Aurora. "I test everything out on myself before taking it into the field." She stared at him. "You zapped...

Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven

Public stigma Stereotype Negative belief about a group (e.g., dangerousness, incompetence, character weakness) Prejudice Agreement with belief and/or negative emotional reaction (e.g., anger, fear) Discrimination Behavior response to prejudice (e.g.,...

Love

Respect, wealth, property, friendship, even love. Did I expect to simply fall over each of them as I strolled aimlessly through the years? Was I expecting my whole life to be some form of lucky accident?

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is this: he expects all advantage and all harm from h...

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