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When life exceeds expectations

Several quotes describe major life moments no one saw coming, like unexpectedly becoming a spokesperson after simply deciding to Climb a tree.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Happens
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Nov 07, 2020

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

Quotes by Abhimanyu Singh

Dreaming
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.

Quotes by Oliver Sim

Climb
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Nov 07, 2020

I didn't climb into that tree expecting to become a spokesperson.

Quotes by Julia Butterfly Hill

Nov 07, 2020

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

Quotes by Jimmy Buffett

Next
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Nov 07, 2020

I got married, and it was a bit of a whirlwind I wasn't expecting for the next phase for Penn and I.

Quotes by Domino Kirke

Nov 07, 2020

Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.

Quotes by Andre Dubus III

Others reflect on career surprises, including a chart-topping Album that arrived well past the point its creator expected any commercial success.

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