- Nov 07, 2020
Expects Quotes
Lines about the pressure of what others expect from you.
This collection looks at expectation from several directions: an athlete carrying a nation's hopes into a tournament, a business owner admitting mistakes rather than pretending flawlessness, and the classic split between a pessimist, an optimist, and a realist. If self-image under scrutiny interests you, see Me.
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- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.
- Pessimist
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best way of dealing with the press, customers, and critics is to come clean when things go wrong and admit when you make a mistake. We are humans, and no one expects us to be perfect.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
To participate in a World Cup is a great honour and achievement. I've played in three World Cups. The whole world watches you during a World Cup and expects you to play innings to win games for your country.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
God has established what man is supposed to do, and he expects man to do it his way and not a way independently of him. And when you do things independently of him, you have consequences you don't want to bear.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up in a very demanding environment. Dad expects us to prove ourselves... so my siblings and I worked hard to reach what we have today, and I guess we have to continue working hard to maintain it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.
- Everybody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's something that one expects after 12 years - to be eaten up by the process - but we're still very much on the outside.
- American Accent
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- Nov 07, 2020