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> [In times of shrinking expectations,... everyone feels like a victim and pushes away outsiders to defend his own corner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-handlin/in-times-of-shrinking-expectations-everyone-feels-like-a-victim-and/)

[Oscar Handlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-handlin/)

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> [“Age has a way of sobering us. Our experiences, our disappointments, and our failures have a way of shrinking our expectations. Sometimes they wound us in a way that steals our faith and bankrupts our dreams.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-parsley/age-has-a-way-of-sobering-us-our-experiences-our-disappointments-and/)

[Ross Parsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-parsley/)

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