Expectation Quotes

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When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. — Cate Blanchett
If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied. — Ian Mckellen
A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in… — Oliver Ellsworth
The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations. — Eli Khamarov
If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. — Heraclitus
She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. — Michael Arlen
I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an… — William Scott
We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual… — Jonathan Shapiro
I also want to draw attention to the responsibilities that people have to live up to their election promises and to live up to the… — Ron Davies
Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made… — Lester B. Pearson
I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in… — Ayad Akhtar
The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and friends.… — Samuel Johnson
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything — Ray Charles
We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly… — Marcus Bach
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood. — James Hamilton
Beauty is everything. Love is innocent. A future with the perfect man is life. — Jorja Fox
Anger always comes from frustrated expectations. — Elliott Larson
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott
At the very least marriage is a miscarriage of expectation, at its worst a wrenching disappointment with destiny. — Bill Cosby
Rejection doesnt hurt, expectation does. Lies dont kill, denial does. Forget doesnt heal, forgive does. — Orebela Gbenga

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