Expectations Quotes

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The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your performance… — Ben Goldacre
It is an axiom of political life that you never raise expectations, whether in a political or military campaign, because your defeats are then magnified… — Charles Krauthammer
Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed… — Shams Tabrizi
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. — Michael Landon
I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad. — Alaa Al Aswany
As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes… — Dave Hickey
In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations. — Hayao Miyazaki
I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party in an endangered,… — Maile Meloy
Students of the psychedelic realm know that one's expectations are a powerful determinant of the direction, content, and outcome of the experience. So, we should… — Rick Doblin
No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the… — Hannah Whitall Smith
When the environment makes gender salient, there is a ripple effect on the mind. We start to think of ourselves in terms of our gender,… — Cordelia Fine
Unless women have, from the moment of birth, socialization for, expectations of, and preparation for a viable significant alternative to motherhood . . . women… — Wilma Scott Heide
Until we let go of our mental images of who we are or who we should be, our vision remains clouded by expectation. But when… — Paul Buchheit
If there is one recipe for unhappiness it is that: expectations. — Yasmin Mogahed
I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism, and I have a communications degree. I studied journalism --… — Sarah
The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be — Rasheed Ogunlaru
Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it. — Rasheed Ogunlaru
Leaders are active instead of reactive, shaping ideas instead of responding to them. Leaders adopt a personal and active attitude toward goals. The influence a… — Abraham Zaleznik
There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for emotional identification. — Peter Greenaway
No expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment. — Jude Morgan

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