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Expectations Quotes by Anne Lamott
- When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.
- Expectations are resentments under construction.
- I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations,…
- Gorgeous, amazing things come into our lives when we are paying attention: mangoes, grandnieces, Bach, ponds. This happens more often when we have as little…
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- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband… — Michele Bachmann
- Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war;… — James A. Baldwin
- The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations… — Martha Beck
- Personal history must be constantly renewed by telling parents, relatives, and friends everything one does. On the other hand, for the warrior… — Carlos Castaneda
- There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm… — Anne Hathaway
- Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld