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My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on… — Amy Chua
Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best.… — Laurel Clark
I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in… — Isabel Allende
I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected… — Kirstie Alley
I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence… — Maya Angelou
From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion? — Thomas Paine
[The error in the teaching of mathematics is that] mathematics is expected either to be immediately attractive to students on its own merits or to… — Morris Kline
A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread. — Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity,… — Benjamin Boukpeti
Reputation is a reward, to be sure, but it is really the beginning, not the end of endeavor. It should not be the signal for… — Alvan Macauley
The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences… — Ray Lankester
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most… — Barbara Holland
Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center… — Corrie Ten Boom
I don't think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion. — Tom Stoppard
It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter how it all… — Albert Einstein
It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other being would have… — Wilbur Smith
What I really remember is that people camped out everywhere, and the fact everybody expected it might turn into a big nightmare with all sorts… — Johnny Ramistella
Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in the competition with other groups.… — Bertrand Russell
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. — Sun Tzu
When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor... — Niccolo Machiavelli

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