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Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down. — Errol Flynn
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only… — Scott Hamilton
I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected. — Mariska Hargitay
There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation… — Emmylou Harris
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish… — Audrey Hepburn
Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true. — Elbert Hubbard
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to… — Lee Iacocca
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. — Steve Jobs
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. — Samuel Johnson
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. — Samuel Johnson
Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. — Shawn Johnson
You know, if you're Guy Kawasaki and you create a car that gets 500 miles a gallon with zero emissions, people on the Internet would… — Guy Kawasaki
It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day. — Frank B. Kellogg
Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well. — Annie Leibovitz
Everything in nature has its own intrinsic charm, as the work of its Creator's hand; but the chief beauty of the whole lies in its… — Lucy Larcom
I feel more and more at ease, because I think the older I get, the less pressure there is. People say, 'Well, he's not cutting… — Jude Law
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us.… — Abraham Lincoln
I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve. — Charles Lindbergh

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