Expectations Quote by Kevin Powers

“One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.” quote by Kevin Powers — Download Open image

“One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.”

Kevin Powers

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I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

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