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• The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Events, Littles, Revolution

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.115

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• It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

  Davy Crockett

  Names, Judgement, Bows

  Davy Crockett (1987). “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee”, p.205, U of Nebraska Press

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• I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Children, Afterlife, Actors

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• I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Motivation, Thinking, People

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• I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as my mom's had before me, and her mom's had before her.

  Beth Ditto

  Mom, Baby, Dolls

  "I'm 30 and feel under huge pressure to have kids. What should I do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2007.

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• When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.

  Roger Ebert

  Party, Wife, Use

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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, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Hate, Years, President

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• I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life.

  Jennifer Garner

  One Day, Cameras, Fronts

  Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 28, 2009.

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• I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.

  Ina Garten

  Party, Coffee, Home

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• Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

  Joe Gibbs

  Nfl, Coaching, Ignored

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• But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it logical that anybody should be expected to be afraid of the work that they feel they were put on this Earth to do.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Writing, Thinking, Earth

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• Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Doe, Honest, Sometimes

  "Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2011.

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• I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

  Ellie Goulding

  Land, Feet, Males

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wrote 'Lights' a long, long time ago. And I expected it to be on the album, because it was - I wrote it with 'Biff' Stannard. And he wrote every single Spice Girls song and every single pop song of the 90s, basically. So I thought, you know, I was really lucky to work with him, but I didn't think it would be a big song for some reason.

  Ellie Goulding

  Girl, Song, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.

  Scott Hamilton

  Sports, Winning, Gold

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• 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 of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected.

  Emmylou Harris

  Expectations, Grace, Life Is

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• 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 scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Ignorance, Giving, Facts

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• I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Kind, Found

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• 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

  Retirement, Giving Up, Gymnastics

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• 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 say: 'I could have done that in half an hour, and it's been done before. What's the big deal? I expected something more from him.' Meanwhile, they didn't do it, right? They're still living at home with their mothers.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Mother, Zero, Home

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• 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 suggested relations to humanity. Things announce and wait for persons. The house would not have been thus beautifully built and furnished, except for an expected tenant.

  Lucy Larcom

  Lying, Hands, House

  Lucy Larcom (1892). “The Unseen Friend”

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• 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 edge because he's not in his twenties, so he's not expected to be.'

  Jude Law

  Cutting, Thinking, People

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• Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.

  Annie Leibovitz

  People, Taught, Helpful

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• The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Cutting, Musician

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• My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Brother, Our Generation, America

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