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• Once artists are expected to shock, it's that much harder for them to do so.

  Jerry Saltz

  Artist, Shock, Harder

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• I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of The Brady Bunch. Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying “hi” to everyone, whether they knew me or not.

  Marlee Matlin

  Girl, Growing Up, Long

  "My Father’s Chutzpah" by Marlee Matlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 17, 2011.

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• I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Teacher, Thinking, Atmosphere

  "Viggo Mortensen Speaks: Part 3 of 3". Interview with Ethan Gilsdorf, www.wired.com. March 12, 2012.

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• You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

  Jason Mraz

  Realizing, Persons

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• Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are the same and if male behaviour is the norm, and women are always expected to act like men, we will never be as good at being men as men are.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Men, Differences, Important

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• I think if you're the son or daughter of successful actors and actresses, it's a double pressure. More is expected of you.

  Liam Neeson

  Daughter, Mother, Son

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• I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.

  Huey Newton

  Mean, Community, Patriotism

  Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.158, Penguin

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• Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.

  Grover Norquist

  Insulting, President, Ceilings

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• I came from a family where joining a union was the expected thing to do. I've always believed that the relationship between an employer and an individual worker is fundamentally unequal.

  Frances O'Grady

  Joining, Unions, Individual

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• I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

  Bill Parcells

  People, Toes, Grew Up

  "From XLIII: An interview with Bill Parcells". Interview with Nick Friedell, sports.yahoo.com. January 31, 2009.

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• When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person.

  Blaise Pascal

  Writing, Style, Natural

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• I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Mother, Nice, Surprise

  "Marathon mum". Interview with Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2007.

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• Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

  Dan Rather

  Sports, Baseball, Games

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

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• I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.

  John C. Reilly

  Hard Work, Men, Class

  "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

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• My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Brother, Father, Thinking

  Interview with Sandra Bullock, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 26, 2009.

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• There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Destiny, Events, This Generation

  Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

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• I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Writing, Popularity

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• If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.

  J. K. Rowling

  Christian, Faces, Fundamentalist

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• By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians.

  Kevin Rudd

  Home, School, Cities

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

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• The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

  Dan Savage

  Mistake, Men, People

  "Dan Savage Savages the Bible Over Homosexuality" by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.

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• As many know, brain injury comes in many forms. The two most prevalent brain injuries - stroke and trauma - affect more than 2.2 million Americans, and these numbers are expected to grow.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Two, Numbers, Brain

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• I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.

  Jill Scott

  Wall, White, House

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• They just expected it to you know... Paul, Steve and I could have hired our own publicist, if we wanted to, but I kind of liked the way it was more of a cult thing and those that liked it, liked it, you know what I mean?

  Amy Sedaris

  Mean, Way, Kind

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• You know, the process of making a documentary is one of discovery, and like writing a story, you follow a lead and that leads you to something else and then by the time you finish, the story is nothing like you expected.

  William Shatner

  Writing, Discovery, Stories

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• I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

  Wallace Shawn

  Vanity, Years, People

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

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