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• I was writing - at least beginning to write Boston Boy and there were a lot of holes in my so-called research. I didn't know the towns my mother and father came from in Russia. I didn't know the name of the clothing store I went to work for when I was 11 years old. I didn't know a lot of things. So I called for my FBI files, not expecting to have that stuff there, but I wanted to know what they had on me.But they did have the towns my mother and father lived in in Russia. They had the grocery store I worked in when I was 11 years old.

  Nat Hentoff

  Mother, Father, Writing

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• Those days [of the Vietnam War] you couldn't get on a bus going to the South without expecting a riot over something or the other. All of that has disappeared thanks to Lyndon Johnson.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  War, Vietnam, Thanks

  Source: progressive.org

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• But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cover his shyness with nonchalance, with bravado, or with secrecy. And once a boy has suffered rejection, he will find rejection even where it does not exist-or, worse, will draw it forth from people simply by expecting it.

  John Steinbeck

  Boys, People, Rejection

  John Steinbeck (1952). “East of Eden, And, The Wayward Bus”

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• To be ambitious for wealth, and yet always expecting to be poor, to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. . . . No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors, and make success impossible.

  Charles Baudouin

  Fear, Long, Effort

  Charles Baudouin (1945). “Suggestion and Autosuggestion: A Psychological and Pedagogical Study Based Upon the Investigations Made by the New Nancy School”

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• If you are expecting Paul to read the Bible like it was set in stone, you will find yourself getting pretty nervous. For Paul, now that Jesus has come, the Bible was more like clay to be molded.

  Peter Enns

  Jesus, Finding Yourself, Clay

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• Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.

  Tom Brokaw

  Real, Thinking, Names

  "New Again: Tom Brokaw". Interview with Gale Lopez, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 20, 2015.

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• Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.

  Chris Pine

  People, Failing, More Money

  "Chris Pine Talks the STAR TREK Sequel and How J.J. Abrams Chose Scenes That Will 'Really Pop' in IMAX" by Christina Radish, collider.com. June 16, 2012.

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• Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations.

  Doug Flutie

  Football, Spring, Winning

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• We're expecting a lot of rain in the state of Oregon, so let's just get rid of Oregon.

  Ryan Stiles

  Rain, Oregon, States

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• The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with 'move down' buyers will depress real-estate prices.

  David I. Rozenberg

  Depressing, Retirement, Real

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• It doesn't matter what the other is being, doing, having, saying, wanting, demanding. It doesn't matter what the other is thinking, expecting, planning. It only matters what you are being in relationship to that.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Inspirational, Thinking, Love Relationship

  Neale Donald Walsch (1996). “Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.100, Penguin

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• We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house.

  Robert Breault

  Home, House, Guests

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• True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

  Deborah Barnes

  Self Esteem, Passion, Simple

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• It's easy to slide into believing you're the hypnotist here, the mirage master, the smart cookie who knows what's real and how all the tricks are done. The fact is you're still just another slack-jawed mark in the audience. No matter how good you are, this world is always going to be better at this game. It's more cunning than you are, it's faster and it's a whole lot more ruthless. All you can do is try to keep up, know your weak spots and never stop expecting the sucker punch.

  Tana French

  Real, Smart, Believe

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