#anticipated

I don't think any of us could have possibly anticipated how successful Mad Men has been. When we were working on the pilot, we loved it. We thought it was special. We hoped and prayed it'd be a success. But, we didn't count on it. ↗

— Elizabeth Moss

#any #been #could #count #hoped

I think that much of this was running in background as I contemplated whether or not to attend the PS 99 reunion, although I certainly anticipated that I would not; it smelled like death, not youth. ↗

— John Thorn

#anticipated #attend #background #certainly #contemplated

In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared. ↗

— Zhu Rongji

#appeared #circumstances #course #had #new

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#anticipated #avoid #difficulties #i #i always

Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#anticipated #better #crops #drought #more

For even the very wise cannot see all ends. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#prophecy #unanticipated #wise

When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean. ↗

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

#charming #connery #day #even #first

I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#asian #compared #especially #even #had

First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#been #cases #despite #failures #first

At times it's been weird because for the first phase of my career, I've been really well-known for a character that I was so not like and a character I never anticipated doing. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#because #been #career #character #doing