#expect

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations. ↗

— Richard M. DeVos

#itself #life #meet #our #outlook

Why is it the philosopher who is expected to be easier and not some scientist who is even more inaccessible? ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#even #expected #inaccessible #more #philosopher

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse. ↗

— David Blaine

#amazing #as far as #believe #best #expect

You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#effort #expect #kind #make #still

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#expecting #get #gold #good #good thing

I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#attention #class #class clown #clown #get

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration. ↗

— Neil Diamond

#any #attitude #back #came #different

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. ↗

— Princess Diana

#carry #day #expectation #kindness #knowledge

Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals? ↗

— Mason Cooley

#expect #never #never expect #people #rascals

In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#because #big #come #contract #expectancy