#expect

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged. ↗

— David Guterson

#being #book #challenged #did #expectation

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

#expected #going #gold #gold medal #medal

The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#aspirations #expectation #fears #finding-yourself #hopes

People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit crime? ↗

— Linda Tripp

#commit #conspiring #crime #criminal #document

I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it is something that the Dominican people expected. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#announced #because #expected #i #keep

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#bad #been #course #critical #enough

I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#became #consumed #else #expected #i

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations. ↗

— Ryunosuke Satoro

#expectations #our dreams #outgrow #shoes #your

I've always liked rooms where the party hasn't started yet...I love the feeling that anything could happen. After the party, when anything already has happened, there's usually the inevitable fact to face that anything wasn't all you'd hoped it to be. ↗

— Jillian Lauren

#life

A brick could be used as a floatation device. But only use it if the person drowning is a politician.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny