#expect

Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true. ↗

— Bill Gates

#expectations #first-class #form #people #true

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#actually #before #character #down #expected

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#after #book #could #expect #female

You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#cannot #expect #freedom #land #much

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#expectation #going #increase #invaded #iraq

Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#countries #elite #expect #get #going

You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#down #expect #fall #give #just

Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum. ↗

— George Clymer

#among #constitution #expected #glories #next

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer. ↗

— Joel Coen

#bit #different #down #employer #expectations

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#develop #during #expect #good #moment