#expect

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. ↗

— William Blake

#another #because #devils #expect #god

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#elections #expect #go #got #i

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#could #disappointment #enough #entire #entire life

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. ↗

— David Duchovny

#answer #expect #journalists #me #most

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#christmas #expecting #fell #first #friend

That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected me to do well on clay - it was my worst surface. I had had some success on the clay but I was a set and a break up in the semi-final against Jausovec and maybe the enormity of the occasion got to me. ↗

— Jo Durie

#been #big #big break #break #break up

When you say something is very different to a core base that expects heavy music from you or very aggressive music, everybody tends to go, 'Oh, they're gonna get mellow, they're gonna get soft.' ↗

— Fred Durst

#base #core #different #everybody #expects

I don't expect to get yesterday's medicine. If I can help it, I'd like to get tomorrow's medicine. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#get #help #i #i can #like

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook. ↗

— Larry Elder

#battle #common-sense #contest #control #crook

That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#choice #daughter #doing #even #expects