#expect

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

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

Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#country #different #each #even #expected

All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different. ↗

— Bruce Bennett

#different #expectations #needs #vastly

When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win. ↗

— Dennis Bergkamp

#already #also #beat #chelsea #especially

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#business #businesses #expect #impact #important

A brick could be used to bestow gratitude upon your favorite (or least favorite) politician. Let them know your approval level by giving them the gift that says both Thank You—and Fuck You.
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— Jarod Kintz

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

Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work. ↗

— Siobhan Davies

#accept #being #choice #dance #dancers