#expectations

I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

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It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#business #certain #diplomat #expectations #just

When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#backlash #confident #daughter #equality #ever

I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations. ↗

— Ann Richards

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The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points. ↗

— John Sununu

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I'm excited, happy, nervous, anxious, all those feelings about playing for the Jets again. If I didn't have high expectations, I wouldn't come back here. ↗

— Vinny Testaverde

#again #anxious #back #come #excited

I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something back in return. Otherwise, we are constantly being disappointed." She moved her turquoise bracelet back and forth on her wrist. "So I had two sons, John and Richard, because I wanted to, not because I thought they would rescue me in old age. I got out of all social organizations and clubs in my fifties so I could spend time with my grandchildren, not because they would give something back to Jack and me later on, but because that was what I wanted to do--and I have loved doing it. Believe me, these have been selfish decisions. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#life-decisions #age

[T]he experience of mystery comes not from expecting it but through yielding all your programs, because your programs are based on fear and desire. Drop them and the radiance comes. (16) ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#desire #expectations #fear #mystery #art

none of my art is based on how others think i should have done it. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#expectations #art

So throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#life