#expectations

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#apart #beauty #blessing #expectations #object

You don't ask nobody to give what they can't give, or be what they can't be. You've learnt that, you got a headstart on heartbreak. ↗

— Jack Farris

#experience #heartbreak #experience

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

We are Liverpool Football Club and the expectations are so high. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#club #expectations #football #high #liverpool

I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#blow #expectations #i #top #want

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations. ↗

— Patricia Neal

#expectations #expects #master #own #teacher

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed. ↗

— Terrell Owens

#disappointed #expectations #never #reality #will

The biggest problems with movies are expectations. ↗

— Frank Oz

#biggest problems #expectations #movies #problems

Mom was the one who taught me unconditional love. With Dad, I'd always felt there was something to live up to - expectations. But in the last year, we had a wonderful relationship. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#conditional love #dad #expectations #felt #had