#expected

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. ↗

— Amy Tan

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The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. ↗

— Leo Rosten

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Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them. ↗

— Leo Rosten

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Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? ↗

— William O. Douglas

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started. ↗

— Sanaa Lathan

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I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness. ↗

— Huey Newton

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And, I may add, from what totally unexpected sources come many of those who from the comparatively modest beginning in the chorus rise to the heights of really great achievement in the theatrical profession. ↗

— Florenz Ziegfeld

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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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