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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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I came on to the film with a very happy-go-lucky attitude which I think my character, Charlie, did when she went into the house. I expected it to be good, and then slowly things started to change for us all. ↗

— Jennifer Sky

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Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ↗

— Tacitus

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My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. ↗

— Amy Tan

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Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long. ↗

— Kenzo Tange

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My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly over a long period of time. ↗

— Donna Tartt

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So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected. ↗

— Charlize Theron

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When you're in the news business, you always expect the unexpected. ↗

— Helen Thomas

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Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost week. Lots of that is due to mistakes and stupidity, but it could open a new line of inquiry. Something really good turns up once in a hundred times, but it makes the whole day worthwhile. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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I became so consumed with trying to live up to what the public expected that I lost myself. I don't know of anyone else who can say this. ↗

— Victoria Principal

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