#expectations

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

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We tend to live up to our expectations. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

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

— Terrell Owens

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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations. ↗

— Eli Khamarov

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I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

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I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations. ↗

— Nate Ruess

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I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

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I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations. ↗

— Martin Short

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