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And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

It's great being blonde - with such low expectations it's easy to impress.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.

Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

To meet the expectations of the majority of our people, and to open up new vistas of economic opportunity so that the aspirations of Nigerians can stand a fair chance of being fulfilled in a lifetime, there must be a truly committed leadership in a democratic Nigeria.

Life was very simple. My parents had come from the North of England, which is a fairly rugged, bleak, hard-working part of England, and so there was not the expectation of luxury.

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.

So, yeah, I can say I always set my expectations so high that I had a lot to live up to.

All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different.

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.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.