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"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."
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"Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up, and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death."
"Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents."
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"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."
"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
"Expectations create and shape reality."
"Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like ... When I saw a real diamond in a lady's ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn't my idea of a diamond."
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
"Whatever you search for will either meet you halfway or wait for you."
"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
"I myself have never been enchanted by the dream of the white wedding, and, heaven help us, the expectation that this exquisitely catered event should be 'the happiest moment' of one's life."
"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
"The problem with many people is that they would plant a pear tree and expect it to bear some mango fruit."
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