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"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."
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"It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want."
"Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery."
"We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to."
"We are treated exactly the way we expect to be treated by the world and its people."
"What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven."
"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."
"Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them."
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
"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."
"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."
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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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