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"I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old."
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"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."
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"Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable."
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"What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending."
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"Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true."
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"Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack."
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"American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers."
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"Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth."
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"Live without expectations. Don't set parameters on your life by telling yourself that something can only be enjoyed if it is a certain way. Allow life to surprise you. Keep an open mind and enjoy all of life's treasures."
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"When we set expectations and nourish them with appreciation, we will get better results."
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"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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"You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable."
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"Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me."
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"I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends."
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"I was always surrounded by expectation from the very first race I ran as a 5-year-old."
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"I'm so lucky. I have such a great support system. All I have to do is run."
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"I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do."
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"I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention."
People

"I made my first Australian senior team when I was 16, first Olympics when I was 19, and I retired. I'm 32, I retired four years ago, so a good third of my life or nearly a third of my life has been all about running."
Life

"This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance."
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"Peace, unity and harmony!"
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