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Brandon Sanderson

"Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack."

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Donna Grant

"I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise."

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Donna Grant

"Expectations create and shape reality."

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Donna Grant

"Weren't you alwaysdistracted by expectation, as if every eventannounced a beloved? (Where can you find a placeto keep her, with all the huge strange thoughts inside yougoing and coming and often staying all night.)"

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Donna Grant

"Expect nothing but be ready for everything."

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Donna Grant

"That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned."

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Donna Grant

"Not the action, but the expectation creates results."

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Donna Grant

"We are No. 1 worldwide by quite a margin on the client side and expanding, according to IDC and others, every single quarter. Our expectation is that the industry will consolidate and that more of our competitors will exit."

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Donna Grant

"When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer."

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Donna Grant

"Everyone wants everyone to be perfect for them, but they don't want themselves to be perfect for others..."

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Donna Grant

"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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Brandon Sanderson
"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"

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Brandon Sanderson
"Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours."

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Brandon Sanderson
"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."

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Brandon Sanderson
"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."

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Brandon Sanderson
"He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be."

Leadership

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Brandon Sanderson
"I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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Brandon Sanderson
"Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important."

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Brandon Sanderson
"If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains."

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Brandon Sanderson
"...Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become...."

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Brandon Sanderson
"Good men don't become legends," he said quietly."Good men don't need to become legends." She opened her eyes, looking up at him. "They just do what's right anyway."

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