At a certain point, a critical mass of people either have used the Internet or have expectations. Anything less than the free flow of information will be seen as having something taken away. We’ve seen time and again – in Egypt and Iran, for example – that creates a backlash.
Having no expectations is a really good thing.
Sometimes I was so busy being tuned in to outside ideas, expectations, and demands, I failed to hear the unique music in my soul. I forfeited my ability to listen creatively to my deepest self, to my own God within.
I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
I’m a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.
I can feel this pressure of living up to the expectations of people. I hope I can fulfill it.
I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, ‘the soft bigotry of low expectations.’
A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they’re held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.
One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.
There’s always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.
I have high expectations from Babar Azam and Imam-ul Haq.
My films and roles have given me a special place in the hearts of people. I am aware that it is a huge responsibility and I am doing my best to live up to those expectations.
Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great – far too great – expectations.
It’s good to have expectations, I believe. You want to come out and you want to compete. You want to do special things.
Sometimes I think about, ‘What if I’m not the person everyone idealizes me to be? Maybe I’m just a regular old Joe. What if I can’t live up to all these expectations? Maybe I’m just not who they think I am or who they want me to be.
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.
Obviously there are a lot of expectations when you come to a club for a record fee but you can’t change that. You just need to perform and show it on the pitch and gain respect through that.
At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations.
All the things you’re not supposed to do at the beginning of your professional life – transgressiveness, arbitrariness and violating expectations – you find more attractive at the end of your professional life.
The only way to ensure that inflation expectations remain safely anchored near the FOMC’s target is to keep inflation close to that target on a consistent basis.
‘Drag Race’ has become a staple of modern television for the way it skewers expectations and attitudes about gender, much as a show like ‘black-ish’ works to challenge stereotypes about black families in America.
I know the expectations are higher on me now because I’ve played more matches and done well. But I need to keep improving to make the supporters happy. I know I can improve.
WI played a young Helena Bonham Carter in a BBC film called ‘A Dark Adapted Eye,’ and I thought she was a completely spellbinding person. Totally unmoved by other people’s expectations, fashions or opinions. She’s probably the coolest English actress there is. Incredibly idiosyncratic.
I think there comes a time when you start dropping expectations. Because the world doesn’t owe you anything, and you don’t owe the world anything in return. Things, feelings, are a very simple transaction. If you get it, be grateful. If you don’t, be alright with it.
Expectations run immensely high in Croatia. We may only be a small country, but people expect us to be our best at every major tournament.
I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It’s always fun to defy expectations.
I am extremely ecstatic about the presidency of Barack Obama. I think he is paving the way for young African-American men like myself. I have very high expectations for Obama, and I am extremely hopeful that he will bring great lasting change not just to America, but to the entire world.
Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.
There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics.
I think expectations are sometimes dangerous things. I think the only thing you can be sure of is that it won’t go to plan. I think that’s the only thing that’s definite.
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn’t even expect to get a record deal.
I try not to focus too much on the expectations there are of me.
Doing a film with somebody who’s from a different country or culture than you is very fulfilling because they bring with them different insights, experiences, cultural norms, and expectations. All of those things can sort of broaden your own understanding of things or provide a different perspective.
I’m going to put a lot of expectations on myself.
One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.
Masculinity is kind of a toxic curse, isn’t it? The expectations of it were hard on me.
I see myself in a Cleveland Browns uniform and a return for Josh Gordon. Hopefully this time, the biggest and the best I’ve ever been. Really looking forward to giving the people what they deserve, not letting anyone down, myself included. And exceeding their expectations.
I hope that teachings about inclusion and love win out over what I personally consider to be a handful of scriptures that reflect the moral expectations of the era in which they were recorded.
More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it’s bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.
I’m pretty sure my expectations are higher than the average person’s. It just sets standards.
As a creator, I always want to betray fans’ expectations.
Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have been changed by his election. Obama’s inauguration is a historic global achievement, a major milestone in the journey of a powerful nation.
I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.
When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of. So I chose to make sure I was a part of it for four years, and when I was at Duke, it exceeded all my expectations.
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 have great expectations for our company; pretzels were just the beginning.
There are people who have really high expectations for what we’re doing. I have to not think about that so that I can be free and play around every day and not feel like I have to get it right. You want to be loose.
I don’t have anything to prove anymore. I don’t have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I’m in a position of freedom. I don’t need anyone’s approval.
I live for the high expectations.
I don’t play an instrument – I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. ‘We Are Young’ turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.
I love running good because it meets expectations, whether it’s the fans’ or my own. And I know that they come to be entertained: they pull for a particular driver to be entertained by that driver’s success and that driver’s personality, and they relate to that individual.
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
The thing I know about Diana Trout is that she’s the hardest-working person. She even says it in season one – that nobody works harder than she does. I believe that’s always been true about her. That is why she has high expectations of everyone around her.
We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
I do feel pressure. I have always been able to surprise people because they didn’t know to expect anything from me. And now people are starting to have expectations.
My fans are so open-minded and trust that whatever I’m doing, in whatever moment of time, is the most accurate form of expression that I have to offer them. There are no expectations – only a journey which we all share together.
