It was there [Dijon], I now understand, that I started to grow up, to study, to make love, to eat and drink, to be me and not what I was expected to be. It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even my envy because he knows something that I may never be old or wise or kind or tender enough to know.
I never expected that this would be my life.
Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?
Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received.
There is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are like this, white people are like this - and it really is hard to break through that. I never was doing it that way.
Are you reading?" I say. It's not that I don't think Finn can read or anything, but it's just - well, not what I expected to see. I figured Finn spent his time doing whatever it is guys who aren't Josh do when they aren't in school. Burping, or something. "Try not to look so surprised," Finn says. "I read. I can count to ten. Sometimes I can even spell my own name.
Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.
Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them.
Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.
Jeri Brown is a rare breed, who can not only produce a wonderful sound, which is expected from a singer, but can also be extremely creative and has the audacity to musically understand all that she is doing.
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Here is what Muslims and Muslim organizations are expected to say: "As a Muslim, I condemn this attack and terrorism in any form. " This expectation we place on Muslims, to be absolutely clear, is Islamophobic and bigoted.
Expect to get more than you expected [from Crash Landing project]. Expect more than a mixtape.
Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.
Love didn't necessarily look the way you expected it to.
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
One consequence of this is that people are expected to make it on their own by chasing clicks or building a brand. What a diminished vision that is.
For many of us, the hospital was as much a refuge as it was a prison. Though we were cut off from the world and all the trouble we enjoyed stirring up out there, we were also cut off from the demands and expectations that had driven us crazy. What could be expected of us now that we were stowed away in a loony bin?