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Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.
I'm very lucky to be a comedian, and I feel privileged that people come to see me in the expectation that I will make them laugh.
I found myself trying to be all things to all people. I felt a tremendous sense of responsibility and the pressure of expectation.
The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.
It's really great to hear that people do look at us as role models and we hope we are able to live up to that expectation as well.
Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles.
If I disappoint someone, it's their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don't know me. I can't control what they want.
The American dream has now morphed into an expectation. And if it isn't provided, or if it doesn't happen, then people feel cheated.
Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.
A lot of people have the expectation that politicians shouldn't just disappear into the woodwork even if they didn't win the election.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.
If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.
I think the only expectation is that I put on myself to do everything right and to put myself in a position to perform as best that I can.
People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
With the police thriller genre, people come to it with an expectation. It allows you to get away with a bit of violence, edginess, darkness.
When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.
I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion.
When you play for Liverpool, there's always pressure, pressure to perform, expectation. Of course, that's the reason why you want to go there.
Our expectation is that by 2050, which is a long time away, India will be the largest economy in the world, overtaking both the U.S. and China.
Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.
A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.
I feel like when I look back at my career I've always done better and I've always been happier when there's more expectation and more pressure.
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
There's nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food - the most fundamental expectation of every human being.
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
I don't think that the next generation should fear just being who they are rather than confirming to an expectation of what they are meant to be.
We hope to win over new listeners who would normally never listen to an Aly & AJ record. That's our greatest expectation we've set for ourselves.
When you're a little kid, and you're, like, thinking about the Olympics, and you just have this big expectation, it just lived up exactly to that.
The expectation levels aren't as high because a team is expected to win on its home court. That takes a little of the pressure off us on the road.
I had a hope that the Iraqis would embrace a new government, would establish a new Iraq very quickly, and, but I never had that as an expectation.
People should be allowed to document evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Where is the expectation of privacy if someone is conspiring to commit crime?
It's more responsibility for star kids. Instead of having things easy, expectation is higher. They are compared to their parents, and that's unfair.
We're very lucky in England: everything's very structured. But in India you have to deal with chaos, and I think that helps dealing with expectation.
My fervent expectation is that sooner rather than later, the United States Senate will more closely reflect the rich diversity of this great country.
As devices become more portable and content is increasingly digital, connectivity is fast becoming a fundamental expectation and lifestyle requirement.
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper.
My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.
I think there's always the whole expectation that men can age and look fine, and girls have to be all conscious. But guys can also keep their skin intact.
Public servants should be focused on serving the public - not any special interest group, and good governance should be an expectation - not an exception.
I just feel like in society and in public, we have this unspoken expectation that we're all trying to meet. And there's so much pressure to try to fit in.
There are certain directors I have worked with who build up the scene and get you all excited, but when you actually do it, it falls below your expectation.
I'm always going to give my fans a realistic expectation and let them know that if you think I'm never gonna make a mistake again, go find another YouTuber.