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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist

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"She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected."

World Loneliness Expected

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected."

Common Expected Mutual

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist

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"To those who are given much, much is expected."

Inspirational Given Expected

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Seneca the Younger Philosopher, Statesman

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"The declaration of love may come sooner than expected. Take time before you reciprocate as this may simply be a statement of what they expect from you."

May Expected Take Time

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Maria Doyle Kennedy Actress, Singer

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"Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally."

Men Expected Submissive

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Henry James Author

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"I've always expected the worst, and it's always worse than I expected."

Worst Expected

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Eliot Spitzer Politician

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"I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself."

Standards Expected Disappointed

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Dante Alighieri Poet, Philosopher

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"Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow."

Fate Arrows Expected

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Benjamin Disraeli Politician, Author

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"The expected always happens"

Happens Expected

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Bertolt Brecht Playwright, Poet

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"People cannot remain good unless good is expected of them."

People Expected

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter

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"I never expected anything to be given to me."

Given Expected

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Samuel Alexander Philosopher

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"An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought."

Firsts Objects Expected

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"Misfortunes should always be expected."

Should Expected Misfortunes

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic

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"Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed."

Expected Impression Jest

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Robin Sharma Author, Speaker

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"Be kinder than expected."

Expected Kinder

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter

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"If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz."

Christian Faces Expected

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter

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"Good theater is not what is expected, but what surprises."

Surprise Theater Expected

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George Herbert Poet

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"A gift much expected is paid, not given."

Giving Given Expected

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John Adams Founding Father, Politician

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"They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves."

Expected Acknowledge

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