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I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.

~Christopher Meloni

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Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.

~Christopher Miller

Topics: Expectations Happiness Key Life Low Low Expectations

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It would be nice at some point to do something that people expect to be good. Although then with high expectations come a lot more pressure.

~Christopher Miller

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All of everything we've ever done has been riding on low expectations. 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,' a terrible idea. Doing '21 Jump Street' as a movie is a terrible idea. 'The Lego Movie' sounds like a terrible idea.

~Christopher Miller

Topics: Been Chance Cloudy Doing Done Ever Everything Expectations Idea Jump Lego Like Low Low Expectations Movie Riding Sounds Street Terrible

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Deathstroke is a villain. Don't come to the book with any expectations that he will, in any way or sense or form, act heroically. He's a bad guy, and that's the fun of it.

~Christopher Priest

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I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes.

~Christopher Walken

Topics: Defy Expect Expectations Good Lot Maybe Me Mean Movie Nasty Play See Show Something Sometimes Think Up Villains Why You I Think

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With expectations, when you throw that stuff out there, when you put a bunch of pressure on yourself to reach those goals, you don't do anything different. You just keep working to get better.

~Chuck Pagano

Topics: Anything Better Bunch Different Expectations Get Goals Just Keep Out Pressure Put Reach Stuff Those Throw Working You Yourself

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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

~Confucius

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Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

~Conrad Veidt

Topics: About Come Enough Expectations Had Heard Hollywood Nothing Seems Up Your

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Hope is not just... out in the sky, or accepting the facts or reality. Hope is having optimistic, positive expectations.

~Craig Sager

Topics: Accepting Expectations Facts Having Hope Just Optimistic Out Positive Reality Sky

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