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You never know what's going to happen. It's kind of nice to limit your expectations so when something clicks, you go, 'Hey, that's nice. Thank you.'

~David Eigenberg

Topics: Clicks Expectations Go Going Happen Hey Kind Know Limit Never Nice Something Thank Thank You You Your

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Barry Bonds was still young when his father's fall began. Although Bobby still continued to put up good numbers year after year, he never lived up to expectations.

~David Grann

Topics: After Although Barry Began Bobby Bonds Continue Expectations Fall Father Good He His Lived Never Numbers Put Still Up Year Young

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Robots have gotten steadily more capable, but humans' expectations that robots should have minds keeps biting robot developers.

~David Hanson

Topics: Biting Capable Developers Expectations Gotten Humans Keeps Minds More Robot Robots Should Steadily

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I do believe we have to understand why reality turned out to be different than expectations and estimates. But you have more public service - certainly many of you - than I have ever had, and you recognize that this is not unusual.

~David Kay

Topics: Be Different Believe Certainly Different Estimates Ever Expectations Had Many More Out Public Public Service Reality Recognize Service Than Turned Understand Unusual Why You

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I think the biggest thing you take from the stunt world is your understanding of the filmmaking process. For years, you've worked with every other department closely. You know hair, makeup, wardrobe, special effects, and you know what everybody's needs are and their expectations. You also know how to collaborate with them.

~David Leitch

Topics: Also Biggest Biggest Thing Closely Collaborate Department Effects Every Everybody Expectations Filmmaking Hair How Know Makeup Needs Other Process Special Special Effects Stunt Take Them Thing Think Understanding Wardrobe Worked World Years You Your I Think

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I'm always making movies for my audiences, but I'm not trying to meet their expectations.

~David Lowery

Topics: Always Audiences Expectations Making Making Movies Meet Movies Trying

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I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

~David Nicholls

Topics: Expectations Great Had Identified Kind Same Uncertainty Younger

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There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.

~David Nicholls

Topics: Among Characters Even Expectations Find Functional Great Happy Hard Literature Minor Orphans Parental Relationship Shortage Single Whole

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I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Actor Actually Admire Anyone Beats Career Character Character Actor Combined Constantly Curious Defy Expectations Looking Many Mirror Movie Really See Sort Star Think Though Very Want Whose Would You

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Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.

~David Ulevitch

Topics: Better Company Create Delusion Depression Distracting Doing Expectations Growing Hard Higher Ironic Just Make Makes Maybe People People Say Running Say Silicon Silicon Valley Sort Stakes Successful Valley Why Win You

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