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Some Muslim children, both male and female, have little choice in who to marry, what to study, what their careers will be, and who they can socialise with. Their lives are constrained under the expectations of family 'honour.'

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Both Careers Children Choice Constrained Expectations Family Female Honour Little Lives Male Marry Muslim Some Study Who Will

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Within a life that seems uncomfortably scripted by family and community pressures, hyper-religiosity can provide a way to break with parental expectations and flee from parental control.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Break Community Control Expectations Family Flee Life Parental Pressures Provide Scripted Seems Way Within

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A hedonistic lifestyle contrary to all the rules and expectations of Islam is not an unusual precursor to radicalisation: in fact, some young radicals see joining in the jihad as a way of achieving redemption for past sins.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Achieving Contrary Expectations Fact Hedonistic In Fact Islam Jihad Joining Lifestyle Past Radicals Redemption Rules See Sins Some Unusual Way Young

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I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of empathy with the men. Without excusing the abuse they are capable of, many of them are trapped within these communities and bound by expectations they didn't necessarily ask for.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Abuse Activists Ask Bound Capable Communities Empathy Expectations Know Many Men Much Necessarily Rights Seen Sense Some Stand Them Trapped Within Without Women

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I really do think that putting expectations on a holiday is setting yourself up for failure.

~Delilah

Topics: Expectations Failure Holiday Putting Really Setting Think Up Yourself

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I don't have any expectations.

~Delta Goodrem

Topics: Any Expectations

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You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations.

~Denis Johnson

Topics: Constraints Expectations Facts Formal Journalism Kinds Pressure Produce Working You

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Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

~Denis Waitley

Topics: Acts Based Body Dwells Expectations Limitations Mind Most Often Our Ourselves Own Success Will Your

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The top principle for disruptive and sustaining innovation is that it has to have a laser focus on customers. Innovation begins with their needs and expectations.

~Denise Morrison

Topics: Begins Customers Disruptive Expectations Focus Innovation Laser Needs Principle Sustaining Top

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Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

~Derek Jacobi

Topics: Because Becomes Difficult Exceed Expectations Fine Fulfill Goes Harder Higher Keep Makes More People Reputation Sense Those Time Try You

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