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I financed and made my own films from the start. My path has been autonomous and independent, so I don't have any horror stories about glass ceilings and expectations and tense studio meetings.

~Ava Duvernay

Topics: About Any Autonomous Been Expectations Films Financed Glass Horror Independent Made Meetings My Own Own Path Start Stories Studio Tense

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I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and roles. So both my nonfiction and my fiction have been pretty much exclusively about that.

~Ayelet Waldman

Topics: About Act Am Been Both Consumed Expectations Fiction Issues Motherhood Much Nonfiction Out Pretty Roles Societal Way I Am

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Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

~Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Always Day Discovers Each Each Day Ever Every Every Day Expectations His Keeps Left Limits Little More Must Novelty Off Over People Person Show Show Off Some Stop Surprising Talent Up Who You

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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: About Am Banner Blue Continue Development Expectations Flag Hard Hope How Human Human Rights Humanitarian Life-Saving Meet Millions Millions Of People Our Peacekeeping People Prepare Relief Rights Second Second Term See Term Thinking Who Work I Am

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My worst expectations never happened.

~Barbara Bush

Topics: Expectations Happened Never Worst

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Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their minds become dominated by that. They let their own emotions and expectations transform their perceptions of the world.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: Approach Because Become Depressed Dominated Emotions Expectations Imagine Minds Negative Opposite Own People Perceptions Take Think Transform Well Who World Worst

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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Any Books Bring Expectations Invite People Tell Them Want

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I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.

~Barry Bonds

Topics: Baseball Big Expect Expectations Father Like Other People Play Played Pressure Some Something Sport Think You Your I Think

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The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

~Bassem Youssef

Topics: Become Bigger Celebrity Change Expectations Fame Make People Pressure Quite Say Target Toxic Want You

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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side.

~Bat For Lashes

Topics: About Ages Amazing Being Bodies Could Essentially Every Expectations Free How Manipulated Media More Our Powerful Read Recommend Run Side Talk Touch Who Wild Wolves Woman Women Women Are Your

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