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I grew up in a home and in a world in which you can do anything. We were all expected to go to college. My father was a doctor.

~David Alan Grier

Topics: Anything College Doctor Expected Father Go Grew Home Up Were Which World You

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Actors want to act. I think a lot of times what happens is that they're expected to bring it all. Probably because I'm a writer, I'm not telling them what to do. I just provide them with as much as I can.

~David Ayer

Topics: Act Actor Because Bring Expected Happens Just Lot Much Provide Telling Them Think Times Want Writer I Think I Can

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I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people, and the distinction is obvious to anyone who thinks about the subject a little.

~David Chalmers

Topics: About Any Anyone Been Catch Course Did Distinction Expected Little Made Never Number Observations Obvious People Similar Subject Thinks Way Who

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Obviously, I wasn't expecting Wall Street to be a laid-back place. I was prepared for hard work. Sadly, much of the work the new guys were asked to do and the insane hours we were expected to keep had little to do with making the bank more productive. It felt more like hazing.

~David Einhorn

Topics: Asked Bank Expected Expecting Felt Guys Had Hard Hard Work Hours Insane Keep Like Little Making More Much New Obviously Place Prepared Productive Sadly Street Wall Wall Street Were Work

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I personally can barely remember what I was like before I came to college, what made me happy or worried or confident. I don't remember what I expected in my future, except that 'President of the United States' was about halfway up the ladder.

~David Fahrenthold

Topics: About Barely Before Came College Confident Except Expected Future Halfway Happy Ladder Like Made Me Personally President Remember States United United States Up Worried I Came

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Chinese experts noted that the U.S. economy has rebounded from the 2008 crash more strongly than some analysts here had expected, while China's own growth is slowing after several decades of rocket-ship acceleration.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Acceleration After Analyst China Chinese Crash Decades Economy Expected Experts Growth Had Here More Noted Own Several Slowing Some Strongly Than U.s. Economy While

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When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

~David Nevins

Topics: Ambition Avoid Expected Fences Hard Programming Risks Simple Storytelling Swinging Taking Taking Risks Than Try Very

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The situation in Iraq was dire at the end of 2006, when President George W. Bush decided to implement the surge and selected me to command it. Indeed, when I returned to Baghdad in early February 2007, I found the conditions there to be even worse than I had expected.

~David Petraeus

Topics: Baghdad Bush Command Conditions Decided Dire Early End Even Even Worse Expected February Found George George W George W. Bush Had Implement Indeed Iraq Me President President George W. Bush Returned Selected Situation Surge Than Worse

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The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Accept Dollar Expected Future Lethal Like Make Manufacturers Now Order Other Presented Project Risk Should Wastes

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It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

~Davy Crockett

Topics: Andrew Bow Conscience Even Expected Expense Jackson Judgement Me Name New Principles Stranger Such A Thing Thing Total

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