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Quotes About Expectation

Porque nada es tan perfecto como uno lo imagina.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Since school, he'd come to expect so little from life. Nothing special, just to be treated with courtesy and politeness by the world. Wanted people to see him and not fear him, not admire him but just to see him. He wanted to be recognized so people would think twice before badgering or insulting him.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
what makes life feel like Hell is our expectation that it should last forever.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
YaÅŸam?m?zda ray?ndan ç?kabilecek ÅŸeylerin hepsini fark ettikten sonra hayat yaÅŸan?r olmaktan ç?kar, daha çok beklemekle geçer, Kanseri beklemekle. Bunamay? beklemekle. Her aynaya bakt???n?zda zona olabilecek k?rm?z? lekeler aramaya baÅŸlars?n?z.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
S ?ímkoliv, co si poÃ…â"¢ídíÅ¡, vykládá, získáÅ¡ jenom jednu vÄ›c navíc, kterou pak ztratíÅ¡.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Después de descubrir la cantidad de cosas que pueden salir mal, tu vida ya no se basa tanto en vivir como en esperar.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
um momento é o máximo que você pode esperar da perfeição.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Nein, fair ist das nicht, aber dass die Erde sich wie die Hölle anfühlt, liegt an unserer Erwartung, dass sie sich wie der Himmel anfühlen sollte.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
It's nothing perfect or complete, but this is what I've made of my life. Right or wrong, it follows no great master plan. All you can do is hope for a pattern to emerge, and sometimes it never does. Still, with a plan, you only get the best you can imagine. I've always hoped for something better than that.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Tek bir an. Hayattaki kusursuzluktan en çok bunu bekleyebilirdiniz.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Um momento é o máximo que se pode esperar da perfeição.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
The only thing that makes earth feel like Hell, or Hell feel like Hell, is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
It's just a book. It's not supposed to happen.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Somos los hijos medianos de la historia, educados por la televisión para creer que un día seremos millonarios y estrellas de cine y estrellas de rock, pero no es así.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
What makes the earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it ought to feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Hell is Hell.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Kdy doÅ¡lo k tomu, že budoucnost pÃ…â"¢estala být pÃ…â"¢íslibem a stala se hrozbou?
~ Chuck Palahniuk
Per quanto lusso si possa avere, ci sarà sempre qualcosa che manca. Per quanto attentamente tu possa scegliere, non sarai mai totalmente soddisfatto.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
That is an entire box of thermal detonators." "I didn't think they were snow globes." "Can I trust you not to blow us up? You handle those things like a dockworker dropping off a case of potted bantha meat.
~ Chuck Wendig
I wanted him to reassure me, and when I saw he wasn't going to, I thought, This is when the shit hits the fan.
~ Claire Messud
but this is what I think: you only see what you expect to see. Your brain lets the rest go. Because life's tumult, with its infinite sounds and smells and signs, rushes around you like a river in flood: you can only take in, you can only grasp, so much.
~ Claire Messud
For real?' Cassie's eyes glittered, and it occurred to me that all along she'd expected me to stop us. She'd goaded and teased me, made out like I was a wimp; but she also relied on me to keep us safe.
~ Claire Messud
Had he behaved, not like a Dom, but like a potential lover?
~ Claire Thompson
Remove your shoes and place them beside the mat. Then you will kneel, ass on your heels, knees spread wide, hands resting on your thighs palms up, eyes on the floor. You will wait here until we are ready for you. You will not move out of position until directed to do so. You will not speak unless spoken to directly and a response is required. Is that understood?
~ Claire Thompson
once the performance level demanded of a particular attribute has been achieved, customers indicate their satiation by being less willing to pay a premium price for continued improvement in that attribute.
~ Clayton M. Christensen