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Leigh Bardugo
“Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe?”
“We like to keep our expectations low.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
tags: honesty, kaz-brekker, low-expectations, no-mourners-no-funerals, wylan-van-eck
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“Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling
tags: being-good, cruelty, low-expectations, monstrousness
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Iris Murdoch
“I have seen much of human beings over a long period, and I have learnt how little good to expect from them.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
tags: disappointing, disillusioned, experience, human-beings, iris-murdoch, low-expectations, misanthropic, pessimistic, the-black-prince
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“It takes a lot of confidence, and self-love and self-worth to realize that you are capable. And that you have every right to leave your lane, and to do things in the same way that other people do.”
― Allan Hennessy
tags: achievement, aim-high, aim-higher, being-looked-down-on, birthright, blindness, choose-your-life, confidence, differently-abled, disability, disability-quotes, entitled, life, life-quotes, low-expectations, make-your-own-life, make-your-own-path, motivation, motivational-inspirational, motivational-quotes, overcoming-challenges-quotes, overcoming-expectations, overcoming-obstacles, overcoming-stereotypes, prejudices, refugees, self-esteem, self-love, self-worth, self-worth-quotes, stereotypes, stereotyping, your-destiny, your-life, your-rights
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Edward Gorey
“More and more, I think you should have no expectations and do everything for its own sake. That way you won't be hit in the head quite so frequently.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
tags: expectations, life-expectations, low-expectations
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“low income does not mean low expectations”
― Johnnie Dent Jr.
tags: goal-setting, low-expectations, low-income-workers, low-self-esteem, low-self-image, winning
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Linda Berdoll
“Expectations placed low enough are rarely disappointed.”
― Linda Berdoll, The Darcys: New Pleasures
tags: disappointment, low-expectations
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Dan Pearce
“Some people are solving major world problems, and I'm over here all excited because I found a missing sock inside a pair of my underwear.”
― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing: The Best of Year One
tags: bettering-the-world, low-bar, low-expectations, making-the-world-better, one-day-at-a-time, personal-victories, solving-problems, solving-world-problems, world-problems
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Vincent H. O'Neil
“He’s duplicitous by nature, and no doubt expects the same of everyone he meets.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, The Gathering Elements
tags: duplicity, expectations, human-nature, liar, low-expectations, lying, projection
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