Dave Eggers Quotes
You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.
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Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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A desert is a place without expectation.
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My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in – like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order.
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If I have any audience, they can know that anything I am in, I would go see, with the expectation of being really satisfied.
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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
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I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone.
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I'm humble 'cause I think many years ago people say, 'Well, Alibaba's terrible company'. And I know we were not that terrible. We're pretty good; we're better than people thought. But today, when people have a high expectation on you, and I start to worry and nervous because we are not good yet.
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I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.
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When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.
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This is the first time that astronauts of the first group have exhibited things that are personal and sentimental to them. We hope it will encourage youngsters to follow in our footsteps.
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Travelling doesn't stress me, since adequate 10-hour sleep post-travel is sufficient for me.
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I've been really pleasantly surprised by 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' I'd never really heard of that gang before, that comic series before. And I think when you go into those, watching those sort of films, you watch them with no expectation as well, so you're always kind of pleasantly surprised, I think.
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I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you.
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She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers.
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The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research.
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I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
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The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities.
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You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist.
