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• But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

  George Washington

  Government, Law, Confusion

  George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.216

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• In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At this time the task of the news-writer is easy; they have nothing to do but to tell that a battle is expected, and afterwards that a battle has been fought, in which we and our friends, whether conquering or conquered, did all, and our enemies did nothing.

  Samuel Johnson

  War, Mind, Enemy

  Samuel Johnson (1968). “Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.289, Yale University Press

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• ... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.

  Idries Shah

  Christian, Believe, Talking

  Idries Shah (2016). “The Elephant in the Dark: Christianity, Islam and the Sufis”, p.11, ISF Publishing

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• Any tool should be useful in the expected way, but a truly great tool lends itself to uses you never expected.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Tools, Use, Way

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.44, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment.

  George Orwell

  Death, Moments, Certain

  George Orwell (2014). “1984”, p.211, Arcturus Publishing

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• We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human.

  Mariah Carey

  Perfect, Humans, Stills

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• I dig my heels in every now and then, and think 'I'm not going to do what's expected or what people think is the right thing.' So I have a little bit of that in my personality.

  Nicole Kidman

  Thinking, People, Personality

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Aug 06, 2015

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• I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

  Harper Lee

  Encouragement, Giving, Enough

  "Mockingbird author steps out of shadows" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2006.

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• Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy, March, Where You Are

  Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli (2013). “The Complete Art of War”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

  Seth Godin

  Guy, Needs, Care

  Seth Godin (2013). “Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006-2012”, p.104, Penguin UK

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• The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves against it as against frost, storm, rain, hail, or any other of the external evils which may be expected to happen.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Rain, Evil, Enemy

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.191, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• The concern is over what will happen as strong encryption becomes commonplace with all digital communications and stored data. Right now the use of encryption isn't all that widespread, but that state of affairs is expected to change rapidly.

  Dorothy E. Denning

  Strong, Communication, Data

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• Is it acting a true vocation?... I say it is a gift...And fame? Neither sought nor expected... still confounds and amazes and disturbs. Whatever the reason... I am so very delighted that it did happen... I would not have missed it for the world.

  Ruth Cracknell

  Art, Acting, World

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• Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Law Giver.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Law, Giver

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• We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.

  Alistair Begg

  Scripture, Christ, Old Testament

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• I never expected anything to be given to me.

  Taylor Swift

  Given

  "Five Questions with Taylor Swift". www.seventeen.com. January 20, 2009.

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• God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

  John Ortberg

  Wish, Trusted

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• The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week, and then laid aside -- such a man cannot, of course, be expected to care about growth in grace.

  J. C. Ryle

  Sunday, Men, Clothes

  J.C RYLE, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS”, Lulu.com

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• I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.

  Sophia Loren

  People, Failing, Standards

  "Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story". Book by A. E. Hotchner, 1979.

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• "Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new, comes from exactly that quarter whence it is not looked for, and is always different from what was expected. Everything new is received with contempt-for it begins in obscurity. It becomes a power unobserved.

  Ludwig Feuerbach

  Knowing, Different, Obscurity

  "The Radical". Book by C. C. Shackford, vol. 7, p. 329, 1870.

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• I never actually expected success, but it doesn't surprise me when it comes because I know how much work I put into what I do.

  Russell Crowe

  Success, Surprise, Know How

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• To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  This Generation, Generations, Rendezvous

  Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

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• We have too often been expected to speak
  all things to all people and speak everyone else's position
  but our own.

  Audre Lorde

  People, Speak, Position

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• Spiritual lust--'I must have it at once'--causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God himself who gives the answer. Is today 'the third day' and He has still not done what I expected? Whenever we insist that God should give us an answer to prayer we are off track. The purpose of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Prayer, Track

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• I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them.

  Helen Keller

  Views, Punishment, Overcoming

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