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We had expected that there would be more car bombs used in the attacks based on the very broad intelligence tips that we had.

Quote by John Abizaid about intelligence

I've always been surprised at the degree of success of The Mirror and the Lamp and duration of esteem for it. I had no reason to expect in 1953 that it would appeal to more than a specialized group interested in literary criticism.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about criticism, literary critic, success, reason

They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.

Quote by Francis Bacon

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

Quote by Kathy Acker about dream, writing, use, people

I was new again. I never thought I had an opportunity to walk in and not have people expecting things.

Quote by Erykah Badu about chance, thinking, things, people

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

Quote by Joseph Addison about nation, prudence, people

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Quote by Aesop about work, pray

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about nation, people

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

Quote by George W. Bush about americans, history

John Kerry says we didn't have any allies in this war. What's he say to Tony Blair? What's he say to Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland? You can't expect to build an alliance when you denigrate the contributions of those who are serving.

Quote by George W. Bush about war, contentment

I fell into playwriting accidentally, took some classes in it, and also took creative writing classes, but I really didn't expect it to be a career because I didn't believe there was a way to make money as a playwright without being lucky and I...

Quote by Orson Scott about career, writing, money, faith, being

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about actors, children

People expect a lot more from someone they think looks interesting. It's a burden.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about nation, burden, people

I will prove that a great conducting career is expecting me.

Quote by Placido Domingo about career

By now my family know what to expect from me.

Quote by Carmen Electra about family

Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Quote by Richard Ernst about technology, enthusiasm, school

I honestly do not think about celebrity or image or sexual expectations on me. It only comes up when people have a list of questions. But what I am told is that there is a quality that I have onscreen, where it's a little bit of everything.

Quote by Richard Gere about celebrity, quality, sex, people

I was grateful to have two weeks to shoot this one scene in Harry Potter. It's a big, big scene, but they have to deliver. And they have high expectations.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about language, film, things