"Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on."

-- Derek Jacobi

#People Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.”
“Shiva... is the only hunter that will ever catch the wild swan; The prey she will take last is the wild white swan of the beauty of things. Then she will be alone, pure destruction, achieved and supreme, Empty darkness under the death-tent wings. She will build a nest of the swan's bones and hatch a new brood, Hang new heavens with new birds, all be renewed.”
“When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.”
“Something magical happened when I turned 25 - I looked in the mirror and was like, 'You might not get carded for an R-rated movie anymore.' Like I didn't have a little stick figure anymore.”
“I never, even for a moment, doubted what theyâ€™d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel: they cannot imagine doubtâ€™s complete absence. They have forgotten.”
“The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.”

Source : Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.
“Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.”
“If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.”

Source : Allison DuBois (2008). “Secrets of the Monarch: What the Dead Can Teach Us About Living a Better Life”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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