"I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations."

-- Phillip Lopate

#Expectations Quotes

“Be fluid. Treat each project differently. Be water, man. The best style is no style. Because styles can be figured out. And when you have no style they can't figure you out.”
“I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”
“She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.”
“Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.”
“Cause it's really hard, it's hard to be an actor.”
“When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartneys press conference.”
“To be original, or different, is felt to be "dangerous."”
“Do you wanna be really really awesome? Just keep watching me.”

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