"I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next thing so that I'm not trying to please them. I've spent a huge amount of time not communicating with those folks and denying that they exist."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Expectations Quotes #Listening Quotes #Trying Quotes

“So we do nothing? --Claire We do the best nothing you've ever seen. --Michael”
“Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.”
“Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!”
“I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.”
“Ladies first." "Why is it men only say that when it's something horrible or dangerous?”
“There are times in a person's life when he or she must make a choice to believe. I choose to believe the sun will rise tomorrow. I also choose to believe that if you go to bed hungry you will wake up ready to eat. I've met a group of men in a faraway country who choose to believe that if you stand on a tree stump for an hour you will gain sympathy for trees. I am already quite sympathetic to trees, so I choose to think they are bonkers.”

Source : Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.65, Simon and Schuster
“When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your own poor sinful state and your inability to save yourself.”
“The one important factor that keeps me going is the kind of people I work with.”

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