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1: 2018-12-27: My list of 87 countries visited, annotated with 👎, 😴 and ❤️. I don't expect the list to grow much beyond this. https://t.co/HbvXEDJtb7
2: 2018-03-09: Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump agree to meet. Does anyone expect either one to keep their word or negotiate in good faith? It’s Jell-O negotiating with Jell-O.
3: 2017-07-22: Don't expect a rational long-term strategy. This animal has never displayed that. Expect rage and a messy showdown.
4: 2017-07-16: Don Jr. fell for a honey trap. He went to a hotel room expecting underage prostitutes. Even if there were none, he still fell for the trap.
5: 2017-06-15: The "lone shooter" is America's version of the suicide bomber. Equally fanatical and expecting to die but with different tools available.
6: 2017-04-25: "Happiness equals reality minus expectations."
7: 2017-03-30: .@MinnieGupta Not coming from a broken home can give you unrealistic expectations about the inherent justice of the world.
8: 2017-03-18: The most common error of romance is expecting behavior to change instead of evaluating the actual behavior in front of you.
9: 2017-01-23: The real question Captain Kirk asked the evil robot to burn out all its logic circuits: "What do you expect from the Trump Administration?"
10: 2016-01-03: Why, when I was a kid we had toilets that flushed manually, so everyone did. Kids these days expect it to be done for them, so they don't.
11: 2015-12-27: Rey and Finn grew up in conditions of great emotional depravity, yet we're expected to believe they can instantly function as normal adults.
12: 2015-07-19: No one can live a healthy life in a museum. You have to break the exhibits and let go of the past if you expect to get anything done.
13: 2015-04-19: True creativity is: "I wasn't expecting this, but what can I make of it?"
14: 2015-04-14: Don't expect religion to bless your avant-garde lifestyle. That's the opposite of what religion is.
15: 2015-03-02: Attention girls (and vice versa): Boys are just girls with balls. If you expect magic from them, you are destined for disappointment.
16: 2014-12-29: The bigger the house someone lives in, the less empathy you can expect from them, simply because of their physical separation from others.
17: 2014-10-19: When people claim to be lonely, lack of companionship isn't the problem but lack of direction, which others are expected to provide.
18: 2014-10-16: You can't expect to change the people you meet. You can only judge them: "Is this someone I want to engage with?"
19: 2014-09-28: 25 years ago Eastern Europe threw off the yoke of tyranny. Now Russia is wearing it again. It's a comfortable yoke. You know what to expect.
20: 2014-08-11: RT @BadLamaArt: If you expect to be a writer, you have to carve out time in your life to actually do it, which is probably harder than writ…
21: 2014-07-25: @laurenahayes Mark my words, this ship is sinking.... It’s just taking longer than I expected. Cc: @princeboucher :p
22: 2014-06-10: You can't change human nature through government intervention. The most you can expect is to penalize or incentivize specific behavior
23: 2014-05-12: You oppose taxes and hate the government but drive on roads you expect to be free. How?
24: 2014-05-08: European gas prices are high because they tax the gas to pay for roads. Americans, paying trivial tax, expect roads to pay for themselves.
25: 2014-04-30: "Each hour people spent sitting and watching TV after age 25 deducted 22 minutes from their overall life expectancy." @TIME
26: 2014-03-16: When predicting human behavior, don't expect long-term rational self-interest. Expect immediate ego protection.
27: 2014-01-05: "Ha! Weren't expecting that, were you? Not part of your precious plan. What you gonna do now, smartie pants?" — me, talking to my GPS
28: 2014-01-02: Started yet another feed today: @BadLamaEureka - Just retweets of articles, mainly for my own future reference. Few followers expected.
29: 2013-11-26: You can't expect a drowning man to save himself, but you can expect him to not put himself in the same situation again.
30: 2013-11-25: Calculate your life expectancy http://t.co/3H2mYY4GGU
31: 2013-10-28: Being in love is holding someone to a different set of standards and expectations than you normally would—usually impossible ones.
32: 2013-10-20: Narcissism is expecting praise and reward for doing ordinary things.
33: 2013-10-17: @mollyesque It's Oct. 17. The GOP didn't get what it expected, but neither did the Molly Ball.
34: 2013-09-25: People can change. It sometimes happens. But if you must wager your own life on one outcome, expect past behavior to continue.
35: 2013-09-15: Romance is expecting someone else to supply your needs. Independence is doing it yourself, cutting out the middle man.
36: 2013-08-18: Whenever anyone says, "Long story short", you can expect to hear the long version.
37: 2013-08-16: Gibraltar taken by surprise. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! http://t.co/WEyWDtfUg7
38: 2013-08-08: Privacy of communication is a reasonable right, but don't expect it to last forever. Sooner or later, all will be known.
39: 2013-08-01: Gifts have a powerful addictive quality. As soon as someone starts receiving them, they start expecting them.
40: 2013-07-27: If you offer people a safety net, they will eventually come to expect it and will stop looking out for their own safety.
41: 2013-07-04: The sort of excitement expected today at the Tok 4th of July (video) @ Tok, AK http://t.co/zBPVNYUZdO
42: 2013-06-27: On My Bucket List: Fly to Moscow on the run with a hard drive full of NSA secrets, expecting only to change planes.
43: 2013-06-04: B: "Do you expect me to talk?"
44: 2013-05-28: In love, people expect a dedicated therapist with endless time and attention, who charges no fee and demands no change.
45: 2013-05-24: Social media advice: Be who you are. Just don't expect everyone else to be as fascinated by your activities and opinions as you are.
46: 2013-05-15: Our childhood, regardless of its circumstances, sets us up with unreasonable expectations of what the world should do for us.
47: 2013-04-23: If you don't expect your art to change people, what is the point in doing it?
48: 2013-04-05: Warning to the aliens: Don't expect intelligence in the first human you meet. You'll have to run through quite a few.
49: 2013-04-01: You can't retire at 65 and live to 95 and expect society to support you and pay your medical bills. No country has the resources.
50: 2013-01-28: @lawnrocket How do you expect to make it in Hollywood if you don't pump up your puffery level? TEST AUDIENCE WOWED BY LATEST COATS SHORT!
51: 2013-01-22: You cannot stay together “for the children” and not expect the children to be damaged by it.
52: 2013-01-05: If you expect to keep growing your entire life, you need to avoid investments that hold you down.
53: 2012-12-28: Every mediocre talent has a great idea they expect someone else to implement. The great creators do it themselves. (cc @lawnrocket)
54: 2012-12-12: A child raised on expensive gifts expects that unearned entitlement for the rest of his life.
55: 2012-11-28: On My Bucket List: Utter the words, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die," in a professional capacity.
56: 2012-11-17: RT @KilroyCafe: Love can be wonderful at first, but we expect too much of it. It can't usually survive the weight of all we ask it to do.
57: 2012-11-12: Romantic attachment is a neurochemical process nearly identical to an infant's bonding to mother. You expect care and undivided attention.
58: 2012-11-12: Marriage: quaint, archaic, unnecessary. But if you buy into that shit, expect to play by the rules or pay the price if you don't.
59: 2012-11-09: The trouble with being a god is people expect you to solve all their problems. That's why gods like to keep a low profile.
60: 2012-11-07: If you sing a song about your new lover's supernatural powers, expect to sing another one later about how they let you down.
61: 2012-11-02: If you live in a dysfunctional environment, you can expect to become part of the dysfunction, regardless of your intentions.
62: 2012-09-18: That the world does not conform to your expectations does not make it meaningless. It means you must revise your expectations.
63: 2012-09-07: Photographic reality and "real" reality are completely different. Don't expect photos to tell you what it was like to be there.
64: 2012-08-09: Actors are people who want to be famous but who expect someone else to provide the script.
65: 2012-08-06: To grab an audience in any medium, you must respect and manage its expectations.
66: 2012-08-06: Art usually involves fixed restraints on duration. (e.g. 3m song, 90m movie, 140ch tweet) This tells the audience what to expect.
67: 2012-07-20: Don't expect dog tricks from a mollusk.
68: 2012-07-15: Superhero Law: When you rescue someone, they should pay a price. It has to be painful and awkward for them or they'll expect it again.
69: 2012-07-12: RT @KilroyCafe: Humor is an escape, but it can also be a prison, especially if you are expected to be funny on demand.
70: 2012-07-09: The destiny of a god or superhero is to be cursed by the people who worship him when he fails to live up to their impossible expectations.
71: 2012-07-05: Theoretical physicists are autistics who like to solve abstract problems and who expect the government to pay for their entertainment.
72: 2012-07-04: Do not expect the young to bear the burdens of history before they were born. They have their own lives to lead.
73: 2012-07-01: Every food deed has an addiction factor. If you help someone, will they come to expect it and stop helping themselves?
74: 2012-06-14: Only in romance are people expecting someone else to save them from themselves.
75: 2012-06-10: "I want a romantic partner who will support my addictions and not question my assumptions." — Not what people say but what they expect.
76: 2012-06-10: True fact: At Google they don't even expect you to work. You can just eat free snacks and play video games all day.
77: 2012-06-08: RT @KilroyCafe: The problem with long commitments is the world may change in ways you weren't expecting, then you're trapped in the old ...
78: 2012-06-06: Taking pride in your own identity and accomplishments is not narcissistic. It is only narcissistic to expect the same interest from others.
79: 2012-06-06: Sweet, well-meaning narcissists are called "children". You don't expect them to see others' needs.
80: 2012-06-05: Don't get angry with someone for not doing what they have never been capable of. Expectations must match the person, not your needs.
81: 2012-06-02: Asking a question doesn't necessarily mean you expect an honest answer. You could be fishing for a compliment or making an accusation.
82: 2012-05-31: If someone is expecting to be cheated, he will seize upon and emphasize any evidence that seems to prove it.
83: 2012-05-29: Delusions of Youth #11: Youth is preoccupied with being "discovered". He wants to do great things but expects powerful others to enable him.
84: 2012-05-29: Delusions of Youth #10: "No pain, no gain." (doing something painful and expecting to be rewarded just because it was painful)
85: 2012-05-28: If you try to talk someone out of a bad habit, expect anger and little effect. It's YOU who has the problem.
86: 2012-05-25: Rain on your wedding day may be tragic, but it's not ironic—unless you are very self-centered and expect the weather to respect your event.
87: 2012-05-20: If someone can see only black and white, prepare for Borderline Disorder. Expect to be adored then demonized.
88: 2012-05-14: (I will be sitting next to her for the next 15 hours. No conversation expected. Guarding my valuables!)
89: 2012-05-12: Retire at 65, enjoy a leisurely lifestyle and unlimited medical care until 95 — You can't expect the rest of us to support that shit!
90: 2012-05-04: Teenagers are perfect in every way. They admit no error and give you no credit. All you can expect from them is a change of behavior.
91: 2012-05-03: I depend on Facebook and respect what it does. I want it to survive, but its greatest peril is unrealistic financial expectations.
92: 2012-04-29: Panhandler in downtown Berkeley: "Can you spare a dollar to go toward some allergy medicine?" (I expected "medicinal marijuana.)
93: 2012-04-22: TokyoFact 6: Tokyo is a bicycling paradise. Cheap to rent, safe to use and the best way to see the city. (Don't expect a helmet, though.)
94: 2012-04-16: @pixiedintheark I'm more worried about ichthyosaurs. Should I expect any?
95: 2012-04-12: Teenagers hate you for everything you try to do for them. Get used to it. Don't expect appreciation, only results.
96: 2012-04-10: You can't expect love to just sit there and perform. You have to train it. You have to do something with it.
97: 2012-04-05: Letting someone else handle your travel arrangements is like putting them in charge of your love life. You can't expect a good match.
98: 2012-03-23: Sleep deprivation experiment. I am both the experimenter and the subject. Hallucinations expected to begin shortly.
99: 2012-03-20: Music is about managing the listener's expectations.
100: 2012-03-13: It is unreasonable to expect love to sustain itself on its own merits. For a relationship to last, there must be a common mission.
101: 2012-03-05: Anger expects someone else to fix your problems for you.
102: 2012-03-05: The best response you can expect for your anger is appeasement. You'll never gain loyalty or honesty with it.
103: 2012-03-05: The risk in being a superhero is that the people you rescue come to expect it and lose the incentive to rescue themselves.
104: 2012-03-05: The natural hazard of love is codependency—one partner expecting the other to solve problems that are really their own.
105: 2012-02-29: Legalizing pot may or may not be the best social policy, but don't expect me to rally to the cause or sign your petition. Stupid pothead!
106: 2012-02-26: If you expect to do things, you have to initiate them right now. At least set the wheels in motion, or those things will never happen.
107: 2012-02-24: Music is a stimulation of the nervous system, like drugs. You wouldn't expect it to give your life meaning any more than drugs do.
108: 2012-02-20: If you think you have a brilliant idea, don't expect the world to embrace it, because most people are already invested in the old ideas.
109: 2012-02-09: Road is snow-covered but well plowed. For the next 2000 miles I expect to see very little pavement. http://t.co/Mqx64wMx
110: 2012-02-06: The trouble with being a god or superhero is that people will eventually expect more of you than even you are capable of.
111: 2012-02-06: The trouble with superheroes in real life is they fly into a problem expecting to save people but end up becoming part of the problem.
112: 2012-02-05: Every medium has its own form and expectations.You can't force it to do something it doesn't want to.
113: 2012-01-31: @noahWG Where, on our current planet, do you expect to find an 8% return on savings? Bernie Madoff is out of business.
114: 2012-01-28: I expect the coming #FacebookIPO to be a big success - because a lot a naive investors with poor math skills are eager to climb on board.
115: 2012-01-09: @xtinewu Please have modest expectations of me. I'll never dance on my toes!
116: 2012-01-08: Life is not a straight-line path. You have to listen to the winds and use them, even if they send you in a direction you weren't expecting.
117: 2012-01-07: If you are fiancĂŠe Number 6 of Henry the Eighth, you got to have modest expectations for the marriage.
118: 2011-12-23: Sleep is your body's scheduled maintenance period. You can't cheat on maintenance and expect to remain in top form.
119: 2011-12-11: Parents: Treating your kid like the center of the universe is breeding a future jerk. Don't give him expectations life can't sustain.
120: 2011-12-11: No matter how well you think you have planned your life, it will change in ways you never expected.
121: 2011-11-16: It takes courage both to be creative and to move with it when it happens in a way you weren't expecting.
122: 2011-11-13: Don't expect absolute meaning in life. Choose relative meaning from among the activities currently available to you.
123: 2011-11-12: RT @persdevquotes: Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. ~ Da Vinci
124: 2011-11-10: Pain is not just physical. Many things are painful that you wouldn't expect. You have to accommodate them in your plans.
125: 2011-11-08: RT @cottonmouth1: @BadDalaiLama ....not gonna lie...I was expecting a dumb blond. ....you got me.
126: 2011-11-03: Having someone worship you is dangerous. It can quickly turn to violence when you fail to deliver the supernatural things they expect.
127: 2011-10-27: If you're going to have love songs, you got to expect "you screwed me over" songs at the other end. It's Yin and Yang.
128: 2011-10-26: In a sense, we are all "narcissists", but the dysfunctional ones expect life to treat them specially. #charliesheen
129: 2011-10-25: Christmas is an affront to childhood, where children are conditioned to expect magical reward merely by wishing for it.
130: 2011-10-25: Before you rescue someone or give them gifts, make sure you're not creating the expectation of the same in the future.
131: 2011-10-23: Most great works of art (from photos to music to movies) contain some form of irony—that is, the opposite of what is expected.
132: 2011-10-23: Songwriting today is charity work. You do it because it needs to be done, not because you expect payment. Perhaps this is as it should be.
133: 2011-10-16: As crazy as the right-wing nutcases, who want the government to do nothing, are the left-wing nutcases who expect it to do everything.
134: 2011-10-14: Don't expect teenagers to think like adults when adults don't even think like adults most of the time. My 2008 essay:
135: 2011-10-06: (What? You don't expect me to be maudlin do you? Sent from my iPhone.)
136: 2011-08-23: Heading to London now, where I expect to stay at this fine establishment: http://t.co/0mnPTbA
137: 2011-08-13: Funny is fun when it happens on its own but a prison when people expect it from you.
138: 2011-08-13: Christmas is the most destructive holiday, teaching children to expect gifts from mysterious outside forces without having to work for them.
139: 2011-08-05: If you present yourself to the world as a god or goddess, you can expect to have stalkers, people who think you can solve their problems.
140: 2011-07-29: Pedophile priests. Why does that surprise anyone? You give sexually repressed people absolute power over others, and what do you expect?
141: 2011-07-25: Checked into my favorite hostel in Miami Beach ($29/nt). Never expected to be here, but them's the breaks. http://t.co/y5sHNqY
142: 2011-07-24: BDL Psychic Prediction: Terrorism will strike where it is least expected. #duh
143: 2011-07-22: Don't expect an apology. Even if it comes, It won't be as satisfying as you think it will be. Study: http://su.pr/2CLVQZ via @quippdPsych
144: 2011-07-16: Sometimes it all comes down to one bit of data. You were expecting 0, but the world gave you 1, and that changes everything.
145: 2011-07-15: A treasured childhood can be as crippling as an abusive one. You're always expecting that special-for-who-you-are treatment.
146: 2011-07-10: You can't expect to move toward new goals without giving up some of your past investments.
147: 2011-07-10: The foundation of all great art is irony—the opposite happening from what is normally expected.
148: 2011-07-07: There is a fundamental difference between expecting rescue and taking control of your own fate.
149: 2011-07-03: Someone who expects to be cheated responds to the world in such a way that their prediction usually comes true. #paranoia
150: 2011-06-26: "Not as bad as I expected it to be" should not be construed as a positive review.
151: 2011-05-06: "Motivational outsourcing" is when you expect others to inspire you, structure you or push you to succeed.
152: 2011-04-29: You shouldn't expect to be treated specially by others, but you should expect special accomplishment from yourself.
153: 2011-04-11: The internet has been built on dreams—like the California Gold Rush. Indeed, California was settled, but few found the gold they expected.
154: 2011-04-02: You can expect me not lie to you, but you cannot expect me to tell you everything I know. That's like asking me to give you all my money.
155: 2011-03-27: Don't expect useful advice on creativity from someone who doesn't display any in their own life.
156: 2011-03-27: There can be no absolute certainty. The most you can expect is a tentative choice among the imperfect options currently available.
157: 2011-03-25: The trouble with saving the world is you can't do it just once. The world's going to start expecting it!
158: 2011-03-24: Don't expect me to get off my late-adopting ass for your new start-up. Let me know when it actually does for me what you claim it will.
159: 2011-03-19: Spending the night at the base of Mt. Waialeale, the wettest spot on Earth. Some rain expected. http://t.co/dKKMJ1s
160: 2011-03-16: "The secret to humor is surprise."—Aristotle <== Not exactly. (A bomb isn't funny.) The secret is irony—the opposite of what is expected.
161: 2011-03-16: "My younger self was an idiot." — What you have to admit if you expect to grow.
162: 2011-03-13: Fame, fortune, love are magical goals, expected to solve everything. They don't.
163: 2011-03-12: What we expect from the opposite sex is salvation. We expect love to give our lives meaning when we can't find it ourselves.
164: 2011-03-12: Women expect and demand a certain level of aggression in men. The sensitive and sensual ones don't attract. You made us what we are, ladies!
165: 2011-03-10: Men blame women for the failure of love and vice-versa, but, honestly, in what other relationship do you have such unrealistic expectations?
166: 2011-03-07: "I am open to the guidance of synchronicity and do not let expectations hinder my path." @DalaiLama via @EntitiesRUs <== Sure! Why not?
167: 2011-03-03: The greatest joy of reality is the surprises! Things can come together in ways you'd never expect yet make perfect sense in the end.
168: 2011-03-03: Every family sets its children up with false assumptions and unrealistic expectations. Families differ only in what they are.
169: 2011-03-03: A coddled child, raised in a "perfect" environment, has it no easier than anyone else. His bias is an unreasonable expectation of reward.
170: 2011-03-03: Childhood inevitably sets us up with dysfunctional expectations of what the world owes us. The trauma of adulthood is correcting them.
171: 2011-03-03: Whenever you create an account on any social network, people start to have expectations of you based on your past behavior.
172: 2011-02-27: RT @Treesabreesa: @BadDalaiLama I learned from tweety pie beware your freedom it has claws and comes at you when you are not expecting it
173: 2011-02-27: If you are traveling down an unexplored road and aren't finding the success you expect, should you press ahead or turn back? Tough call!
174: 2011-02-23: Reality is full of surprises—things you never would have expected from afar. Only direct experience will show you these things.
175: 2011-01-31: Being an exiled spiritual leader ain't as bad as it sounds. You get to travel. No one expects you to run a country. Kinda sweet, actually!
176: 2011-01-24: His Holiness is a "peripatetic hyperprolific content generator"—photos from all over, videos, essays, even songs! So, yeah, expect links.
177: 2011-01-11: .@lolahayes "An analyst expects Verizon to sign up 9.6m iPhone users..." <== How can any "analyst" know what human behavior will be?
178: 2011-01-06: Predictions for 2011: Many will suffer dramatic reversals of fortune, especially those who weren't expecting it.
179: 2010-12-28: @GisforGangstaa "What do you expect at 4am? Let alone Walmart?" <== The source of nearly all my supplies, except food. 4am = jetlagged.
180: 2010-12-24: BETHLEHEM — Bagpipes on Christmas Eve! TODAY!! Not the procession you'd expect at Jesus' birthplace. http://youtu.be/ABqn3W5NKrU (Video #19)
181: 2010-12-16: Aliens did not create the problems of Planet Earth. It is unreasonable to expect them to save us.
182: 2010-12-11: Sleep is your body's scheduled maintenance period. You can't cheat on maintenance and expect to remain in top form.
183: 2010-12-09: No matter how well you think you have planned your life, it will change in ways you never expected.
184: 2010-12-05: The Rapture has been moved up to 5/21/11: http://j.mp/ik4fRL Some looting is expected as the good Christians depart, but we wish them well.
185: 2010-12-03: Attention magicians: You can't create illusions for a living and then complain about people believing in the paranormal. What do you expect?
186: 2010-11-27: Capitalism expects you to be a small cog in a big exploitative machine. Sometimes you have to play along to advance a more noble agenda.
187: 2010-10-19: Your brain is a biological computer driven by emotional needs but you still have to make rational decisions if you expect to survive.
188: 2010-10-13: People carry their own theater with them, turning each new situation into the drama they expect.
189: 2010-10-10: The risk in rescuing someone is they come to expect it and get themselves in the same mess again.
190: 2010-10-05: People who live in glass houses can't expect much privacy.
191: 2010-09-30: The more words someone produces with their mouth, the less action you can expect from their body.
192: 2010-09-28: The only thing certain about life is uncertainty. Your best laid plans will never turn out quite as expected.
193: 2010-09-25: Sleep is your brain's scheduled maintenance period. You can't cheat on maintenance and expect a safe and healthy waking life.
194: 2010-09-24: The trouble with superheroes in real life is they fly into a problem expecting to save people but end up becoming part of the problem.
195: KilroyCafe: 2010-10-21: Attn French strikers: You can't keep raising life expectancy and lowering the retirement age. Would you mandate death at age 75?
196: KilroyCafe: 2010-09-24: RT @BadDalaiLama: The trouble with superheroes in real life is they fly into a problem expecting to save people but end up becoming part ...
197: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-20: The only thing certain about life is uncertainty. Your best laid plans wil never turn out quite as expected.
198: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-19: An actor is a professional faker — and probably a personal one too. Don't expect much fidelity from someone who's job is to be someone else.
199: KilroyCafe: 2010-08-15: There will always be a difference between theory and reality. Plans never turn out quite as expected. The wise can adjust. The unwise can't.
200: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-03: Mail order bride from Russia? So how long do you expect to keep her after she gains U.S. citizenship? Facebook ad: http://bit.ly/d7nezI
201: KilroyCafe: 2010-07-02: Those who expect order from the world will get, at best, only the temporary illusion of it.
202: KilroyCafe: 2010-06-27: Most of life's problems are best addressed by taking control of them yourself instead of expecting others to solve them for you.
203: KilroyCafe: 2010-06-23: We are not our parents' parent! Caretaker, perhaps, but don't expect any change.
204: KilroyCafe: 2010-06-21: The trouble with being a god or superhero is that people will eventually expect more of you than you're capable of.
205: KilroyCafe: 2010-06-10: The official language of the Greek Islands is English. You better learn it if you expect to get by. (Greek alone won't get you very far!)
206: KilroyCafe: 2010-05-10: Given the choice between solving your own problems and expecting someone to rescue you, rescue seems easier but is more costly in the end.
207: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-27: Human Etiquette 101: When someone says, "How are you?" you are supposed to say, "Fine, thanks!" No one expects you to truthfully answer.
208: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-25: The pain of life is largely the product of naĂŻve investments that don't turn out as expected.
209: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-12: If Heaven existed, it would be great fun to sit at St. Peter's gate and watch the shock on people's faces. "Not what you expected, is it?"
210: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-09: People carry their baggage with them wherever they go, turning each new situation into what they expect it to be.
211: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-09: The risk in rescuing someone is they come to expect it and get themselves in the same mess again.
212: KilroyCafe: 2010-03-05: Narcissism is when you expect praise and special attention from others, regardless of their needs or whether you did anything to meet them.
213: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-28: You never want to marry someone who worships you as a god, because your powers of rescue will never match their expectations of it.
214: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-26: The trouble with superheroes in real life is they fly into a problem expecting to save people but end up becoming part of the problem.
215: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-26: Sleep is your brain's scheduled maintenance period. You can't cheat on maintenance and expect a safe and healthy waking life.
216: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-20: The benefit of a contract is that you know what to expect in the future. The cost is that you can't adapt to the unexpected.
217: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-20: People become entrapped in their own artificial expectations of life. The fundamental test of character is overcoming that internal block.
218: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-18: No moping, tweeters! If you have a problem, solve it. Don't expect affirmation from us for your drinking, career problems, lack of sex, etc.
219: KilroyCafe: 2010-02-10: Humor is an escape, but it can also be a prison, especially if you are expected to be funny on demand.
220: KilroyCafe: 2010-01-14: Thanks to our own self-promoting or self-defeating behavior, the world usually conforms to our inate expectations of it.
221: KilroyCafe: 2009-12-15: The adjustments forced by the Great Recession: lower wages, lower expectations, more frugality, no more free money.
222: KilroyCafe: 2009-11-03: What's most offensive about dessert is the sense of entitlement. You expect a reward for eating your meal!
223: KilroyCafe: 2009-10-08: The commercial world does not expect quality. It expects reliable mediocrity cranked out on a schedule.
224: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-23: "Slumdog Millionaire" and "District 9" are the first wave a new film genre: Third World Chic. Expect more to come.
225: KilroyCafe: 2009-08-02: I'm now a card-carrying New Yorker, with a shiny new MetroCard subway card. Got $8 invested in this town! High hopes, low expectations.
226: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-28: The cost of security is loss of freedom -- and even then you rarely get the security you expected.
227: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-28: The problem with long commitments is the world may change in ways you weren't expecting, then you're trapped in the old path.
228: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-27: "holographic relationship" - a relationship that exists solely for itself, without any expectation of outside acknowledgment or reward.
229: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-18: You should rely on your own resources to solve your problems. It's nice to have the help of others but don't expect it.
230: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-18: Most of the battle of life is negotiating with yourself. When life doesn't give you what you expect, what will you give up?
231: KilroyCafe: 2009-07-18: There is no safe haven. If you think you've found one, you've probably lost your freedom without gaining the safety you expected.
232: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-26: Whatever UFOs may be, they are not interfering in our planet in any big way, which is the most we can expect of any alien race.
233: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-26: Aliens did not create the problems of Planet Earth. We did! It is unreasonable to expect aliens to solve our problems for us.
234: KilroyCafe: 2009-06-19: Love can be wonderful at first, but we expect too much of it. It can't usually survive the weight of all we ask it to do.
235: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-17: The only "good" advertising is the announcement of a product or service you needed anyway at a price or location you weren't expecting.
236: KilroyCafe: 2009-05-06: "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you're good is like expecting a bull not to charge at you because you're vegetarian."--Unkn
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