A Quote by James Brown

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

James Brown

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James Brown
American - Musician
May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006

When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I'm just trying to meet those. I'm not going to distract myself with other people's expectations.

Hannah Kent

I think, as most of us do, I put such high expectations on myself that this spills over onto other people. And not everyone is wired this way. Some people can shrug expectations off their shoulders like a cardigan, remaining cool and breezy. Others wear them like a parka with a stuck zipper, hot and stifling.

Kristin Armstrong

And they know I didn't hold expectations for them like I do for myself. But I also tell them I'm not going to lower the expectations I do have for them because we're playing Division II.

Cat Osterman

There is no one with higher expectations of me than myself. I cannot control other's expectations.

Kasper Schmeichel

I have really tried my best to ignore any double standard. I can't control the expectations of other people. I can control my attitude and my energy, and that's always been very positive.

Beth Mowins

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Shannon Miller

I don't burden myself too much with others' expectations - or even my own expectations. I think your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance, and in inverse proportion to your expectations. It's just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other - or doing the next right thing, so to speak.

Michael J. Fox

I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.

Simone Elkeles

Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent people. But each time, it is very difficult to deal with other people. I have to satisfy other people. The director or the producer. Not me. I have to satisfy myself. But then I have to deliver my music.

Ryuichi Sakamoto

I've said it lots of times before, I play for myself, so I'm not worried about other people's expectations.

Taylor Fritz

I try not to think about the expectations of other people because there's always going to be expectations.

Stephanie Sigman

I don't really focus on other people's expectations of me. I only care what my own expectations are.

Madison Keys

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

Steve Grand

I've exceeded the expectations people had for me as an unconfident runt who grew up in North Jersey as well as the expectations I had for myself.

Chris Gethard

When you have controversial parents, people have expectations about you. If every day at work I thought to myself, 'How does this relate to them?' I'd be paralyzed.

John Podhoretz

People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.

John Lithgow

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