When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you like them for who they are. And when you stop expecting material possessions to complete you, you'd be surprised how much pleasure you get from material possessions. And when you stop expecting God to end all your troubles, you'd be surprised how much you like spending time with God.

I basically committed two years of my life campaigning for candidates, building relationships and supporting people all over the city.

to meet the expectations of Attorney General Reno and Director Freeh.

Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this love to bring her hadn’t come, she supposed she must have been mistaken. And Emma tried to imagine just what was meant, in life, by the words “bliss,” “passion,” and “rapture” - words that had seemed so beautiful to her in books.

After those several years of great growth, people's expectations have been very high - probably too high. And at the first sign of a slowdown they react they other way.