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  • There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation. And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it's clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Akbar Ganji Quotes , Expectations Quotes , Revolution Quotes
  • I didn't listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn't let it enter my brain. It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that. When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Pardew Quotes , Jobs Quotes , Expectations Quotes
  • Here is the vicious circle: if you feel separate from your organic life, you feel driven to survive; survival -going on living- thus becomes a duty and also a drag because you are not fully with it; because it does not quite come up to expectations, you continue to hope that it will, to crave for more time, to feel driven all the more to go on.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Circles Quotes , Expectations Quotes
  • (Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Goal Quotes , Expectations Quotes
  • Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Akbar Ganji Quotes , Clever Quotes , Expectations Quotes
  • You're not going to be different ... you're going to be the same as you've always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts to amend, and falls, and everlasting expectation, of a happiness which you won't get, and which isn't possible for you.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Fall Quotes , Expectations Quotes