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Expectations is the second studio album by the New Zealand band the Dance Exponents, released in 1985. The album peaked at #7 and spent eight weeks on the New Zealand Album chart. The album was released on CD in 1999 with three extra tracks but has since been deleted. In May 2013, Universal Music re-released the album digitally in New Zealand in remastered standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition has six additional tracks of singles, B-sides, rarities and demos.
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“I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.”
“He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."”
“ἐὰν μὴ ἔλπηται ἀνέλπιστον, οὐκ ἐξευρήσει”
“He hath indeed better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.”
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.”
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.