Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'

Charles McCarry

Writing Whom Who

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Alexander Hamilton

Work T See

I was always confident that I knew. I never expected this.

Alfredo Stroessner

Ways Way Ted

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Ali Smith

Music Us Understand

'The 100' gave me this platform I never expected. I didn't expect the character to become anything. I was originally only signed up to do six episodes, and then it just sort of become this whole story and journey, which was an amazing character, a great journey, so that has been incredible, and I didn't expect anything out of it.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Great Amazing Whole

I respect and admire my family, but they've never expected me to walk in their footsteps.

Ananya Birla

Respect Family Walk

There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect.

Andres Iniesta

Mom Men You

I never expect someone to work with me forever. I want to give you the experience needed so that when it is time to pursue what you want to in life you are ready.

Angela Yee

Work Time Life

When my husband Jonas and I started Auntie Anne's in 1988, we never expected or anticipated building an international pretzel franchise. It was the farthest thing from our minds.

Anne F. Beiler

Art Us UN

When I was a young kid, I never expected to play for Arsenal or England.

Ashley Cole

Young You UN

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Audrey Hepburn

Time Life Hope

We all know, going into this business and stepping into the ring, there's a possibility of injury. But you're never expecting it to happen, and when it does, it's just the worst thing ever.

Bayley

Business You Worst Thing

Abhishek Chaubey has been in my bucket list for a long time. When he approached me, I thought it's for a film he is producing, but I never expected my fourth film to be an Abhishek Chaubey film.

Bhumi Pednekar

Time Tim Thought

Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself.

Bo Bennett

Yourself Yours Your

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

Bob Ainsworth

Great Vile Ted

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

Bob Newhart

Great Art Years

I never expected to live this long.

Bob Saget

Ted T Never Expect

Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.

Brian May

Time Change You

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

Bryant H. McGill

You Want T

I never expected to record again. I knew I had done everything I ever wanted to do. I was satisfied. But... all the time I'm watching the country music horizon. And I'm sayin' 'Lord, is there anybody gonna come?'

Buck Owens

Time Music Yin

Oh, he's magic. Faulkner has opened passages in my brain. You do things you'd never expect.

Butch Trucks

Age You Things

Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.

Calvin Harris

I said no to a lot of superhero stuff. I never expected to say yes to that kind of stuff.

Cameron Britton

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

Carolina Herrera

Writing for me is not a premeditated act. It just happens - characters keep coming out of nowhere and doing things I never expected them to do. The most persistent and most productive of these has been Paul Christopher, whom I didn't expect to see again after he appeared in 'The Miernik Dossier.'

Charles McCarry

Coming from the inner city of Cleveland and growing up you never expected a street to be named after you or anything. It's a special honor.

Charles Oakley

As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing - one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.

Chris Bohjalian

I play a character in the WWE and everybody hates my character. I'm the evil villain bad guy. Whenever people meet me, they're like, 'Wow, you're such a nice guy. We never expected that.'

Chris Jericho

I just feel really grateful that I can pursue my dreams and also reach people in ways that I never expected.

Chrissy Metz

It just seemed so odd as people had never commented on my body before. Every woman obsesses over her figure, but I was happy, I felt sexy - I never thought about it. I know this sounds naive, but I honestly never expected this kind of attention.

Christina Hendricks

You know, I never expected to enter the movie business.

Christopher Atkins

I never expected it, but I've gotten paid a lot to do what I love. There are no complaints.

Chuck Liddell

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!

Clay Aiken

I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object, and to this day it mystifies me.

Courtney Love

The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.

Dan Savage

Men were never expected to be monogamous.

Dan Savage

Whatever show I go to, no matter what it is - and I go to a lot of them - people say, 'Wow, I'd never expect to see you here.' I always say, 'Where do you expect to see me?'

Davey Havok

I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people, and the distinction is obvious to anyone who thinks about the subject a little.

David Chalmers

I never expected that I would be somebody. I just started playing and when I was 12, 13, thought: 'Wow, I'm playing good.' Then Dinamo Zagreb were speaking about signing me, I thought: 'Hmm, maybe I can achieve something.'

Dejan Lovren

When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.

Dick Van Dyke

Sometimes, in the last minute, against big teams... you never expect you have the chance to win, but there is that 'garra' that everyone talks about.

Diego Forlan

I never expected to be in the NBA, to be here, let alone to have my own shoe in my second year.

Donovan Mitchell

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.

Dwight Gooden

When I was 18, I never expected to be what I was - you hope to make your debut, to play for the national team, and I want to achieve something similar off the pitch to what I did on the pitch.

Edwin van der Sar

I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

Ellie Goulding

I never expected to be anybody important.

Elvis Presley

Look, the reality is that people will pay more for a match when Wayne Rooney is playing than when I am playing. I will never expect to be paid the same as Wayne Rooney, because I am not Wayne Rooney. And there's no getting around that.

Eniola Aluko

I always have a rough outline, but I'm shocked at how little I actually follow it. Those characters keep doing things that I never expected. I think if I crept up to my keyboard and peeked, they'd be talking about things behind my back. Okay, that's a little paranoid and delusional... but just a little.

Eric Walters

I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer.

Erin Wasson

I never expected that I'd be doing as many jobs as I did. I know everybody says that, but I thought I'd be sat in my pants waiting for someone to ring me. Then maybe within five years I might get something.

Faye Marsay

I never expected to make a lot of money from music.

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