"I can't figure out what's going on with him—he should have been a star by now."
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modern life, modern lives, barfly, barflies, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, ambitiousness, artist, artists, starving artist, starving artists, expectation, expectations, high expectations, unrealistic expectations, movie star, movie stars, film star, film stars, bar, bars, pub, pubs, slob, slobs, career, careers"The presentation is dreadful."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, bird, birds, pigeon, pigeons, feeding birds, feeding pigeons, crumbs, breadcrumbs, restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, presentation, visual, chef, chefs, cook, cooks, snob, snobs, snobbish, snobby, pretentious, foodie, foodies, gourmet, gourmets, gourmand, gourmands, high expectations, bad, dreadful, terrible, disappointment, disappointed, critic, critics, criticism, criticising, criticizing, modern life"Start the economy."
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king, kings, royal, royals, royalty, the economy, failing economy, recession, the recession, economic crash, servant, servants, economist, economists, high expectations, over simplification, order, orders, financial crash, jump start, jump starts, jump starting the economy, politician, politicians, rruler, rulers, capitalism, disaster capitalism"And just how do you expect to become a made man, son, without a solid liberal-arts education?"
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made man, made men, liberal arts, gang, gangs, gangster, gangsters, mafia, mob, mobster, mobsters, liberal arts, liberal arts degree, liberal arts degrees, education, importance of education, college education, college educated, qualification, qualifications, job qualification, job qualifications, qualify, qualified, unqualified, expectations, high expectations, criminal, criminals"Attention, please. At 8:45 A.M. on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, you are all scheduled to take the New York State Bar Exam."
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pediatrician, pediatricians, paediatrician, paediatricians, bar, bar exam, bar examination, lawyer, lawyers, legal career, legal careers, predetermined, predetermination, law career, law careers, law school, law schools, trapped, feeling trapped, overbearing, parent, parents, expectation, expectations, high expectations"I've been a cow all my life, honey. Don't ask me to change now."
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cow, cows, horse, horses, cattle, farm, farms, farm animal, farm animals, change, changes, changing, relationship, relationships, relationship problem, relationship problems, partner, partners, difference, differences, unfair, unfairness, long term relationship, long term relationships, expectation, expectations, unrealistic, high expectations"Even though you gave the CEO a kidney, this is a lot of sick days."
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organ, organs, organ donor, organ donors, organ donation, corporate culture, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, sick day, sick days, sick leave, perk, perks, expectation, expectations, business, businesses, kidney, kidneys, generous, generosity, spite, spiteful, high expectations, office drone, office drones, underling, underlings, corporate culture, impersonal"Your mother and I have seen your report card, and we've decided to distance ourselves from you."
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mother, mothers, parent, parents, report card, report cards, grade, grades, bad grade, bad grades, grading, distance, distancing, disappointment, disappointments, disappointing, child, son, sons, offspring, pride, parent, parents, parenting, parental pride, divorce, divorces, expectation, expectations, high expectations"I was hoping that heaven might be, you know, more transcendent."
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heaven, heavenly, cubicle, cubicles, worker, workers, desk job, desk jobs, angel, angels, office assistant, office assistants, transcend, transcends, underwhelm, underwhelms, underwhelming, dream job, dream jobs, disappointment, disappointments, disappoint, disappoints, let-down, let-downs, expectation, expectations, high expectations, raising expectations, surprise, surprises, unpleasant surprise, unpleasant surprises, eternity, white collar, white collar job, office worker, office workers"My boyfriend is the son my parents always wanted."
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family, parent, parents, parenting, parental, dad, dads, new dad, new baby, new parent, new parents, father, fathers, fatherhood, nostalgia, nostalgic, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, boyfriend, date, dating, dates, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtq+, lgbt+, statistical, statistically, expectations, standards, high standards, high expectations, accepting, double edge, double edged, sword, double edged sword, jealous, jealousy, partner, partners, inadequate, inadequacy, feelings of inadequacy"Timothy, success is nothing to fear."
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success, successful, coach, coaches, life coach, life coaches, ambition, ambitions, lofty ambitions, goal, goals, goal-oriented, pressure, pressures, pressuring, parent, parents, parenting, parental, nag, nags, toddler, toddlers, kindergarten, expectation, expectations, high expectations, demand, demands, demanding, advice, advisor, advisors, advising, adviser, advisers, tip, tips"I'm looking for something slightly more perfect."
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perfect, perfectionist, perfectionists, shopping, shopper, shoppers, retail worker, retail workers, exacting standard, exacting standards, high standard, high standards, expectation, expectations, entitled, entitlement complex, first world problem, first world problems, high expectations, perfected"I shall require many menservants."
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manservant, manservants, menservants, founding father, founding fathers, upper class, upper classes, noble, nobles, olden days, old fashioned, interview, interviews, job interviews, aristocrat, aristocrats, aristocratic, expectant, expectations, high expectations, servant, servants, royalty, royal, royals, demand, demands, demanding, entitled, entitlement complex, requirement, requirements, hiring officer, hiring officers, undeserved"I'd much prefer to hide inside walls with original moldings."
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mouse, mice, mouse hole, mouse holes, mousehole, mouseholes, molding, moldings, original molding, original moldings, period feature, period features, real estate, period property, period properties, pretentious, pretension, pretentiousness, snob, snobs, snobbery, high expectation, high expectations"Don't tell me about busy- I'm on my freaking honeymoon!"
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honeymoons, overworked, overworking, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, modern expectations, expectations, high expectations, intrude, intruding, intrusive, intrusion, intrusions, interruption, interruptions, demanding, high pressure, under pressure, high pressure job, high pressure jobs"I'll have the dressing on the side in a handblown glass container on a bamboo cloth with a sprig of something delicate placed gently nearby."
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restaurant, restaurants, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, menu, menus, customer, customers, patron, patrons, request, requesting, requests, special request, special requests, picky, fussy, foodie, foodie, gourmet, gourmets, gourmand, gourmands, plating, chef, chefs, cook, cooks, high maintenance, high expectations, fancy, haute cuisine, salad, salads, dressing, modern life"You cast a heavy shadow on your son."
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shadow, shadows, legacy, legacies, son, sons, father, fathers, fatherhood, family life, family-life, reputation, reputations, difficult to live up to, role model, role models, role-model, role-models, heavy shadow, living in your shadow, living in someone's shadow, casting a long shadow, cast a long shadow, big expectation, high expectations"Developing a layer of insulating fat isn't as easy as it sounds."
"I can't help but feel I'm destined for something greater than having a job."
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offices, office job, office jobs, office work, office worker, office workers, desk job, desk jobs, fired, firing, getting fired, canned, can, canning, getting canned, getting the sack, sacking, sacked, destined for greatness, high hopes, high expectations, laid off, laid-off, lay off, lay-off, lay offs, lay-offs, redundancy, made redundant, redundancies, downsizing, unemployed, unemployment"You'll have no problem squeezing 80 hours into a 30 hour week."
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job application, job applications, job interview, job interviews, interview, interviews, overworked, overworking, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, modern expectations, rat race, the rat race, getting ahead, high expectations, take advantage, taking advantage, bad employer, bad employers